These idiots

If you are familiar with the Westboro Baptist Church, then you probably know what it's like to both laugh and cry at them simultaneously.

Laugh because they are so ridiculous that they couldn't be real.

Cry because they actually are real.

I recently saw this movie called Fall From Grace, which centres around the Westboro Baptist Church. And it gave me so many angry feelings that I just have to vent a little but about this. The documentary is worth a watch. It in no way supports the views of this church, but exposes it for what it is, with opinions from other religious leaders, theologists as well as those who have left the church.

In case you do not already know, the Westboro Baptist Church are a pro-hate, anti-gay, anti-American, anger-inducing congregation based in Topeka, Kansas who have no other skills than that of holding up signs in the middle of the road while screeching incoherently.

Who says flags can't be turned into aprons? This is what you call thinking outside the box.

This old grandma has such style.

Two hands? SIX SIGNS. That's how well they can multi-task.

According to this church, your way into heaven is purely based on how well you can picket, yell at and hate people.

Because clearly, that is what the Bible says. 

Oh gee whiz, I guess I got it wrong the first time around and Westboro Baptist members really know where it's at.

I don't know anymore, but as messed up and corrupted as organized religions like Christianity can be, I don't think the source of it ever said to be annoying, ignorant, bullying, disrespectful, unsympathetic, judgmental assholes. Don't take my word for it, I am not a theologist, but I can pretty much guarantee that Jesus' teachings did not advocate for any of that BS.

It's gotten to the point where I am really convinced that this Westboro group are a social experiment, something that a small group decided to start in order to test the first amendment, investigate society's tolerance for hatred, challenge us to define our own values and our own need for love and compassion as human beings.

I'd like to think that they are a social experiment, simply because I don't want to believe that there are people in the world who are made up of this much stupid.

But then again, maybe I am ignorant in that I hold human beings to too high standards, seeing as we really are capable of failing one another in the most ridiculous of ways. 

What seems incredibly ironic is that a lot of the hatred and destruction that goes on in this world comes from those who kill in the name of some kind of god, as if this justifies the actions, as if dropping the god-reason somehow excuses us from being proper human beings and using our common sense. We say that God is love and love is God and then we condemn and hurt others and then say that we do it out of love.

Which makes absolutely no bloody sense to me, I am sorry. If you shout love and do the complete opposite, I am going to call you a bloody hypocrite.

The first amendment makes what these guys are doing perfectly legal, which is unfortunate. What they are doing  -- picketing events such as funerals, gay pride parades, celebrating tragedies involving the deaths of others, as well as preaching the damnation of all those who do not follow their interpretations of the Bible, is simply nothing but hate speech. Hate speech is not exactly defined and differentiated in the first amendment in the United States in the same way that it is in Canada, and many people, including Westboro, benefit from this.

Let me just say that I think the first amendment is a valuable right. Because just as it allows for the Westboro Baptist Church to act like total morons, it gives us the right to challenge their moronic actions and spit in the faces (not literally) of what they believe in. It raises great discussion on the value of freedom of speech, on the value of learning from others (even those who are douchebags) and the value of really knowing what we believe in and standing up for it. 

Like this kid:

To be quite honest, I think that Westboro are doing it all wrong. If they want to get people to believe what they believe, do they really think that picketing funerals and earning the reputation of most hateful group in America really the way to go about it? I mean, I'm speaking from a detached, logical view here. If you want to gather followers, wouldn't it be a better idea to be more welcoming, more friendly? Wouldn't you use gentler language, wouldn't you pick a better font for your signs? Wouldn't you try to make yourself a little more alluring? Wouldn't you take all the money you have as a church and use it to feed the poor? Wouldn't you try to be a little more loveable?

Then again, what am I saying, they're advocating for anything but love. They represent hate and everything that is ugly in this world, and they physically and verbally embody it perfectly.

Do everything in love. That is all.

50 Shades of Bret Easton Ellis

I have a beef

with Bret Easton Ellis.

