Airline cuts All Black gay kiss scene
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in that context, i would call what the supervisor did "bullying" or "harassment"
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I agree, it is harassment and bullying.
However, as I pointed out, if he had made similar sorts of comments about any other group, he would have gotten in trouble immediately.
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i hate double-standards.
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Let's look at the "you need to lighten up" concept outside this single issue.
A Police woman just won a a bunch of money here in Scotland because here supervisor was routinely making homophobic remarks to/about her. She kept complaining about his constant barrage of nasty comments and every time she was told to "lighten up, he doesn't mean anything by it".
Imagine if she were black or jewish or muslim or some other group. No one would dare tell her to "lighten up, he doesn't mean anything by it". The supervisor would have been fired immediately.
That's comparing apples to oranges. The portrayal of a gay employee who does not get cussed out, beat up or killed simply for being gay is actually a positive not a negative. Sure, we all would have liked to see the rugby player kiss the flight attendant but it was a step in the right direction.
As far as the professor's comments: "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach" seems to apply. The man is an idiot. In fact, the more I think about it, pulling the video suggests that there is something wrong with being gay.
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agree with most of it. But i still think that bullying and harassment, no matter for what reason (gay, black, jewish, or muslim) should be dealt with, immediately.
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That's the problem, it's not acceptable to treat other group like crap, but treating gays like crap is perfectly acceptable.
