Anderson Cooper gay?

[Galian Beast]

It's interesting to hear the people who said they didn't care. So why did you click on this thread? Why did you feel compelled to respond?

Doesn't sound like not caring. From the views and posts, this appears to be something people care about.

 

[gmb85]

What is funny is that people in this thread saying good for him and then going further to inform us all that they don't really care.

Really, you don't care?

Get in line! Nobody should care about anyones sexuality straight or gay, but we get the gay shoved down our throats over and over on a regular basis. That's the issue. It isn't that you care or don't care, it's that you will be inundated with gay news and his gay announcement.

Why should anyone care that AC is gay? Why does the guy feel he has to "come out" and announce to the world? It's just silly. Cooper cares more about his sexuality and the so called "pop" he will get for finally saying so, when everyone knew he was gay. Why write some silly email claiming so?

This whole thing is gay.

Freakin typing my "im straight" email right now. You all are on notice! I will be ready with my own CBZ announcement within the hour.

You are my hero. This is what I've been wanting to say for years, but didn't know how to say it.

 

[rkell87]

It's interesting to hear the people who said they didn't care. So why did you click on this thread? Why did you feel compelled to respond?

Doesn't sound like not caring. From the views and posts, this appears to be something people care about.

to see what other people have to say on the topic, and to put their own opinion out there for discussion. If the only people who respond in the thread were people that care then you would have pretty much one view point. Crazy how a message forum works ain't it?

why do you feel compelled to respond in this thread with an obvious attempt to start an argument about how people who say they don't care that a man is gay really do care about it?

 

[theogt]

It's interesting to hear the people who said they didn't care. So why did you click on this thread? Why did you feel compelled to respond?

Doesn't sound like not caring. From the views and posts, this appears to be something people care about.

I don't really care about a French athlete shoving a mascot but I clicked on that thread too.

 

[Galian Beast]

I think we're confused about what caring means...

the fact that you clicked on something means you DO care, if you didn't care you wouldn't investigate... I've thought that was pretty simple...

If you care what other peoples opinions on it are, then guess what... you STILL care... maybe you just don't realize it... but even then that's mind boggling.

 

[jnday]

Was a joke but your scenario is racism, mine is just discrimination I guess? Both are wrong though, I would just feel uncomfortable if a guy was buying me a drink thinking he might get lucky, heh

One of the most uncomfortable things that ever happened to me was when a very large guy dressed as a cowboy wanted to buy me a drink in a gay bar in New Orleans. When I replied no, he uttered the words "don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you". I never really got over that incident for some reason. I didn't realize that I was on the gay end of Bourbon Street. After looking around, I noticed several men making out. It was a bad situation. Very bad. I thought a Ned Beatty pig impersonation teplay was about to take place with me doing the squeal.

 

[rkell87]

I think we're confused about what caring means...

the fact that you clicked on something means you DO care, if you didn't care you wouldn't investigate... I've thought that was pretty simple...

If you care what other peoples opinions on it are, then guess what... you STILL care... maybe you just don't realize it... but even then that's mind boggling.

lol, I pretty much click on every thread on this forum, It doesn't mean I care about the subject matter or what is being said about it, it means I'm trying to find out if anybody has said something I feel compelled to respond to.

And your 'you just don't realize what you think' angle is getting old really fast

 

[JonJon]

lol, I pretty much click on every thread on this forum, It doesn't mean I care about the subject matter or what is being said about it, it means I'm trying to find out if anybody has said something I feel compelled to respond to.

And your 'you just don't realize what you think' angle is getting old really fast

Exactly. I do the same thing because of boredom alone. That doesn't mean I care about the particular topic, but sometimes I want to read the reactions and thoughts of other members for entertainment.

 

[wittenacious]

I think we're confused about what caring means...

the fact that you clicked on something means you DO care, if you didn't care you wouldn't investigate... I've thought that was pretty simple...

If you care what other peoples opinions on it are, then guess what... you STILL care... maybe you just don't realize it... but even then that's mind boggling.

I think you are confused about what "caring" means; I don't believe that I am. Put it like this: because I choose to open a thread, then act on my choice by clicking to open and read a thread -- all or part -- does NOT mean I care. Sorry. Poor argument to try to make, IMO.

Opening and/or reading a thread might just be about curiosity, or it may indicate some possible interest... may even just mean I was bored and wanted to read what others had to say about the thread topic, then see whether I'm moved to feel anything at all about what I read.

To crosscheck my thinking, I typed, "what does it mean to care" into Google's search bar. Here is the first set of definitions for "care" my Google search turned up:

care/ke(&#601r/

Noun: The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.

Verb: Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something: "they don't care about human life".

