What amazes me is that, to people watching this on Fox news, this clip probably shows how laughably immoral and wrong proponents of homosexuality are. Personally, watching this shows just how horrendously pig-headed and cruel a TV personality is allowed to be on public television. The fact that they showed this on their own channel, however, means that they clearly think this successfully caters to their like-minded audience. I know any situation can have multiple interpretations, but i don't think I've ever been hit in the face with that fact so much before.
I'm not sure how much of a thoughtful analysis i can do of this, please just watch it yourselves and maybe comment for discussion. hmm.
I do not find this post to be too surprising. In fact I am not necessarily surprised at how bigoted Fox News is because they have said some racially controversial things in the past.
ReplyDeleteYet what bothers me is why they are making a big deal at a high school yearbook pic. I mean, really!? If I were to look at the photo without knowing who the two were I would have inferred that they were just friends. With that said however, we know that the two are a lesbian couple. At the same time however I find it ludicrous how the media is making a huge deal out of a high school relationship. As far as I am concerned, no news should be concerned over that because (in my own experience) high school relationships, heterosexual or homosexual, are not usually serious and don't last long. Perhaps they are uncomfortable to public displays of homosexual affection, which some people find "inappropriate." I do not see how love and affection between two people can be "inappropriate (except in obviously pornographic situations).
Still, as distasteful as O'Reilly's opinions are, he did bring up a fascinating concept of "experimenting." In my experience in high school, many females claimed to be lesbian, bisexual, or "unknown." Some females were legitimately lesbian or bisexual, others were unsure, and some just flat out lied. Now, I ask myself this question when dealing with people in any situation sometimes, "how many people say they are one thing (sexuality in this case), but are actually lying?" Then I'll ask, "why are they lying?" and "are they ashamed of themselves or are do they feel unsafe of who they truly are?" or "are they just seeking attention?"
Because of "experimenting" in high school I sometimes remained skeptical when someone claimed to be a certain sexuality. But I did not make a big deal out of it because I simply don't care. This remains true to this day, because unlike Fox News and Bill O'Reilly, I do not care about someone's sexuality and because I focus on other things, I tend to forget....
Well, I hate Fox news (and pretty much the Fox network in general) with a burning passion, but as you said, we knew that already. What I do find interesting is the woman he brought on to discuss it. In the face of a professional therapist telling him outright how bigoted he is and how stupid his accusation that the girls in question are just seeking attention, he maintains his attitude and will hardly let her get a word in edgewise. And I find it so insane that people watching this will probably just take his word for everything, even though she has professional credentials backing up her opinion, since clearly she was only brought on to show how wrong her opinion is.
ReplyDelete@DavidPino: You're very right to say teenagers experiment a lot during high school, and I agree that most romantic high school relationships are pretty devoid of meaning. But honestly, even if it isn't a meaningful thing and even if there's some reason to be skeptical of experimentation at that age, being that there are cases where this is not true, where two young men or two young women truly do love each other and are not just trying things out, and some high school relationships do maintain long after graduation, IMO all high school relationships should be treated seriously and without judgement.