Congrats, Jimmy, on joining up with Chelsea for "Being gay is such a funny punchline" Friday.https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/982369074624647168 …
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Ok. So I didn’t want to have to get into dissecting comedy with you, since you’re clearly a riot...but here it goes. Jimmy Kimmel, who is demonstrably pro-LGBTQ, uses a homosexually suggestive jab at Sean Hannity, who is demonstrably anti-LGBTQ.
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I'm well aware of the "logic" behind such "jokes." It's lazy, it's not funny, and it is anti-gay because it continues the longstanding idea that being gay is a punchline. This is something
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Imagine hating yourself so much you go around fawningly giving other people permission to use your identity as an insult.
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But also, imagine hating yourself so much that you tweet something like this to someone you don’t know.
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That is irrational. Imagine caring about the effect of words on other people — and then you might understand what Anthony and I are saying.
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The theory is, the gay component is only pejorative for Sean, not Jimmy. It highlights the former’s homophobia and turns it into a weakness because saying it to Jimmy would just remind him of Ben Affleck’s sweet affection. Tl;dr I’m rubber you’re gluepic.twitter.com/inKCOZ4Gml
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But please, keep trying to drag me and corner me as something I’m not. Pleeeeeease.
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I'm not "corner[ing]" you as anything. They're your tweets. (Also: I'm not keeping on trying to do anything. I moved our conversation to replies, first, and, second, I'd moved on to other things. Look at my public-facing tweets.)
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You are, Chris. You RT me with a false editorialization. You tag people in your response to me, ensuring they harass me (which they have). Keep up the good work buddy. You’re making the world a better place.
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It’s a targeted burn at someone who would absolutely hate the suggestion of being gay.
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