FLAMER

So look at me, 2 posts, 1 day (much better than that 2 girls 1 cup everyone seemed so fond of)...

Anyway, I don't really want to spend too much time being all socially responsible, but i read an incendiary little piece about some people's aversions to a certain kind of gay...

Described as Flamers, these bombastic individuals live by their own rules. They're loud and they're proud but what have they done for us lately? I mean besides being the big gay face of our modern movement.

While they are paraded around TV as the sexual (yet sexless), nasal, and flippant figures like Jack from W&G or Mark from Ugly Betty, you must realise that they aren't real. They are machinations of the entertainment industry and while some characters are becoming increasingly deep, they are still just characters.

Unfortunately, the real world doesn't realise this. Who do we blame? The flamers. Why? Because they're just so damn (pick one) loud/femme/different/bitchy... Not the people that distort our perception of people into 2-D characters, not the ones that exploit internalised xenophobia, not the people who make millions off of the sensationalised charicatures.

Now can people be annoying? Yes, but let's not stereotype, i think it causes global warming or something... It undermines our fight for gay rights, because as long as we hate each other (groundlessly) we can't unify, we can't look to each other for strength, we can't form bonds of community... fuck, now i'm just going around in circles...better cut this short and sleep...

let the internet flame fight about flamers begin! (i kid, Earl and Anita agree with me and let's face facts, they be the ones who read this... maybe)