This guy is a novelist and a screenwriter who just so happens to be queer/bisexual. I want to like him, I sincerely do. There aren't a lot of out bisexual icons or influential bisexual people out there. There are even fewer in the literature circle.

Imagine the kind of awe-inspiring, revolutionary writing that could happen. Imagine the possibilities for the developing of queer characters in books, on TV, in movies. IMAGINE BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN ACTUALLY BEING PORTRAYED PROPERLY FOR ONCE.

Which is why I want to root for Bret Easton Ellis. So badly.

But it is very hard to root for this man when he acts like a total dick on Twitter.

OK, maybe I'm being a little harsh with the "total dick" accusation. Let's just say that on The Twitter, Bret Easton Ellis comes across as a bit of an ignorant, clueless ass.

**When reading this post, please remember to read the Twitter tweets from bottom-top. Tweets are published newest tweet up. I know I'm asking you to read upside down and for that, I am truly sorry. Please bear with me. I didn't invent The Twitter**

I'll just say first of all that his use of the word "retarded" in this context is completely uncalled for and unprofessional. He is a published author and a grown man who has what I imagine to be a very wide range of vocabulary, certainly broader than mine. Times like these I wish Twitter had a political correctness check. God knows we need those nowadays just as much as spell checks and grammar checks. Because sometimes, the smartest people can act the stupidest.

Let me provide a little context before I dive straight into everything that is wrong with Bret Easton Ellis' Twitter. First off, he is tweeting about the casting of the film adaptation of the best-selling, most popular piece of shit series ever, 50 Shades of Grey. 

50 Shades of Grey is about a 21-year old girl named Anastasia Steele who meets this dashing, millionaire entrepreneur douche named Christian Grey, who seduces her with his good looks, his obsessive compulsive tendencies, as well as his dick, which apparently is as orgasm-inducing as the Elder Wand was to Voldemort.........for Harry Potter fans out there who want some kind of reference point in understanding why the hell this is one of the best selling series of all time.

I'm a Harry Potter fan and I'm constantly trying to understand why shit like Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey pass at all actually. No distinguishable heroes or heroines, no realism in terms of its characters and motives, no self-awareness, no noble attempts at inserting moral themes and thought-provoking social commentary.

Some books are meant to be shit, I get it. Guilty pleasures, right? But must these guilty pleasures be downright insulting to humanity in general? Must they be written so poorly that the writing itself detracts from the writing itself?

Books live forever, guys. Remember that. One day, our world will look back on us and define us by the literature we bought. Remember that.

And I don't exactly want to be defined as the generation that celebrated male domination over women in romantic relationships. I also do not want to be defined as the generation that got off on sexy words like "Oh jeez" and "Symptom of schizophrenia" and "Cool vanilla spell."

The fact that Bret Easton Ellis, who is a pretty well renowned and respected author, seems to care THIS MUCH about 50 Shades of Grey and its movie adaptation, is quite alarming enough.

The fact that Bret Easton Ellis is tweeting about how gay male actors cannot play straight male roles is just downright homophobic.

The fact that Bret Easton Ellis is queer makes this even worse. Now, I'm not saying that homophobia coming from heterosexual people makes it better. But when a member of the community is acting like he's some kind of self-righteous, judgmental, arrogant, ignorant asshole, then the message being sent stings that much more.

Matt Bomer is this actor right here.

He is a theatre, film and television actor and singer, widely known for his starring role in White Collar. He also happens to be gay. Does his sexuality affect his acting skills? No.

He plays a con man on White Collar. Matt Bomer is not a con man in real life. Does the fact that he isn't a con man affect his ability to play a con man? No.

Christian Grey is a woman abuser and a manipulative psycho. Matt Bomer does not abuse women and he is not a manipulative psycho. Will this detract him from accurately and effectively portraying Christian Grey? No.

All in all, there are many actors and actresses out there who are heterosexual. There are many actors and actresses out there who are not heterosexual. Does their sexuality, whatever it may be, have anything to do with whether or not they are good at their job? No.

