NYT Accused of Homophobia

You seem so desperate to start 30 threads a day

[quote] You seem so desperate to start 30 threads a day

That is what subscriptions on DL is for

Hysterical cunt ^

The quote is 100% fact. The types who go on those cruises are trashy and fit the worst gay stereotypes.

I'm confused. What are they mad about? Andre Mayer's comment that the author included in the article? So, technically, they're mad at a gay guy for saying what he was going to do on a cruise he paid $4,000 for?

I am very confused and need an adult.

R5 because that is the only quote they included - some gay men are claiming that this cruise is NOT about Sex

Ah, got it. Well...is it? :-/

Interesting, I read this article and this exact sentence stuck out to me and I felt that she stuck it in their on purpose to discredit the entire notion of Gay Cruises. Never been on one, wouldn't go on a cruise gay or straight, but several friends have gone and loved it...they have said it is what you make of it and for her to continue the stereotype was disappointing.

I read the comments.

In DL-ese they are "This is why they hate us! And how dare you print it!"

They vote Dem so it's ok

OP you really do seem mentally retarded with your quest to OMG I'M GOING TO POST ANOTHER THREAD 5 SECONDS AFTER MY LAST ONE.

R11 that is what DL subscriptions are for

Hysterical cunt^

Those Dirty Dancers are ruffians. Just because I requested a Flash Dance number I was called “gramps” and accused of having a Depend under garment under my thong bathing suit.

How can y’all tell “anonymous” OP has been posting over and over?

R15 you put them on ignore and look at their history

Anyone got a link to the actual article?

Here r17.

This is our Sturgis. Gay people can be stupid too.

If the fist fits…

[quote]This is going to be the wildest party for our community in two years. I’m talking dirty dancing, sex, drugs, raves, orgies and sweet, sweet freedom

As if those motherfuckers stopped doing any of that over the past two years

I haven't read the article but I would agree with David M based on the need for this to be written in the first place.

R17

R6 Bullshit, they quoted a number of people

Most noteworthy is the poor writing and/or editing. The author fails uses "is" after a plural (when she should use "are") and I caught two misplaced commas. Oh, yes, and then there's the rather repugnant stereotyping. Imagine if she had written something similar about an all-Black event or an all-women's event?

I don’t see it as homophobia. Neither does the shit-stirring OP.

But the NYTimes WILL embarrass you with your own quotes and be real dry about it. It’s kind of their thing. They will allow you to take yourself down a peg and they don’t have to do it for you.

[quote]Most noteworthy is the poor writing and/or editing. The author fails uses "is" after a plural

Isn't it ironic, don't ya think?

R28 " The author fails uses"

I wonder if your concerns should be about something other than someone else's writing capabilities.

This boat has EVERYTHING… dirty dancing, sex, drugs, raves, orgies, sex swings, pups, a midget gloryhole, and sweet, sweet freedom!

Dirty dancing!! Mon dieu!

Wire me a telegram when they evolve into a gay cruise line featuring Lambada-the Forbidden Dance.

[quote]Gay men are OUTRAGED over being stereotyped like that

There's always at least one gay around like this who just cannot wait to get interviewed, and always a newspaper or magazine or cable news show itching to publish it.

It's like how there's always one black person being a dingdong or one enormously stupid fat white person who cannot resist the siren call of the news camera.

The problem does lie with the news outlets constantly amplifying those voices instead of the voice of the more average person. They want attention because attention translates to ad dollars, though, so they're going to get the Eurotrash German saying "this COVID orgy is the best thing we've ever done for the gay community!" for their article.

[quote]It's like how there's always one black person being a dingdong

Yeeep. And now it's even worse with the internet. So, the whole entire world gets to see us acting a damn fool on TV to reinforce stereotypes. I gave up being tired of that, though.

In 2022 there are people on the DL defending the New York Times?

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Even if gay men want to party hard, so what? Straight people party hard as well, and no one says fucking anything.

—DARKGEMINILORD But, but, aren't most gay and bi males much more promiscuous than straights, thus a much higher likelihood of spreading Covid and other diseases?

Some or many gay males could have five or ten partners in one night when on a crazed high on these cruises; not as easy for even the most desirable straight man to attain that for various reasons.

Thus the societal panic, understandably.

