Green Lantern Relaunched as Gay

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[quote]thethirdruffian wrote:

[quote]flipcollar wrote:
That’s an unabashedly homophobic statement. [/quote]

LOL at “homophobia.” No one is “afraid” of queers.

Having gay sex is extremely unhealthy (far worse, tham, say smoking) and gays overwhelmingly report that they are unhappy and unsatisfied with life.

It’s not normal behavior and has not been tolerated in almost any society, in the world, for thousands of years.

So, yes, we should not teach children that deviant behavior is normal or OK. It’s not.

Now, will I discriminate against you? Nope.

Everyone has their cross, and yours is a desire to have hairy men pound your ass raw in rest stops along the highway.

That’s your business.

But will I teach my (future) children that it’s OK to get pounded in the ass at rest stops? No. I will teach them that engaging in gay sex is an almost certain path to a miserable life.[/quote]

You may not be homophobic, but you’re certainly anti-gay. This post is completely ridiculous.

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[quote]OBoile wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

[quote]flipcollar wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

Comic books should be safe for childeren… I wouldn’t want my child reading about Super gay green Lantern banging his super gay boyfriend…lol

THOUGHTS?[/quote]

My first thought is that it’s weird that you think a gay green lantern is ‘unsafe’ for children. That’s an unabashedly homophobic statement. wtf is unsafe? that a child might find out that people can be gay? that you as a parent might have to explain this to him?

And last time I checked, most mainstream comic books aren’t about the super hero ‘banging’ his girlfriend… so why would making the super hero gay make the comic book overly sexualized? This doesn’t make sense. You think DC’s planning on making Green Lantern into gay pornography?[/quote]

It has nothing to do with pornography or any type of stylized/sexualized man on man action.(I mean I believe there will be some, cause in most comics you’ll see Scott Summers awake from bed with Jean Gray beside him…etc.)

So no, I don’t think DC plans on going on a Hentai parade with the Green Lantern comic series, it’s just that personally I don’t think Homosexuality is right, so I don’t think it should be fed to little childeren. I don’t think it’s appropriate subject matter for small childeren. Just as I don’t think certain movies or sexaulized media is appropriate subject matter for small childeren either. Childeren are very impressionable, and the comic book market is still largely aimed at people 17 and under.

And as far as me being homophobic…well I went to the largest college for acting and most my professors and classmates were gay…also I currently work in San Francisco…lol[/quote]
So you’re okay with kids reading comics where people kill each other in many different ways, but you’re not okay with with them reading comics where one guy wakes up next to another guy.

Yeah, that makes sense.[/quote]

Most comic books are like the tv shows nowadays. They’re going to have stylized violence where the hero and the bad guys get beat up…that’s the way it’s always been…arguing that is irrelevant. Now if a comic or show is too violent or too gorey I’m not going to let my future child/children watch it.

This is just like throwing another wrench in…something else I might have to screen for. As a parent (one day) I’ll have a right to screen certain things and try to not let my children engage/watch certain things just as much as you. What I let my kids watch is my choice. What you let your children watch is your choice.

Where in my previous posts did I ever say I was ok with children consuming egregious violence? Quit assuming things and/or putting words in my mouth.

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I know children come to know and understand adult themes, references and circumstances at a pretty young age…especially nowadays…but just because my child might eventually come to know what drug abuse, drug consumption and an overdose might look like, doesn’t mean I have to be ok with them consuming those references and themes through mass entertainment on a regular basis.

I believe certain themes and subject matter are ok for children of a certain age and certain ones are not. I began reading comic books at 7 years old…so yeah…high school you might just let a kid get into more adult material…but kids start reading comics way younger than that.

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[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

So no, I don’t think DC plans on going on a Hentai parade with the Green Lantern comic series, it’s just that personally I don’t think Homosexuality is right, so I don’t think it should be fed to little childeren.[/quote]

That’s fine. Just realize your personal opinion isn’t grounded in reality.

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[quote]therajraj wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

So no, I don’t think DC plans on going on a Hentai parade with the Green Lantern comic series, it’s just that personally I don’t think Homosexuality is right, so I don’t think it should be fed to little childeren.[/quote]

That’s fine. Just realize your personal opinion isn’t grounded in reality.[/quote]

Your perception of reality may be different from mine, but just because something is widely accepted doesn’t make it ok. (AT LEAST TO ME) I feel the same way about drugs, and alcohol…etc. I have friends that vehemently disagree with me on a lot of moral issues but they are still my friends. I’m not the type of person who just because I disagree with you, can’t shake your hand or help you our when you’re in trouble.

