Channel ten newsreader labels Sydney MardiGras "disgusting"
surprise, surprise! video has been pulled but here's the audio
www.novafm.com.au/audio_ron-wilson-s-disgusting-mardi-gras-comment_101073
homophobia at it's finest!
(, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 10:37, Reply)
perhaps he meant disgusting in the way people were looking and acting generally.
Being disgusting in public isn't limited to being gay as far as I know.
Perhaps he's gay but would prefer it if his more subdued and "straight acting" approach was better represented than the garish over the top style that is associated with Mardi Gras.
Or perhaps he's homophobic and it slipped out.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 10:59,
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it's the mardigras FFS!
It's all about gay people being over the top gay!
most of the audience is straight and see it as a good, fun night out!
(, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:01, Reply)
as you say, "most of" see it as a good fun night out
I'm guessing he likes things a little quieter.
Or he's homophobic.
Would be terrible to lynch a man and destroy his career just because he prefers a little peace and quiet. just saying.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:10,
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Hmmm.. not sure about this he might certainly be a bit prudish
but it's a bit far to suggest he's homophobic from that comment, maybe he could have used a better word than "disgusting" but it's not clear he meant being gay was disgusting rather than perhaps the simulated sex acts that are sometimes done on various MardiGras are.
Being prudish is not the same as being bigotted.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:11,
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Well...
he may have a point, seen a few 'pride' parades and seen some really sexually OTT sights in front of everyone. It's one thing to get your ass out in chaps and do a line dance, pretty funny and just on the right side of saucy I think, but if ya do some googling you'll see a lot of guys just plain flop their bits out and/or fuck right there in full view of the public!
It's a minority of a minority but it doesn't make anyone feel proud, this may have been this guys point rather than true homophobia, never been to a Mardi Gras, wouldn't know, but saw a bunch of guys pissed/stoned with their bits out doing pretty graphic stuff in the side lines of the main event during the last Mancs one.
But like 14 yo chavs chucking molotovs at the cops during a student protest, it's a tricky one to call, but I thought what the guy said wasn't blatantly homophobic meself, he was discussing some guys during the main event, not saying 'All gays are disgusting'...
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..wil, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:40,
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Shocking....
A man has his own opinions! Maybe he just doesn't like watching men simulating arse pumping each other or whatever he may of seen, does that make him a homophobe? You might enjoy the odd gay man flashing a cock at a Mardi Gras because he's had a bit to much booze but that doesn't mean it is to everyones taste!
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McMookMac Crush Proof, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:47,
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what really is disgusting is the accent
Brum + Australian = Unholy combo.
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SpunkyBackpack, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 13:32,
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