# Would you be uncomfortable sharing meat space with troglodyte homophobes? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073 "2013-06-27T23:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/221 "2013-07-20T18:11:58Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Yes, he has every right to express those views. He absolutely should not be prevented for airing his odious and idiotic ideas. He should, in a word, be tolerated. Calling him a homophobic asshole is not being intolerant. The people marching in the parade were not being hypocrites by responding to an insult with more insults. > > Now, if your problem is with the police telling him to move along, first note that the police != the gay community. In addition, I pretty strongly suspect that the reason they showed up in the first place is that the Christian group hadn’t gotten a permit for their counter-demonstration. I’m not personally familiar with the intricacies of Canadian civil codes, so maybe their actions were, indeed, out of line, but even if they were in the wrong, the actions of the police department do not reflect on the legitimacy of the gay rights movement one way or the other. > > If that video was meant to represent intolerance any hypocrisy among gays or the left in general, you have, in what I suspect is a continuing motif in your life to this point, failed yet again. Well, I wouldn’t go near that far. He was just one individual. How about the others in the video? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/222 "2013-07-20T18:17:07Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Well, I wouldn’t go near that far. He was just one individual. How about the others in the video? What about them? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/223 "2013-07-20T18:26:54Z")
They display the attitude that was the fat bald guy was brought up to (incorrectly) exemplify. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/224 "2013-07-20T18:53:19Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > They display the attitude that was the fat bald guy was brought up to (incorrectly) exemplify. … what? ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/225 "2013-07-21T15:21:57Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > … what? What?? What?? Are you blind and stupid, Miller?? Or just stupid??! You need to watch the video again, others around him were either cheering the attacker on, gloating about the attack or doing their own pushing and shoving: Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzS-QuSttfs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzS-QuSttfs) 1. Fat guy attacker (beginning of video) 2. Blonde girl with glasses pushing and shoving (0:14 into video) 3. Guy in purple dress walking around and mocking them (0:40) 4. Guy in black shirt and black baseball cap pushing victim telling him to leave (1:25 into video). 5. 1:56 into video, 2 girls try to steal his sign. But I’m not surprised you chose to ignored all that ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/226 "2013-07-21T16:19:19Z")
What do you think of [this photo](http://www.bilerico.com/images/FlowersAtFence.jpeg), **Esco**? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/227 "2013-07-21T17:33:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What do you think of [this photo](http://www.bilerico.com/images/FlowersAtFence.jpeg), **Esco**? That’s as transparent as a Georgia O’Keeffe painting. Clearly the logs are meant to symbolize dicks and how strength comes from building with good solid logs. The flowers are pretty, but don’t add anything to the structure. It scares me a little how easily I pulled that out of my ass (so to speak). Anyway, until you’ve watched all of the quality tentacle porn available on the interwebz, you need to reprioritize your viewing habits.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/228 "2013-07-21T21:30:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What do you think of [this photo](http://www.bilerico.com/images/FlowersAtFence.jpeg), **Esco**? Oh my god, thats beautiful ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/229 "2013-07-21T21:38:55Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > Oh my god, thats beautiful Ignorant sarcasm notwithstanding, it _does_ look better now that that Matthew Shepard’s body has been removed from it. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/230 "2013-07-21T23:45:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ignorant sarcasm notwithstanding, it _does_ look better now that that Matthew Shepard’s body has been removed from it And what does this have to with me in any way?? Are you suggesting just because I value my privacy when showering that I automatically sanction the killing of gay people?? You people are such drama queens. Its unbelievable :rolleyes: . ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/231 "2013-07-22T02:57:27Z")
Is Esco gay yet? This is getting boring. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/232 "2013-07-22T03:25:24Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Is Esco gay yet? He’s not gay, but his asshole is. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073/233 "2013-07-22T03:27:27Z")
How can that be, he’s 100% asshole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-uncomfortable-sharing-meat-space-with-troglodyte-homophobes/662073.md?page=11)