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[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

[quote]therajraj wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

So no, I don’t think DC plans on going on a Hentai parade with the Green Lantern comic series, it’s just that personally I don’t think Homosexuality is right, so I don’t think it should be fed to little childeren.[/quote]

That’s fine. Just realize your personal opinion isn’t grounded in reality.[/quote]

Your perception of reality may be different from mine, but just because something is widely accepted doesn’t make it ok. (AT LEAST TO ME) I feel the same way about drugs, and alcohol…etc. I have friends that vehemently disagree with me on a lot of moral issues but they are still my friends. I’m not the type of person who just because I disagree with you, can’t shake your hand or help you our when you’re in trouble.[/quote]

Actually, I’m speaking in term of scientific evidence not because it’s level of acceptance in society.

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[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

Your perception of reality may be different from mine, [/quote]

Personally, I strive to believe as many as true things as possible while as few false things as possible.

Forget what society says. Ask yourself, is there anything immoral about two adults engaging in consensual sex in the privacy of their own home? If so why?

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Meh, it’s Allen Scott Green Lantern, and not even the main DC universe. This all happens on Earth 2.

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[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

[quote]OBoile wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

[quote]flipcollar wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:

Comic books should be safe for childeren… I wouldn’t want my child reading about Super gay green Lantern banging his super gay boyfriend…lol

THOUGHTS?[/quote]

My first thought is that it’s weird that you think a gay green lantern is ‘unsafe’ for children. That’s an unabashedly homophobic statement. wtf is unsafe? that a child might find out that people can be gay? that you as a parent might have to explain this to him?

And last time I checked, most mainstream comic books aren’t about the super hero ‘banging’ his girlfriend… so why would making the super hero gay make the comic book overly sexualized? This doesn’t make sense. You think DC’s planning on making Green Lantern into gay pornography?[/quote]

It has nothing to do with pornography or any type of stylized/sexualized man on man action.(I mean I believe there will be some, cause in most comics you’ll see Scott Summers awake from bed with Jean Gray beside him…etc.)

So no, I don’t think DC plans on going on a Hentai parade with the Green Lantern comic series, it’s just that personally I don’t think Homosexuality is right, so I don’t think it should be fed to little childeren. I don’t think it’s appropriate subject matter for small childeren. Just as I don’t think certain movies or sexaulized media is appropriate subject matter for small childeren either. Childeren are very impressionable, and the comic book market is still largely aimed at people 17 and under.

And as far as me being homophobic…well I went to the largest college for acting and most my professors and classmates were gay…also I currently work in San Francisco…lol[/quote]
So you’re okay with kids reading comics where people kill each other in many different ways, but you’re not okay with with them reading comics where one guy wakes up next to another guy.

Yeah, that makes sense.[/quote]

Most comic books are like the tv shows nowadays. They’re going to have stylized violence where the hero and the bad guys get beat up…that’s the way it’s always been…arguing that is irrelevant. Now if a comic or show is too violent or too gorey I’m not going to let my future child/children watch it.

This is just like throwing another wrench in…something else I might have to screen for. As a parent (one day) I’ll have a right to screen certain things and try to not let my children engage/watch certain things just as much as you. What I let my kids watch is my choice. What you let your children watch is your choice.

Where in my previous posts did I ever say I was ok with children consuming egregious violence? Quit assuming things and/or putting words in my mouth.[/quote]

How many threads have you started regarding the far more prevelent violence in comic books (or in all forms of media)? How many times have you called that violence “unsafe”?
The absense of words “in your mouth” speaks volumes.

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[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:
I know children come to know and understand adult themes, references and circumstances at a pretty young age…especially nowadays…but just because my child might eventually come to know what drug abuse, drug consumption and an overdose might look like, doesn’t mean I have to be ok with them consuming those references and themes through mass entertainment on a regular basis.

I believe certain themes and subject matter are ok for children of a certain age and certain ones are not. I began reading comic books at 7 years old…so yeah…high school you might just let a kid get into more adult material…but kids start reading comics way younger than that. [/quote]
The fact that you compare homosexuality to drug abuse speaks volumes as well.

