Gotta love a quick-draw with a comeback

[serai]

Heeheehee. Found this over at FW, and damn near choked on m'sammich!


First, check out this...geez, I'm not sure which adjective to use - ill-informed? blinkered? moronic? just plain wanky? - whatever...article on how Brokeback Mountain is raping the image of the Marlboro Man.

Go ahead. I'll wait....

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Back now? OK, now take a look at this blogger's brilliant graphic comeback over here.


Now that's wit, in my opinion. All I want to know is why the hell can't I think of things like that?


P.S. Feel free to spread this around. I'm sure a lot of people will find it worthwhile!

Comments

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

y'know what I noticed about that long-winded, semi-intellectual lecture about the evils of BBM? At the end, the guy was pushing his frigging books. 19.95 for an autographed copy. Three copies for 49.95. Frackin' hypocrite, it really pisses me off that they don't mind raking in the money by preying on people's prejudices and fears. Guess it's okay to sell his brand of propaganda. After all, God is on his side.

[samena.livejournal.com]

OK, strong opinions ahead:

Is this guy for real?! What age does this moron think we're living in?? "Another self-destructive product"?? "Twisted and perverse"?? And the way he talks about love, and the absurd comparisons he makes there. Unbe-fucking-lievavble! And the worst thing of all is: he thinks he's totally justified in uttering this ridiculous nonsense.

What he says about Jake Gyllenhaal feeling uncomfortable and homophobic is a filthy, fabricated lie! I've read many interviews in which Jake said he and Heath were very down-to-earth about it all, and proud of the film they made. A homophobe wouldn't want to appear in a movie like this one in the first place. The last two paragraphs of the article are pure discrimination! What an utter bigoted asshole this man is! Shame on him!! [/rant]

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Boy, does he miss the point. If Jack and Ennis could have married each other and lived happily ever after without being afraid of the neighbors, neither would have married a woman they eventually ended up leaving, and so that broader scope of ruined lives he talks about wouldn't have existed.

So that argument is out the window.

*shakes head*

No logic, no sense, no sensibility.

[celandine-g.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with Rabidsamfan. The "evil" that destroyed so many lives in BBM would never have happened at all had it not been for the original "evil" of a homophobic society that kept these two men from being with each other.

And as for "logic," people like this writer don't need it, don't want it, and wouldn't recognize it if it landed on them like a ton of bricks. This article is a case in point I suppose.