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Reading some of the posts on this barrel of shit site regarding the lyrics of DGPHM in particular, and YHKM to a lesser degree, and I'm not talking about the odd one or two, but a large percentage, I am even more convinced that this is now a Morrissey-Hate site in all but name.
The homophobia, never very subtle at the best of times here, is now so very palpable it makes the skin crawl.
I was always aware that there was a certain type of, alleged, determinedly heterosexual Morrissey "fan" who couldn't bear the thought that Morrissey may be gay, and these people are both male AND female alike, and have argued vociferously against any suggestion that this may be the case, because it shatters the entire fantasy they have clung to for so long, and heaven forbid they should identify so strongly with a gay man.
Personally, I don't subscribe to the notion that this is somehow Morrissey's "coming out" album, for after all, when has Morrissey ever been "in the closet"?
Neither do I think that either of the tracks in question refer specifically to sexual acts of ANY persuasion, what I DO hear are the usual clever, multi-layered, tongue-in-cheek, provocative and wilfully challenging lyrics, with the same degree of ambiguity that Morrissey has made his own over the last 20 some years.
In my time here I have read some of the most vicious and sickening homophobic rantings that I had EVER read OR heard previously.
I have, on literally dozens of occasions asked David Tseng to combat this, but of course, unless the taunts are directed at him personally, they are left on public display to pollute the site and make life even more unbearable for those young people trying to come to terms with their own sexuality, who visit this site under the mistaken impression that it is a Morrissey fan site, and are then exposed to such unadulterated bigotry in such graphic and hateful language.
Whatever Morrissey's sexuality may be, and, contrary to received opinion it is much more difficult to pin a label on something as complex as human sexuality than to simply label someone 'gay', 'bi' or "straight", which in itself suggests that anything that isn't "straight" must be a deviation, and therefore "abnormal" in some way.
For those who are so upset by the idea that Morrissey may be "gay", I really would suggest that you move along.
There are many fervantly heterosexual singers that you can obsess over.
I hear that Enrique Iglesias likes the ladies, and Peter Andre is 'all man', and then there's Tom Jones, the original "red-blooded" warbler who, I'm told, exerts a powerful 'animal magnetism' over his , mostly female, audiences.
Alternatively you could wake up out of your self imposed stupor and accept the fact that NOT being a dyed-in-the-wool heterosexual is not such a terrible thing, and who knows, you may even find the courage to change you're own life, you know, the one that you hate.
freeyourself/ be yourself.
The homophobia, never very subtle at the best of times here, is now so very palpable it makes the skin crawl.
I was always aware that there was a certain type of, alleged, determinedly heterosexual Morrissey "fan" who couldn't bear the thought that Morrissey may be gay, and these people are both male AND female alike, and have argued vociferously against any suggestion that this may be the case, because it shatters the entire fantasy they have clung to for so long, and heaven forbid they should identify so strongly with a gay man.
Personally, I don't subscribe to the notion that this is somehow Morrissey's "coming out" album, for after all, when has Morrissey ever been "in the closet"?
Neither do I think that either of the tracks in question refer specifically to sexual acts of ANY persuasion, what I DO hear are the usual clever, multi-layered, tongue-in-cheek, provocative and wilfully challenging lyrics, with the same degree of ambiguity that Morrissey has made his own over the last 20 some years.
In my time here I have read some of the most vicious and sickening homophobic rantings that I had EVER read OR heard previously.
I have, on literally dozens of occasions asked David Tseng to combat this, but of course, unless the taunts are directed at him personally, they are left on public display to pollute the site and make life even more unbearable for those young people trying to come to terms with their own sexuality, who visit this site under the mistaken impression that it is a Morrissey fan site, and are then exposed to such unadulterated bigotry in such graphic and hateful language.
Whatever Morrissey's sexuality may be, and, contrary to received opinion it is much more difficult to pin a label on something as complex as human sexuality than to simply label someone 'gay', 'bi' or "straight", which in itself suggests that anything that isn't "straight" must be a deviation, and therefore "abnormal" in some way.
For those who are so upset by the idea that Morrissey may be "gay", I really would suggest that you move along.
There are many fervantly heterosexual singers that you can obsess over.
I hear that Enrique Iglesias likes the ladies, and Peter Andre is 'all man', and then there's Tom Jones, the original "red-blooded" warbler who, I'm told, exerts a powerful 'animal magnetism' over his , mostly female, audiences.
Alternatively you could wake up out of your self imposed stupor and accept the fact that NOT being a dyed-in-the-wool heterosexual is not such a terrible thing, and who knows, you may even find the courage to change you're own life, you know, the one that you hate.
freeyourself/ be yourself.