Being a good actor is what makes a good actor. Who you're attracted to has nothing to do with acting. It doesn't even live in the same realm as acting. If we are to treat acting here as an art and a job (which it obviously is), who you do on your spare time is completely separate from what you do for a living. 

Long story short, people are not defined by who they fuck. Therefore, their jobs and their art should not be defined by who they fuck. Especially if you're an actor, seeing as your work is to play someone else, someone who is not you, someone who is nothing like you. When your specialty and your expertise lies in BECOMING OTHER PEOPLE, why should your personal life have any fucking thing to do with it?

Let me list the queer people in film history who have played straight people and have (SHOCKER) gotten away with it:

ROCK HUDSON

JUDY GARLAND

MARLON BRANDO

MARLENE DIETRICH

DIRK BOGARDE

BARBARA STANWYCK

MONTGOMERY CLIFT

ESTELLE WINWOOD

CARY GRANT

JOAN CRAWFORD

It's been done before, Bret Easton Ellis. IT CAN BE DONE AGAIN. ACTUALLY, IT STILL IS BEING DONE.

Here I list the names of actors who started their careers while in the closet, played straight people and fooled EVERYBODY.

MATT BOMER

CYNTHIA NIXON

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

PORTIA DE ROSSI

GEORGE TAKEI

AMBER HEARD

IAN MCKELLAN

JODIE FOSTER

ALAN CUMMING

ANNA PAQUIN

DAVID HYDE PIERCE

Bret Easton Ellis then goes on to say that Universal would never hire an openly gay actor to star in 50 Shades of Grey, and calls people ignorant for thinking this.

Is it just me, or is Bret Easton Ellis being a grumpy grumps? Can't we look on the brighter side of things? Can't we give Universal the benefit of the doubt that they, unlike you, would not consider sexuality when hiring an actor? Can you imagine, just imagine, a film production company that is not as homophobic as you are?

Can you please, PLEASE, for my sanity and for my health, NOT call 50 Shades of Grey the biggest novel of all time??!!!!

PLEASE, SIR. THIS ONE STILL TAKES THE CAKE.

As does this one:

As does all three of these books:

As does only the most popular novel of all time:

As does the Chinese language dictionary:

AND OBVIOUSLY:

So Bret Easton Ellis, the next time you're tempted to call 50 Shades of Grey the best-selling book of all time, just don't. And remember to

It may be the best-selling book of all time in the UK.....but then again, this is the UK. They thought Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob would work as a logo for the 2012 Olympics. I wouldn't take their book purchases seriously.

Bret Easton Ellis goes on to defend his critics who are calling him out on his "self-loathing".....because he is a queer person who is being homophobic in his twittering. Fair enough. But, Bret Easton Ellis, there is a difference between being aware of homophobia in society and being homophobic oneself. Self-loathing is NOT AN UNDERRATED QUALITY. Self-loathing leads to things like body mutilation, depression, anxiety, confusion, suicide. Hating yourself and hating others like you is not going to do anything good for anybody.

I think Bret Easton Ellis, in a sad attempt to talk about homophobia in Hollywood, had to resort to being homophobic himself to show us......TO REALLY SHOW US WHAT THE WORLD IS ALL ABOUT. Now there is some delicious icing of irony that I just want to slather on a fucking birthday cake.

Dear Bret Easton Ellis, we already know how shitty society is towards people like us. We don't need you to perpetuate that. And we certainly don't need you to remind us of that AS WE ALREADY LIVE IT EVERY FUCKING DAY BY, YOU KNOW, BEING WHO WE ARE.

But no, he doesn't stop there. Bret Easton Ellis is just on a roll. It's like he found a shovel and some spongy land and just started digging all the way through the centre of the Earth and out the other side onto Chinese soil.

He goes on to talk about Neil Patrick Harris and how him being gay in real life and him playing a straight person on a TV show is somehow the TV show's way of mocking his homosexuality (in real life). 

I see you trying to be a smart ass, conspiracy theory weaving hipster, Bret Easton Ellis.

