Wow. We just noticed something. When we wrote the headline for this post we didn’t censure the word “faggot,” but we did censure the word “Nigga.” And mind you, that wasn’t intentional. It happened completely from our subconscious. That in itself gives us reason to take in with heavy consideration of what David Kaufman is saying.
This action on our behalf of unconsciously not doctoring up the word faggot lends itself to both the subconscious and conscious belief among many people including some LGBT/SGL folks that the word is not absolute in its meaning or usage to the degree that the censoring of the words faggot or fag is unnecessary.
Quite frankly we didn’t see what the big deal was when we started seeing headlines Tuesday on Kobe and his slip of the tongue. But alls well that ends well. Kobe did a great job of nipping it in the bud with a quickness. In truth his forthright ownership of it all was the best thing to come out of it. His words in talking about the incident in hindsight showcased an outstanding example for young men and male youth (of any sexuality) across the nation on what “real manhood” sounds like and looks like when addressing a perceived misstep in any given situation.
One thing we find almost insufferable about American culture these days is that people will do and say almost anything and everything to keep from owning their shit. It’s gotten epidemic it’s so bad. So Kobe’s behavior in the aftermath for us was a most beautiful thing.
Chumps like gay white commentator Dan Savage in saying the things he did about black folks right after Prop 8 without any consideration of an apology in retrospect do not possess such manhood. And gay culture needs to work on that—-the consistent absence of Kobe’s kind of man-ness when called on the carpet for any numerous injuries committed by gay white male mouthpieces. As of yet, we haven’t seen anything remotely suggesting an attempt to aim for it.
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