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I never realized they were the same person before. I went to Wikipedia and found:
Sigh.. Turns out he's a raging conservative.
My take on the most recent conservative LGBT propaganda:
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/5119958
Relevant bit:
One thing I hadn't talked about was the "forcing" of LGBT issues.
When we were seniors ('89), saw a high-school buddy in a 50/50 gay/straight bar. About shit himself when he saw me.
"Please don't tell anyone Shalafi. 😬"
"I don't give a shit Sheldon. Let me get some of whatever you're hitting in that bag!"
Same bar watching my gf dance. Dude pulls up a stool and offers me a drink.
"That's cool and all, but you should know I'm not gay."
That man knocked over his barstool jumping backwards. From a 5'8", 120lb., 18-yo twerp.
"Oh shit! I'm SO sorry. I didn't mean...!"
"We're all cool! It's good! I'll still take that drink though."
All that to say, if any young folk think gays have it bad now? Let's hop in the Delorean and take a ride back to the late 80's. They were deep in the closet. Closeted as in, being out front with your homosexuality meant an ass beating. Hell, no one would even acknowledge Freddie Mercury, Liberace or Elton John as gay. There were "confirmed bachelors" or "light in the loafers". Delivered meaningfully, "gay" was a deadly insult.
Back on topic; Gays kept that shit on the down-low. And that's how GenX grew up, even more so our parents, less so the Millennials. They see LGBT folks celebrating themselves, rainbow flags in stores, whatever, as having other people's lifestyles, "shoved down their throat" or "forced on them".
Weird take, but I can understand it. Moved to the Deep South and all the religious shit feels like they're cramming their bullshit into my life. And they're trying to using legislation! And to circle back, these people think gay rights, or even existence, is being thrust on them via legislation.
tl;dr: I get it. It sucks. Society is quickly growing out of it, but it's a nice wedge issue for conservatives.
Well that’s disappointing. Reg used to be one of my favorite characters and now…
Is that entire generation broken in the head?
Lead poisoning, dude
Overblown mostly.
No. Society just changes faster than it ever has. Some keep up, others don't, think of it as a warning showing what happens if you let fear win
The fuck! This makes me sad.
I mean, that sucks, but I've learned over a long time to separate artists, musicians, and actors from their work. It isn't worth fretting about.
Sounds like Murdock
Howling mad =/
He got too into character :c
I realised they were the same actor as a kid... But this is very disappointing to hear. I'm just not able to separate an artist's work from their politics. In fact, they are closely related, in my mind.
I could never listen to Kanye, for instance, no matter how much his gospel work is recommended to me.