OK FIRST OF ALL, Neil Patrick Harris was not out when he was cast in How I Met Your Mother. We can safely assume then, that there was no ulterior motive made on part of the casting crew and producers to make fun of a gay man by casting him in a non-gay role.

SECOND OF ALL, Jason Segal could never play Barney Stinson. NO ONE BUT NEIL PATRICK COULD PLAY BARNEY STINSON.

THIRD OF ALL, he's claiming that it's totally fine when Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Tonys, but it's not totally fine when Neil Patrick Harris is playing Barney Stinson. Are you saying that gay people are only allowed to do stereotypical gay things, Bret Easton Ellis? Are you saying that it is only when they are doing these stereotypical gay things that they are respecting their gayness instead of poking fun at it? Are you saying that certain roles have sexual orientations and Neil Patrick Harris must choose the role that suits the way YOU see him? Are you also trying to compare a hosting job to an acting job??!! I rest my case. His argument is flawed already. 

FOURTH OF ALL, I think you're the one creating your own paranoia, Bret Easton Ellis. The reason you can't get into the show is because you can't seem to remember that television (even reality shows) IS FICTION. Gay actor playing straight character? WHO CARES, IT'S FICTION. THE WHOLE POINT OF FICTION IS GETTING YOURSELF ABSORBED IN THE STORY, THE CHARACTERS, AND NOT THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF ONE OF THE LEAD ACTORS. Good Lord, you would think this is all Bret Easton Ellis ever thinks about. 

Remember the dig to China? Well, Bret Easton Ellis has now gone so far he's broken through our atmospheres and can confidently count all the craters on the moon.

He goes on to critique shows like The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family for not being progressive and for being too gay.

This coming from a guy who just moments before said Neil Patrick Harris was too gay to play Barney Stinson and Matt Bomer was too gay to play Christian Grey.

FIRST OF ALL, there are no gay characters in The Big Bang Theory. The closest thing we could get to a queer character on The Big Bang Theory is Sheldon, who is not even gay but very likely asexual. I don't know where Bret Easton Ellis is getting all the gay out of this show.

SECOND OF ALL, for a comedy, I'd say that Modern Family is pretty progressive. The gay characters are not a) Murderers, b) Perverts, c) Dead, d) Defined by their sexuality. It may not be a perfect show, but it's portraying gay characters on even level with the way it portrays its straight characters. You could say that the two gay leads are ridiculed in the show. But everyone on the show is being ridiculed. It's a comedy. The genre sticks.

THIRD OF ALL, there is no difference between a homophobe and a misanthrope. A homophobe expresses hatred or bigotry towards queer people. A misanthrope hates all people. Saying you're a misanthrope is not helping your case, Bret Easton Ellis. It simply does the opposite. Someone who is a misanthrope is a homophobe. 

FOURTH OF ALL, Bret Easton Ellis says that he hates the way homosexuality is presented in our entertainment culture. I agree with Bret Easton Ellis. Yes, I hate it too. I also hate the way you model homosexual representation in our entertainment culture through your Twitter. You've identified the problem that we were all already very well aware of, but you're also part of the problem.

I like that Bret Easton Ellis then changes his mind and says that it is "imperative" that Christian Grey be played by a gay actor. As if to either make his readers happy or throw their criticism in their faces in a "fuck all" type attitude.

WRONG, Bret Easton Ellis, WRONG. Christian Grey should not be played by a straight actor. Christian Grey should not be played by a gay actor. Christian Grey should be played by whatever actor impresses the casting directors. He should be played by whatever actor has the most chemistry (or lack thereof, depending on your interpretation) with the actress who will be playing Anastasia Steele. Straight or gay, it doesn't matter. We're not auditioning the actor's sexuality. We're auditioning his acting.

I can't believe I just shat 2.5 days worth of feelings towards this writer in this one post.

