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Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

http://glaadblog.org/2011/03/17/wwe-to-partner-with-glaad-on-anti-bullying-messages/

The gist of this is that John Cenas recent promos painting Rock as gay and implying that was bad offended people in the gay community. Now Glaad and the wwe are working together to raise awareness on bullying.

This might be seen as an overreaction but the mission statement of

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making it clear that bullying someone with homophobic taunts or for their perceived sexual orientation is wrong

isn't one I find problematic.

However what do you folks think?

Joined: Jun 29 2010 Posts: 1818

Funny... One would think that WWE would be wiser than that.
I mean, when it comes down to it, it is a show about ripped man fighting shirtless Razz

Seriously though, this is a great step in the right direction in more ways than one. The message is solid, of course, but who's sending it means a lot too. WWE is appreciated world wide, and the fact they took the time to right a wrong all on itself is amazing.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3474

Oh for fuck's sake.

Rock may not be down with the strudle, but he sure does like sticking stuff up candy asses.

Posted: Mar 19 2011 02:00 pm

So are they gonna retcon Goldust, et al. then?

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3474

Jack Slater wrote:

So are they gonna retcon Goldust, et al. then?

or Adrian Adonis. Not.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Goldust was never gay...although he had the mind games and all that, he was never a negative stereotype despite being a great heel. GLAAD was actually proud of WWE at one point when Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo were going to have an on air wedding, only for their hairstylist Rico (who would become gay) to betray them.

Yeah, Cena's comments are...odd. I'm usually one to not really bother with them, but it is usually either poop or gay slurs. What I find funny is that Cena calls Rock gay, yet then Cena turns around and says he wants to give Rock a pearl necklace.

Posted: Mar 21 2011 02:53 am

Doddsino wrote:

Goldust was never gay...although he had the mind games and all that, he was never a negative stereotype despite being a great heel.

Oh come off it man, the guy was a stereotypical nutty flamer, Buffalo Bill drag and all. I'm not saying Goldust was gay either, but he sure as hell acted like it. Or at least like the stereotype of the insane poofter.

Just saying, GLAAD ought to be pissed about that one too to be consistent.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Again, it's the mind games...there's a difference. If you look at it from my standpoint, Goldust wasn't a negative character because he used other people's homophobia against them, which makes them look like assholes...not him.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

I mean golddust has really always been played as weird and uncomfortable. Not because he's a gay character but because he's weird and uncomfortable. Although I believe in the past they have complained about the over the top parts of goldust I just can't find it due to everyone reporting on the anti bullying campaign. I know they have complained about Lenny and lodi in the WCW before and wcw dropped the characters so this is not a random happening.

Posted: Mar 21 2011 08:41 pm

Doddsino wrote:

Again, it's the mind games...there's a difference. If you look at it from my standpoint, Goldust wasn't a negative character because he used other people's homophobia against them, which makes them look like assholes...not him.

I dunno if that works if the audience is just as creeped out as the other wrestler.

Posted: Mar 21 2011 10:57 pm

Doddsino wrote:

What I find funny is that Cena calls Rock gay, yet then Cena turns around and says he wants to give Rock a pearl necklace.

I thought that was part of the joke. How that is a recurring theme in virtually every dis hip-hop ever made.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Yeah...and it's stupid.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3474

Doddsino wrote:

What I find funny is that Cena calls Rock gay, yet then Cena turns around and says he wants to give Rock a pearl necklace.

Posted: Mar 22 2011 01:51 pm

Cena called Rock "a fairy with a tooth". But what about DX and how much they said Vince loved cock. Wasn't that more inapropriate? I remember The Spirit Squad and how Triple H said:" Why don't you guys go backstage and pump each other with spirit?" wasn''t that more inapropiate? Does Triple H get special treatment?

I think what Triple H said should have been more offensive. "a fairy with a tooth"? come on that is at least PG13. All I'm saying is there were worse things that have been said on WWE. Cena doesn't even have the F-U it's the AA. The show is supose to be child friendly so I guess people have a right to be pissed off.

Posted: Mar 22 2011 02:08 pm

At best, it could really be said that the WWE has a mixed record on homosexuality. I mean, Pat Patterson's always been in good with Vince, and there've been plenty of others (Jim Barnett, Kanyon, Orlando Jordan etc) that've been bisexual or outright gay who worked for WWE, but considering the usual target demographic (teen to middle aged males, arguably heterosexual ones with the vast amount of T&A shown on the programs, even if it's just relatively tame stuff), it's not surprising that this would start up, or that there'd be a backlash and subsequent apology/reparation situation. I can see this happening, dying down after it's no longer an issue, and springing up again in a couple of years.

Posted: Mar 22 2011 03:41 pm

I'm pretty sure the comment they are referring to was Cena's, "Don't go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cuz your mountain's Brokeback.

Posted: Mar 22 2011 03:55 pm

Valdronius wrote:

I'm pretty sure the comment they are referring to was Cena's, "Don't go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cuz your mountain's Brokeback.

Christ, even though it's topical, it's still not funny. Why does everyone think Cena's such a great mic guy? He delivers lines like he delivers the FU (or whatever it is now): sloppily at best.

Posted: Mar 22 2011 04:07 pm

Valdronius wrote:

I'm pretty sure the comment they are referring to was Cena's, "Don't go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cuz your mountain's Brokeback.

That was almost funny, but do children even get that joke? I guess his joke was still implying The Rock is gay, but I still say Triple H said a lot worse homophobic things still.

At least Cena didn't call him the Scorpion Queen.