April 8, 2008

Meanwhile, Back on Planet Asshat, Jay Leno is Still King

In case you missed it, the highly irritating Jay Leno made yet another in a long line of stupid, homophobic remarks the other night, then apologized for saying such a “dumb thing” (but not for any of the other countless stupid, homophobic remarks he’s made over the years).

Since then, Leno has demonstrated, again, that he never, ever learns.

Per towleroad, “Last Friday, Jay Leno spoke with KMXB radio in Las Vegas about the ‘gayest look’ controversy.”

You can listen to the audio and read towleroad’s transcript at the link — but this is the part that got us:

Leno: “To me I never made fun of gay rights or even gay marriage. Do what you want to do. But to me — fashion, lifestyle, hair, you know that kind of stuff — you’re a comic. Thats what you do.”

Hey, Leno, I’ve got a little newsflash for you: You put your foot in it again.

First, you called homosexuality a “lifestyle.” What, do I have to have “Being gay is not a ‘lifestyle’ — it’s my LIFE” tattooed across my forehead?

Second — and worse — you equated being gay with such meaningless crap as “fashion” and “hair” and “that kind of stuff.”

Jiminy Christmas on a trailer hitch, Leno, the stupidity that flows out of your big yap when you go off-script is astounding. Sadly, you don’t even know how offensive you’re being. That makes your nice, neat, canned apology utterly worthless. Until you learn why your words are hurtful, there’s no point in your going through the motions.

Leno: “Well, apparently ‘gayest look’ offended somebody and, you know.

“Somebody”? How about a whole lot of somebodys? Last I checked, the Web site in your honor had ten pages of folks giving you their “gayest look,” with 50 people per page (you can find my partner Buffy and me on page ten)… so at least 500 of us not at all shy about telliing you what we really think were, indeed, offended.

(Hmm, I wonder how many people who can’t be bothered to make such a statement we represent? I know that a single letter of complaint, or praise, to a single TV or radio station represents a whole bunch of viewers/listeners who feel the same way, yet won’t bother to write.)

Finally:

Leno: “But what happens in these things is it then builds to — I would read the blog, ‘I didn’t see Jay Leno’s anti-gay tirade but I heard he went on and on!’ So it’s one of these things where it just builds and builds and you go look, I’m a comic.”

I saw it. You weren’t funny. You were offensive.

And where you could have left bad enough alone, let your original apology stand and moved on, you’re compounding the insult by making light of your offense, and using your occupation as an excuse for your bad behavior.

You just canceled out any good intentions on your part. If you had any.

Posted by: Sapphocrat

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