Here's what I have to say to this whole fiasco:

1. Matt Bomer should not play Christian Grey. Not because he's gay, but because he's too good for this shitty series.
2. Christian Grey, for strictly marketing purposes, should probably be played by a straight actor. Not because the straight actor would provide a more convincing performance, but because the female readers and the fans are more likely to become infatuated with an actor if they see themselves as having the slightest chance of hooking up with him in real life. It's kind of like how I feel towards Amber Heard. She was hot when I thought she was straight, but she's even hotter now that I know she isn't. Because there's that one voice in my head that says, "She wouldn't be completely repulsed by me. I HAVE A CHANCE." It's a ridiculous sentiment, the outcome being impossible, yet let's face it, many of us can't help but think these thoughts. The production companies involved will definitely be thinking about promotion and marketing. They will likely choose an actor who is ideal in that his personal life can be conveniently displayed on magazine spreads and he can be photoshopped just enough to look good on the poster. They're basically searching for the next Robert Pattinson or Gerard Butler. To be honest, I think that'll be the extent to what they will be looking for in their leading man.
3. It's possible that Bret Easton Ellis tweets like this because he is an attention-seeker, and not because he truly believes in this. Regardless, I still think it's equally douchey. He's still putting this kind of negativity and hatred out there. He's still choosing to categorize, characterize and limit people.
4. Bis deserve their role models - people who will properly represent them, write about them and for them, and speak with compassion and understanding instead of bigotry and distaste. Self-loathing is definitely not underrated and it definitely has no place in the queer community - or in any community for that matter. We need to be in a constant state of motion in which we seek to make a better life for our friends and for the new generation that will emerge. So some a lot of pride would be good.
5. Frank Ocean is our real bisexual boyfriend, by the way. Bret Easton Ellis could learn a thing or two from him.

Also, Frank Ocean actually knows how to tweet:

If only more writers used Twitter for poetic purposes instead of 50 Shades of Grey purposes, I feel like the world would be a better place.

RyanAirhead

WHY HELLO HELLO HELLO THERE, GOOD LOOKING.

                                   


This post is an excuse to display my collection of One Direction gifs in all their glory. It is also an excuse to rant about fucking Glee fucking fuck.


OK, I'm done. I am so done. Ryan Murphy, I'm kicking your fucking ass to the curb of my culturally rich and pretentious neighbourhood because you insult me, Ryan Murphy. Your lack of taste and the way you destroy ART makes me SICCCCK.


NO ONE, and I repeat NO ONE, covers One Direction and expects to be respected for it.

As you can clearly see, Glee has this thing they do, where they take amazing, legendary songs and turn them into piles of highly effective fertilizer SHITTTTT.


I was able to take their cheese for three whole seasons. THREE SEASONS. 


Butchering One Direction is the last straw, I swear. I remember telling myself, oh so long ago, that if Ryan Murphy so much as touched those boys, I would wring him by the neck and throw my television out the window. Sure, he could turn Gotye's song into an incestuous ode. Sure, he could ruin "The Rain in Spain" and thrust it into the plotline like the worst fuck in the world. I could even sort of take him using "I Kissed a Girl" as a coming out anthem (if it was all meant to be the last joke told before the end of the world).


BUT PLEASE, NOT ONE DIRECTION NNNOOOOOOOO.


And now he's done it. He just had to do it. 

Gahhhhh, somewhere in this world, a bunch of cute bunny rabbits just died. And you can thank Ryan Murphy.


OK, I've admitted this before and I'm not afraid to admit this again.

I am an avid One Direction fan. And I don't really care who knows about it.

I mean, you'd be mindless not to love them. They're a very well fabricated/managed/constructed group of kids who sing decently manufactured pop music. On top of that, they have amazing style and a lesbian wardrobe I want to steal.


