All I had to do was look at the title of the post to know what this was all about.
Unfortunately though, this sort of thing just does not surprise me from people anymore. The best way I can think of to describe it is that it's very similar to how extremely hardcore shippers act -- they're going to find "evidence" to support their claim, no matter how obtuse and out there it may be, and God help you if you think otherwise. You can do all you can to refute it, but they're going to find it anyway. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try to step up, but at the same time, I've seen this enough to know that people like this are too narrow-minded and pretty much a lost cause.
Like it's been said, this article is pretty universally reviled from both sides of the equation for pretty much the exact same reason, and that it perpetuates dangerous stereotypes and ultimately hurts the LGBT cause more than it does help. It's especially noteworthy on Tumblr -- the Brave tag is nigh-unsearchable because literally 90% of the posts are people raging on why the article is crap, with a good number of them being "hey I identify as gay/lesbian and this is extremely hurtful", etc. [Which, I'm glad people are being united over this, but I wanted to find nice gifs and graphics, not the same article being slammed over and over again...]
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Unfortunately though, this sort of thing just does not surprise me from people anymore. The best way I can think of to describe it is that it's very similar to how extremely hardcore shippers act -- they're going to find "evidence" to support their claim, no matter how obtuse and out there it may be, and God help you if you think otherwise. You can do all you can to refute it, but they're going to find it anyway. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try to step up, but at the same time, I've seen this enough to know that people like this are too narrow-minded and pretty much a lost cause.
Like it's been said, this article is pretty universally reviled from both sides of the equation for pretty much the exact same reason, and that it perpetuates dangerous stereotypes and ultimately hurts the LGBT cause more than it does help. It's especially noteworthy on Tumblr -- the Brave tag is nigh-unsearchable because literally 90% of the posts are people raging on why the article is crap, with a good number of them being "hey I identify as gay/lesbian and this is extremely hurtful", etc. [Which, I'm glad people are being united over this, but I wanted to find nice gifs and graphics, not the same article being slammed over and over again...]