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Terry Crews criticised for saying children of same-sex parents are ‘severely malnourished’, has since apologized and deleted comment
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Honestly he's said a ton of other gross things these past few days even beyond that tweet. Dude is managing to spout sexist, homophobic, AND gender essentialist shit all of a sudden.
His dismissive attitude and double down in the face of people's pain is seriously so disappointing. Some of the stuff he said really hit me along with many others and not in a good way. Doesn't help that he's been stringing this along for days now.
His dismissive attitude and double down in the face of people's pain is seriously so disappointing. Some of the stuff he said really hit me along with many others and not in a good way. Doesn't help that he's been stringing this along for days now.
Yeah, his Twitter has been a trash fire for the last couple of days. How disappointing. :/
He seems to be apologizing for the wording, not the intent, which still seems to be that children need a father and a mother in order to get proper love.
Which I disagree with.
Which I disagree with.
As a pansexual, I personally accept his apology, that he acknowledges his wording was wrong and hurtful. However, he's said several other... Questionable things in past regarding LGBTQ people that I can only hope he really is trying to learn, rather than save his ass while still holding backwards views.
Basically if he keeps fucking up I might not forgive him again, and I can't blame any LGBTQ person who already has.
I kinda get what he intended to say, but God does it actually come across way different and way worse.
Basically if he keeps fucking up I might not forgive him again, and I can't blame any LGBTQ person who already has.
I kinda get what he intended to say, but God does it actually come across way different and way worse.
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But is he wrong? I am not trying to defend any stance that is against same sex parenting, however I do feel it has to be acceptable to some degree to argue heterosexual parenting is more beneficial instead of shutting down any discussion whatsoever. What I mean is, there indeed is a difference between a mothers love and a fathers love, and that difference allows a child to experience both sides of the same coin to eventually mature with a more complete outlook on the world, which is not something that can be said for same sex parents. I am wholly ignorant on the topic so correct me to whatever degree I need to be corrected on.
The fuck is this shit ??? Really Terry , especially with all the LGBT people you for sure work with in Hollywood. Fucking reaaally?
Yep. Transphobia is almost always just the surface indicator for other, less socially acceptable beliefs. But nobody wanted to listen when he did that "those trans weirdos are like Rachel Dolezal" shit.
And he still is.
Fuck cancel culture. We all day dumb shit from time to time.
Do we know why he has this view? If anyone can make this a teachable moment, hopefully its Terry.
I suppose paternal love can be offered by a female parental figure, but that's just an assumption. I wouldn't know, and I have no knowledge whatsoever about the psychological/sociological dynamics involved, but you'd be damn sure I'd put some time and research into it before I make a statement like Crews did, and probably wouldn't do it in a tweet either. Not a good look, Terry.
I grew up without a father and I came out just as good as any other person, if not better.
Yeah - and the sad thing is people rarely care when transphobia happens. The amount of threads made for when celebrities are blatantly homophobic are way higher than the amount of threads for transphobia (and let me tell you - those incidents are pretty damn frequent, especially in the UK and US). I'm seeing people on twitter that leftists respect casually supporting transphobic comedians, politicians, and writers and then they get snippy when they get called out on it. Barely anyone here even talks about the military ban any more. It feels so lovely being dehumanised! Transphobia is the most/only acceptable hatred for a lot of people, and that sucks.
Barack Obama turned out alright.
And I am sure there are countless other examples.
What is that, and why can the other parent not do it?
As someone who was raised by my father alone, I want to know what I've been missing out on.
I'd rather have grown up with a second mom than a father who barely showed affection, who'd only show anger or mockery if he wasn't ignoring us, who would often pretend he'd drive off a cliffside road when he was pissed off during a long drive.
But I'd never seek out an ex-footballer as a great philosopher either. After all their brain gets a rich and healthy diet of
wholesome concussions.
But I'd never seek out an ex-footballer as a great philosopher either. After all their brain gets a rich and healthy diet of
wholesome concussions.
AH, finally we have the hand waving post . I was worried there for a second.
I think it's a case where his wording was wrong to begin with (love is indeed not gendered, but he was probably trying to refer to paternal and maternal role modelling instead of love), but once people jumped on him he doubled down and it all led to this.
Pretty dumb comment, as many people have grown to be good human beings but were brought up in households where role modelling was terrible or non-existent.
Pretty dumb comment, as many people have grown to be good human beings but were brought up in households where role modelling was terrible or non-existent.
He's a black dude who grew up in flint and his father was an alcoholic who was abusive to him and his mom. She practically raised him by herself. He also grew up seeing a lot of kids that look like him in similar single parent households struggle just the same as he. He was also probably reminded of this in the media he consumed growing. He probably told himself that he's not gonna be like his father when he has children and he'll be there for him. Of course a man like that would think father hood is important.
That said him throwing Same sex parents under the bus like that is wack as fuck
That said him throwing Same sex parents under the bus like that is wack as fuck
I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Unfortunately, shitty parenting can come from any person - male, female, LGBT+ and anything in between. I think Terry is a bit naive in thinking that kids need male role models to function properly. Sure, a good male role model can be a huge benefit, but a bad one can also ruin lives.
Good parenting is the most important part here, doesn't really matter who they are. Kids will find other role models in society and extended family if they need to, as well.
What the fuck terry
My thoughts exactly. God Damnit.
Yes, he and you are *wrong*.
There is no evidence at all that same sex couples raise their children any less effectively than heterosexual couples.
Everyone's different and let's face it, the divorce rate in western society is high enough to show that for many children, 2 parents throughout their upbringing isn't the reality for a lot of them.
You do not become a better or more complete parent by having an opposite gender parent with you. It's all down to the individual. There's no inherent advantage to heterosexual couples in this regard at all.
I can understand why people might feel this way, but it's completely wrong.
