Phill Ewinn wrote: » In fairness now. It was a targeted attack that included name calling. Waters didn't get the right of reply.
efb wrote: » Any quotes?
Phill Ewinn wrote: » Theres two ways of seeing this.
The only place that you see it’s okay to be really horrible and mean about gays is you know on the internet in the comments and you know people who make a living writing opinion pieces for newspapers. You know there’s a couple of them that really cheese..” BO’C: “Who are they?” RO’N: “Oh well the obvious ones. You know Breda O’Brien [Irish Times Columnist] today, oh my God you know banging on about gay priests and all. The usual suspects, the John Waters and all of those people, the Iona Institute crowd. I mean I just..you know just…Feck Off! Get the hell out of my life. Get out of my life. I mean..[applause from audience] why…it astounds me…astounds me that there are people out there in the world who devote quite a large amount of their time and energies to trying to stop people you know, achieving happiness because that is what the people like the Iona Institute are at
Phill Ewinn wrote: » The video is posted up on the other page.
Oryx wrote: » Do you think JW is justified in sending a legal threat and having the video removed? Reasons why would be cool.
efb wrote: » I want you to quote what you think is abuse
Phill Ewinn wrote: » As far as I know, name calling isn't tolerated by most people. Maybe JW is fine with being called names on TV. Who knows.
P_1 wrote: » Jebus to point out somebody's history of writing homophobic articles and to call them up on it is not the same as saying X is a homophobe without any supporting evidence.
Phill Ewinn wrote: » Just watched that interview. I would be really surprised if that lad didn't end up in a court room over that. Disgraceful rant was disgraceful. Should have counted to ten before he said anything.
SaulGoode9 wrote: » Many years ago John Waters came to my school and was going around asking everyone in the class their names and where they were from. When he came to me I said "Homer Simpson from Springfield" and he made the teacher give me lines. True story.
Phill Ewinn wrote: » Thats the other way of looking at it. I guess JW didn't see it that way.
Akrasia wrote: » and that's my question answered
efb wrote: » Well his sols letter seems to indicate JW thinks himself beyond criticism
ahnowbrowncow wrote: » What the flip is a sols letter?
Phill Ewinn wrote: » I guess JW didn't see it that way.
P_1 wrote: » And the most polite way to describe JW's way of seeing it would have to be incredibly irrationally. It's fairly simple, you publish articles spouting homophobic views and you are going to be pulled up on it.
Links234 wrote: » Frankly, I don't think Jawn can see a damn thing other than the inside of his own colon. The man is a bully and a homophobe, and abused his position in the BAI. His claims that gay people are only out to destroy marriage and sabotage culture, those are not ideas that have come about from reason, those kinds of claims come from bigotry and small minded hatred. Keep in mind that these are other human beings that Jawn is talking about, people in all walks of life, and rather than having their own hopes and dreams and loves and goals the same as anyone, oh no, they are fiendish bogeymen set at destruction and sabotage. That's a very disturbing thing to say about anyone.