I mean, seriously, look at that lesbian wardrobe. It's beautiful. #icantwithlouisandhissuspendersomg

Ryan Murphy, I am officially severing myself from that excuse of a television show you call a revolution for teen and musical theatre culture. As much as I love Glee, it suffers from the following creative diseases:


-inconsistent writing and character development
-zero follow-up to mildly intriguing character development
-zero sensitivity to characters' actions and behaviour, often leading to the destruction of once likable characters
-constantly introducing stereotype characters despite preaching uniqueness and diversity
-too many characters, too little character development
-one dimensional characters (such as Kurt. All he seems to talk about is how talented he is and how gay he is. WE KNOW)
-lazy use of other characters (such as Tina. Why is she even there. It's like no one recognizes how talented Jenna Ushkowitz is)
-changing the ages of characters on us
-attempting to write around the music instead of letting the music decorate the writing
-covering mostly popular radio music in order to up record and iTunes sales
-unfunny jokes that are oftentimes just offensive
-racist despite preaching multiculturalism
-homophobic and biphobic despite preaching acceptance and tolerance for people of all sexual orientations
-misogynist despite preaching girl power feminism
-perpetuating the male gaze on women of all sexual orientations
-trivializing queer women (queer women erasure)
-not excusing Mr. Shue's often pedophile-like and pervy nature
-not excusing Finn's inconsiderate and disrespectful behaviour; constantly putting him out there as the hero of the story when he is really just being a bully and a douchebag and a derping derp
-trying to pretend that Finn is actually a good singer (HARDEE HAR HAR DERP DERP)
-being dramatic for the sake of being dramatic
-being campy for the sake of being campy
-trivializing serious issues such as teen suicide, domestic violence and transgender people
-throwing in references to current events without any follow through
-taking lightly serious subjects and using them as comedic punchlines, such as gay teen suicide (once again) and mental and learning disabilities (such as Sugar, who self-diagnoses as having Asperger's syndrome)

(Yes, I know. You would think that these writers know what second-hand embarrassment means but obviously they do not).

and last of all....


RUINING ONE ERECTION'S DIRECTION'S PERFECT MUSIC!!!!

So Ryan Murphy, I am breaking up with you. Not that I ever really liked you in the first place. You put yourself out there as making the most daring show on television for teenagers. You say you're going to encourage kids to be who they want to be, to do what they want to do. Yet everything you say, you and your writers end up doing to the opposite effect. For your information, Degrassi has been around since the '80s, and it has portrayed teenagers more realistically than your show ever could. Teen pregnancy? They showed the options, they followed through with the character's decisions. Domestic violence? They did it honestly. Rape? They actually addressed it properly. Teen sex? They didn't trivialize it. Bullying? They showed the consequences. Drugs and alcohol? They didn't make it funny. Depression? They took it seriously. Racism? They actively addressed it. Queer relationships? They did it realistically. Transgender teenagers? They did it first.


I know it's probably a little unfair to compare Glee to Degrassi. For one thing, Glee is a campy musical show and Degrassi isn't. Glee is American and faces more censorship than Degrassi does in Canada. Degrassi has done many things that most shows for adults in North America won't do. Degrassi actually follows plotlines that last a full season, unlike Glee whose plotlines are so attention deficit they only stay with them for half an episode or a full episode at the most. So really, both television series are on completely different levels. But I think my issue with Glee is that it tries to preach while still remaining campy. You can't be talking about domestic violence and then joke about it and then sing a song about it. It doesn't work that way. Glee is suffering from what I like to call television bi-polarity. It can't decide whether it wants to be fun or whether it wants to be the second coming of Jesus. As long as it tries to straddle both sides, the messages that it tries to convey will never be effectively portrayed. 


Which is why the show is an official waste of my fucking time. 

Harry's hair agrees.

I will end this post on a good note, with One Direction's "One Thing." I know it's meant to be a positive love song, but I would like to dedicate this song as a FUCK YOU to Ryan Murphy and his writers.

Oh, America.

Today, I came across the most abhorrent article I have read in a long time:

OK.


So I don't really watch NFL football, and I don't really know Tim Tebow, except for the fact that I know people who know him....but that aside, I frankly don't really care. I heard that he prays in the middle of games and has Bible verses written on his face - but to be honest, I've been going to church for so long that stuff like that doesn't even phase me. I know that he's a football player who gets lucky sometimes, and that he became a huge star because of it. Other than that, I'm pretty much MEH when it comes to anything football, so I don't really have an opinion when it comes to him either.