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[quote]therajraj wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
It’s not so much that there is a gay superhero, it’s that they changed him. They “improved” him by making him gay.
[/quote]

THIS.

[/quote]

People unexpectedly come out all the time. My Uncle’s best friend did it, and so did another friend of the family who had a wife and two kids. If anything this is a very realistic scenario due to the stigmatization of homosexuality.

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[quote]OBoile wrote:

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:
I know children come to know and understand adult themes, references and circumstances at a pretty young age…especially nowadays…but just because my child might eventually come to know what drug abuse, drug consumption and an overdose might look like, doesn’t mean I have to be ok with them consuming those references and themes through mass entertainment on a regular basis.

I believe certain themes and subject matter are ok for children of a certain age and certain ones are not. I began reading comic books at 7 years old…so yeah…high school you might just let a kid get into more adult material…but kids start reading comics way younger than that. [/quote]
The fact that you compare homosexuality to drug abuse speaks volumes as well.[/quote]

I’m glad I speak volumes to you lol I have the right to my opinion and so do you dude

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Super heroes tend to wear brightly coloured leotards, the fact that a few of them turn out to be a tad vanilla shouldn’t come as any great surprise.

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At a time where same sex marragies are becoming commonplace, I’d rather have my kids exposed to a harmless gay comic book than a destructive rerun of an Archie Bunker show.

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[quote]thethirdruffian wrote:

[quote]flipcollar wrote:
That’s an unabashedly homophobic statement. [/quote]

LOL at “homophobia.” No one is “afraid” of queers.

Having gay sex is extremely unhealthy (far worse, tham, say smoking) and gays overwhelmingly report that they are unhappy and unsatisfied with life.

It’s not normal behavior and has not been tolerated in almost any society, in the world, for thousands of years.

So, yes, we should not teach children that deviant behavior is normal or OK. It’s not.

Now, will I discriminate against you? Nope.

Everyone has their cross, and yours is a desire to have hairy men pound your ass raw in rest stops along the highway.

That’s your business.

But will I teach my (future) children that it’s OK to get pounded in the ass at rest stops? No. I will teach them that engaging in gay sex is an almost certain path to a miserable life.[/quote]

There we go.

I don’t know what’s worse :

Compares homosexual sex to smoking (???). How is it exactly unhealthy? Heterosexual anal and oral sex works exactly the same (man/man). For woman/woman is similar, but add vaginal sex as well from tools and etc.

Totally disregards that Roman and Greek societies had a totally different approach to homosexuality to the point that they did not even have terms for hetero or homosex, but dominant/submissive, etc. Also, the Cathars, who had a totally free society 1000 years ago. They were murdered and tortured by the morale bringers giggles

You should teach your children to keep an open mind, but then again, you’d need to open yours first, which seems unlikely.

I lol’ed at the bold thing.

Why not “your desire is to have a hot girl licking all over your body”? You can easily spot a homophobic because he’ll only talk about man/man because woman/woman is “hot”.

I hope you don’t breed or your children will be miserable for having such a retarded bigot as a father.

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Not sure what the big deal is. Characters/universes get rebooted all the time. There was talk that Peter Parker would be rebooted as gay.

Comics are a business/industry. This was a business decision for DC. Copies sold will ultimately determine if they made the right decision for the franchise.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Not sure what the big deal is. Characters/universes get rebooted all the time. There was talk that Peter Parker would be rebooted as gay.

Comics are a business/industry. This was a business decision for DC. Copies sold will ultimately determine if they made the right decision for the franchise.[/quote]

Hey you… stop with your even-toned, logical posts.

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[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Not sure what the big deal is. Characters/universes get rebooted all the time. There was talk that Peter Parker would be rebooted as gay.

Comics are a business/industry. This was a business decision for DC. Copies sold will ultimately determine if they made the right decision for the franchise.[/quote]

Hey you… stop with your even-toned, logical posts.
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Well, I have to balance out the ridiculous hyperbolic satire once in awhile.

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[quote]Edevus wrote:

I hope you don’t breed or your children will be miserable for having such a retarded bigot as a father.
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^^LOL… The butthurt (no pun intended) is strong with this one.

Bigot:
noun
1. a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.

You being intolerant of his opinion about homosexual relationships would kinda make you a bigot as well.