[quote] “This is going to be the wildest party for our community in two years. I’m talking dirty dancing, sex, drugs, raves, orgies and sweet, sweet freedom.”

I’ve never been on one, but several friends have, including one right now, and this is an accurate description. So what? Most people are DONE with COVID; I’ve been triple-vaccinated and I’m not going to bide under my bed. Let people live.

Who fucking cares? Let them go on their cruise. It's their life.

If DL gurls to prefer to barricade themselves in their apartments with their cats and tea-sets until they die -- have at.

[quote]aren't most gay and bi males much more promiscuous than straights,

No. Males, in general, are equally promiscuous. Straight men are just limited by their "target prey" (females) having a lower sex drive, on average, and socially conditioned to be sexually cautious/prudent. Females also have the higher sexual burden to risk (pregnancy and caring for offspring). Rest assured if none of that applied to females, there would be no different in the level of promiscuity.

*No difference

OP's post is badly structured so it's confusing how the NYT is being accused of homophobia until you scroll down further.

The gay cruise is a bigger deal than the dozens of normal cruises happening at the same time because 1) gay men will not be social distancing on a cruise of 5500 gay men, 2) it's currently a drama topic on gay Twitter, so gays themselves are divided over it and attacking each other about the cruise, and 3) scolds are trying to cancel gay people on this cruise the same way they did other gay festivals (remember Puerto Vallarta) during the earlier parts of the pandemic.

Does that need an article in the NYT? Probably not, but it's not exactly homophobic to write an article about something drama-loving people are turning into a much bigger deal than any normal cruise would get.

So the COVID/flu hybrid found in some pregnant women has been dubbed "flurona." What new hybrid will be born as a result of this cruise? COVAIDS? Gonnorhona? SARS-HIV-1?

For the people claiming the article if homophobic, have you every been on a gay cruise because the line " I’m talking dirty dancing, sex, drugs, raves, orgies and sweet, sweet freedom" is really a mild description of them.

Where are the comments in OP's post from? Was there a follow up article or are those comments posted on the original article? I must have missed the comment section if so.

[quote]dirty dancing, sex, drugs, raves, orgies and sweet, sweet freedom

For me, that's a slow weekend.

[quote] Thanks for pointing out that gatherings of gay men are not necessarily orgies. Who even thinks like that anymore? Your reporter, I guess

I think this is why people are saying the article is homophobic. The author points out that not all gatherings of gay men are necessarily orgies. Why did that need to be pointed out? Do people think every time they see a group of gays that it’s an orgy?

Why the article in the first place ? Make no sense. Who cares . People need to learn to quit sticking their nose in other peoples business !!!!

This is one of the few instances of the NYT being accurate in their reporting.

Why an article on a gay cruise when all other types of cruises are operating right now too? Why not an article on Disney cruises and how little kids are running Petri dishes who aren’t vaccinated?

[quote]or are gay males now part of white male supremacy and thus good targets for its wrath

Everything else aside, I am noticing that gay males are being thought of in this way more and more these days.

[quote] I’m talking dirty dancing, sex, drugs, raves, orgies and sweet, sweet freedom!

Is this a made up quote? I can’t imagine a real person saying “and sweet, sweet freedom!”

Explain why that quote is offensive but Gay Pride parades are not.

(Or maybe they are offensive to OP?)

I'm not the OP, but I find aspects of Gay Pride Marches alienating and troubling.

It's the walking, isn't it?

Ha, as a "legacy member" of the biggest Atlantis group on Facebook (they just roll it over each year to the next years cruise), the queens were INCENSED about that article. They published the author's address saying to write complaint and threatened to sue(!)

But I didn't see anything overtly homophobic. Of course journalism goes for the extremes. And they gave the owner of Atlantis a chance to comment. I don't think his "We won't cancel because we'd lose money" was necessarily the best quote on his part. Sure, that's completely true, but it made him completely seem like an asshole who didn't care about the safety of his charter because he'd rather make a buck.

R58, is the screen showing a tutorial on how to give a blowjob with a dildo?

I see someone getting a blowjob in the lower right corner.

Can you post some of the cancel tweets?

Is the cruise out now? Some pictures should start flowing in.

R59 I thought that he was eating a slice of pepperoni.

R58 So many harnesses and yet I bet the kinkiest thing any of them are into is getting spanked while they get fucked

R58 That's the pizza gay. A video that made it's rounds a few months ago.