But the way that this AshleyMadison website is using him is pissing me right off.


This is what is wrong with American media, and western culture in general. THEY ARE SO FUCKING OBSESSED WITH THE CONCEPT OF VIRGINITY AND SEX.


And yes, I call virginity a concept. Yes, I am one of those annoying weirdos who thinks that virginity is a social construct. It's a test by which we judge a woman's purity and a man's masculinity.


Everyone is obsessed with a woman's virginity because we are a society that sees women as objects owned by men. Women are to remain virgins until marriage because they belong to their husband and their husband only. Their worth (and marriages were once business transactions) is therefore in their virginity, which is defined by an intact membrane. Remember people, an INTACT MEMBRANE is the source of a woman's worth. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE OBSESSED OVER.


Everyone is obsessed with a man's virginity because we are a society that sees men as pursuers whose power lies in their sex. Men are expected to want to sleep around constantly with multiple partners - because remember, evolution dictated it that way. If men are not sleeping around, or if they are virgins, then they are not taking control of their masculinity. They are being feeble, they are not owning up to their identity. In other words, ALL MEN MUST BE HAVING SEX ALL THE TIME. Or else they are not real men.


I am one of those who thinks that sex is sex is sex. Your body is your body is your body. In other words, I don't fucking care what you do. You can be a virgin, you can not. You can call it virginity, you can not. It doesn't really matter. I have no business judging you on what you do. Everyone has a choice, and who am I - who are all of us, to make that choice for an individual?


I think the American media's obsession with Tim Tebow's sex life is completely inappropriate, disgusting and disrespectful. He is a grown man, he can make whatever decisions he wants to make. You can call him a slave to his own religion, you can call him gay, you can call him a joke. But what it all comes down to is an individual living his life the way he wants to. And who are we to say that he's deprived? Or that he's not living life to the fullest? Or that he's not taking good enough advantage of his fame and money?


No matter what you think of Tim Tebow, HE IS HIS OWN PERSON AND HE CAN ENJOY HIS OWN LIFE WITHOUT YOUR HELP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


Good Lord, we are living in an increasingly secular society that looks down on religious people that push their religion on others. Yet, this secular society is doing just that to Tim Tebow - pushing their views on him as if he needs to see the light that is groupies and girlfriends and lots and lots of lapdances.


Think about it though, what's wrong about a professional male athlete (or anyone, for that matter) choosing to abstain from sex? Does it kill animals? Does it cause earthquakes? Does it really affect any of us in a negative way?


The answer is, quite simply, no.


So why is it that the American media is turning it into the biggest deal in the world? Are we that deprived of news stories? Of entertainment? Do we need to make fun of somebody else's choices because we're too pathetic to intellectually stimulate ourselves in other ways?


It may not have been the best idea for Tim Tebow to announce his abstinence to the world, and people might say that he brought it on himself. But really, famous people talk about their sex lives all the time to the media, and they're not publicly shunned, so why should he be? Why do we need to talk about Tebow as if we are somehow above him? Sure, he's not the best football player, but technically, he's still a better player than most of us. He's in a career that he enjoys, and he does charity work. Most of all, he's a human being and we are all human beings so the answer is no, none of us are better than he is. 


I personally think that there's something significant about going against the status quo, of saying yeah, I do what I want when I want and fuck you all. I don't care for football but I admire that aspect of him.


I think that the American media needs to realize that there is more to this world than sex, and to get over it. It's been around since the dawn of life, it's really not that revolutionary. Sure, it's an awesome subject to talk about it in general, but when it comes down to talking about it in relation to an individual's lifestyle, it's just creepy and pervy to me.


So, America, please just give it up. It wasn't funny in the beginning, and it isn't funny now. Be more creative with your news stories. 


AshleyMadison, you can take that $1 million and shove it up your ass. Or better yet, use it to feed an entire third world country. God knows that would go to much better use than getting Tim Tebow laid.