Calling Justin Bieber "Gay"

[Playinghardball]

Calling anyone "gay" as a pejorative makes you look like an ignorant bigot.

[GoneOffShore]

1. Can we call Bieber "terrible and sad"?

[aristocles]

2. You dishonor Freddie by even mentioning him in the same sentence with Justin Bieber. Shame on you.

[PowerToThePeople]

3. rec

[Playinghardball]

4. BULL

I didn't design the meme...Someone else did...so go shame them

[11 Bravo]

9. And everyone here knows exactly what you meant; but the perpetually outraged brigade ...

WILL be heard from!

[wandy]

10. You're right..........

I really don't want to get into this other than Music.
Freddie Mercury was talent. He could say something and bring it forth. Although a different style IMHO in a class with Roger Waters.
Justin Bieber is Auto-Tune Evo NOISE and a dishonor to good audio equipment.

You know what? You really don't need to get into this beyond the man's talent.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Dontcha know?

That meme has changed! Calling something "gay" isn't an insult any more! I learned all about how I am not able to parse the speech of young people and don't understand it isn't an insult; and I learned it here, at DU, at the butt-crack of Don.

[redqueen]

6. That poster makes no sense.

Referring to anyone's sexuality is not an insult to anyone else.

Speculating on anyone's sexuality is fucked up.

Using it as an insult is extremely fucked up.

[demwing]

7. Did you see the OP's comment below the image

"Calling anyone "gay" as a pejorative makes you look like an ignorant bigot."

And I agree with that 100%

[redqueen]

12. I did and I almost completely agree.

I'd leave out the "look like" part.

IMO the OP's words stand on their own, and throwing a picture of Freddie up there just muddies the message.

[xfundy]

8. Beiber's a little straight boy.

One who will in all likelihood be dead from affluenza and/or drug use before long.

[CFLDem]

13. Or just tripping over his own feet.

[Skittles]

11. ANY comparison between Freddie and Justin is an insult

[JI7]

14. it's also an insult if people get upset if you mention Freddie being gay

and they act like it's something bad. that's another thing i have seen sometimes from those who say they are fans but are anti gay. they don't want to talk about it and they start attacking you if you bring it up.

[JI7]

15. true, mentioning Bieber and Mercury is like mentioning Rob Ford with Abe Lincoln

it just doesn't fit.