Vince: "Those Masks are Really Gay!"

[Time Lord Soundwave]

So what's the over-under on Vince feeling the wrath of Think B4 You Speak?

Because if there's one person you don't want to mess with, it's Hillary Duff!

[Hiroshi Hase]

That's what I thought he said, wasn't sure at first.

[Bam Neeley]

Vince probably still thinks that gay means the same as jolly.

[kittylimits]

I think he actually meant "gay" as in homosexual. As in, those mask-wearers are obviously the type of dudes who like dudes to do sexual acts to them.

Now that doesn't make his comment any better, but it fits with the WWE's (and all of wrestling, really) constant gender role stereotyping and sexism.

[Hiroshi Hase]

Aug 25, 2009 12:35:57 GMT -5 @kittylimits said:

I think he actually meant "gay" as in homosexual. As in, those mask-wearers are obviously the type of dudes who like dudes to do sexual acts to them.

Now that doesn't make his comment any better, but it fits with the WWE's (and all of wrestling, really) constant gender role stereotyping and sexism.

He didn't say the individuals were, just their masks, sounds pretty cut and dry to me.

[Avalanche Alvarez]

Aug 25, 2009 12:35:20 GMT -5 Bam Neeley said:

Vince probably still thinks that gay means the same as jolly.

And he was probably having a bully day.
Are you having a bully day?



If a wrestler said it, they'd be feeling heatz.
Nuclear heatz depending on who.
Because he owns the damned thing, he can slide by.

[jobber2thestars]

Vince calling the masks gay was my favorite part of the show.

[Chad1m]

Having a number of homosexual friends and having been trying to fight the cause of using "gay" as a derogatory term for years, I was highly offended and severely disappointed.

[kittylimits]

Aug 25, 2009 12:37:06 GMT -5 Hiroshi Hase said:

Aug 25, 2009 12:35:57 GMT -5 @kittylimits said:

I think he actually meant "gay" as in homosexual. As in, those mask-wearers are obviously the type of dudes who like dudes to do sexual acts to them.

Now that doesn't make his comment any better, but it fits with the WWE's (and all of wrestling, really) constant gender role stereotyping and sexism.

He didn't say the individuals were, just their masks, sounds pretty cut and dry to me.

Why would he comment on the masks at all if he didn't mean to insinuate a homosexual orientation of the mask-wearers?

Either way, it was a pretty 'lame' comment if you ask me.

[stevieraymark]

I marked pretty hard

[Hiroshi Hase]

Aug 25, 2009 12:46:06 GMT -5 @kittylimits said:

Aug 25, 2009 12:37:06 GMT -5 Hiroshi Hase said:

He didn't say the individuals were, just their masks, sounds pretty cut and dry to me.

Why would he comment on the masks at all if he didn't mean to insinuate a homosexual orientation of the mask-wearers?

Either way, it was a pretty 'lame' comment if you ask me.

I guess it depends on the person as I've heard people use that term and not necessarily mean the person was gay. Like "that shirt looks gay", you're not talking about the person, just their attire. But to each their own.

[kittylimits]

Aug 25, 2009 12:47:27 GMT -5 Hiroshi Hase said:

Aug 25, 2009 12:46:06 GMT -5 @kittylimits said:

Why would he comment on the masks at all if he didn't mean to insinuate a homosexual orientation of the mask-wearers?

Either way, it was a pretty 'lame' comment if you ask me.

I guess it depends on the person as I've heard people use that term and not necessarily mean the person was gay. Like "that shirt looks gay", you're not talking about the person, just their attire. But to each their own.

Yeah, I get what you're saying. But Vince McMahon is the owner of the WWE, and anything that suggests "not-masculine" is depicted as "not-right," and made fun of.

Which is weird, when you have DX drawing hearts and kisses around Legacy, and then giving people the option of either A) Getting ready to suck it or B) Suck it.

[Randy Barber 4-Life]

Aug 25, 2009 12:35:20 GMT -5 Bam Neeley said:

Vince probably still thinks that gay means the same as jolly.

Maybe as he gets older they should rip-off the kind of stuff Mr. Burns says on the Simpsons. Words that haven't been used in decades. Especially words that had harmless meanings originally but sound offensive now. And flying in the corporate zeppelin or autogyro.

["Dashing" Dr.VonPhoenix]

Aug 25, 2009 12:41:57 GMT -5 jobber2thestars said:

Vince calling the masks gay was my favorite part of the show.

1000x this. I thought it was f***ing hilarious. Duff be damned.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty sure Pat Patterson would have said the same thing. I mean, did you see those masks?

[Cactus Jack]

It wasn't very PG.

[Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone]

Those masks are so Emma and Julia.

[Bam Neeley]

Aug 25, 2009 12:51:21 GMT -5 Randy Barber 4-Life said:

Aug 25, 2009 12:35:20 GMT -5 Bam Neeley said:

Vince probably still thinks that gay means the same as jolly.

Maybe as he gets older they should rip-off the kind of stuff Mr. Burns says on the Simpsons. Words that haven't been used in decades. Especially words that had harmless meanings originally but sound offensive now. And flying in the corporate zeppelin or autogyro.

Balderdash! Why, I once watched Georg "The Russian Lion" Hackenschmidt fight an Eskimo fellow bare-knuckled for a hundred and thirteen rounds! Of course, back then, if a fight lasted less than fifty rounds, we demanded our nickel back!

*Realizes there's an whole Simpsons quotes thread for this very purpose*

[Metalheadbanger Man]

It was a needless comment to make, I think.

Then again most of that segment was needless.

[Porkchop Sandwiches]

If you were offended, you should probably man up.