Synonyms: noun. worry - concern - attention - solicitude - trouble
................. verb. mind
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I have no emotional involvement with regard to Anderson Cooper, the person, or the subject matter of him being gay, or the fact that he chose to publicly proclaim he is gay. None of it matters to me on a level of being concerned about it, i.e. I really, honestly, most assuredly DO NOT care about the thread topic of AC or his personal lifestyle choices.

If he'd illegally and/or inappropriately killed somebody, yeah, then I might care; it would depend on the particulars. Even opening a thread on a topic like that would only suggest interest, at most, not caring. I couldn't get emotionally invested until I thought I had an understanding of the facts, and took them to heart enough to allow them to matter to me, causing me to care.

 

[trickblue]

Bottom line... I don't care who you are screwing... male or female...

Keep it to yourself and do your job... bottom line...

 

[Dallas]

lol, I pretty much click on every thread on this forum, It doesn't mean I care about the subject matter or what is being said about it, it means I'm trying to find out if anybody has said something I feel compelled to respond to.

And your 'you just don't realize what you think' angle is getting old really fast

Exactly! God forbid that people actually do that. You did, so you care.

What horsecrap that spew was. Good lord! :laugh1:

 

[Dallas]

Bottom line... I don't care who you are screwing... male or female...

Keep it to yourself and do your job... bottom line...

Cuz Stone Cold Trickblue said so! :

 

[TheCount]

One of the most uncomfortable things that ever happened to me was when a very large guy dressed as a cowboy wanted to buy me a drink in a gay bar in New Orleans. When I replied no, he uttered the words "don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you". I never really got over that incident for some reason. I didn't realize that I was on the gay end of Bourbon Street. After looking around, I noticed several men making out. It was a bad situation. Very bad. I thought a Ned Beatty pig impersonation teplay was about to take place with me doing the squeal.

I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras a few years ago with a buddy and we ended up on the "gay side" of bourbon as well. No one offered to buy us any drinks, so I guess we aren't as good looking as you are, but we did see a lesbian couple doing things on the street that couldn't possibly have been legal - even during Mardi Gras.

That's the one that stuck with me from that trip. :laugh2:

As far as being hit on, some gay people do it because they know it makes you uncomfortable and the more uncomfortable you get, the funnier it is to them.

I always remember in Hunter S. Thompson's book about the Hell's Angels, he would talk about how completely straight, tough as nails, bikers would make out in front of "squares" just because they knew it was beyond what their minds could comprehend. They didn't do it because they were gay, they did it to rile people up and for ****s and giggles.

 

[jnday]

I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras a few years ago with a buddy and we ended up on the "gay side" of bourbon as well. No one offered to buy us any drinks, so I guess we aren't as good looking as you are, but we did see a lesbian couple doing things on the street that couldn't possibly have been legal - even during Mardi Gras.

That's the one that stuck with me from that trip. :laugh2:

As far as being hit on, some gay people do it because they know it makes you uncomfortable and the more uncomfortable you get, the funnier it is to them.

I always remember in Hunter S. Thompson's book about the Hell's Angels, he would talk about how completely straight, tough as nails, bikers would make out in front of "squares" just because they knew it was beyond what their minds could comprehend. They didn't do it because they were gay, they did it to rile people up and for ****s and giggles.

Should I be flattered? LOL I saw some of the most disgusting things ever in the middle of the street on a Sunday afternoon. It was Mardi Gras. I am sure that had something to do with it. Yes, it freaked me out. The big cowboy told me his name amd said he was from Bonham, Texas. I happened to have a cousin that was a cop in Bonham. My cousin told me that the guy was married and held political office there. Go figure. I guess he was bisexual.

 

[tupperware]

I'm not sure how, but I feel this has something to do with Canada being inferior.

 

[Doomsday101]

Only time I need to know if someone is gay is in a prison shower, outside of that it is none of my business. :laugh2:

 

[ethiostar]

Who cares?

This doesn't directly apply to this situation as much but I like how Franti put it in regards to politicians...."But I don't give a **** who they screwin' in private I wanna know who they screwin' in public". Michael Franti & Spearhead

 

[cowboys#1]

i already knew anderson cooper was gray

 

[Kingsmith88]

Other than gay marriage, what rights do the gay community want? I don't believe that marriage should be anything other than a man and women, but I am not against civil unions. I simply think marriage by definition is between man and women. If the gays want special rights due to the fact that they are gay, I am totally against it. As for the hero worship that gays get, I think it is BS. I am glad that I live in a part of the country that these things are not a big issue.

That is what I was talking about to an extent. Not only do you see being gay as a problem. A problem is something generally thought as something that can be fixed, but more importantly it is that you don't see it as something occurring in your area. I am 100% sure there are gay people in your area. I am 100% sure that if those people haven't come out it is because thinking like this above and if I'm not mistaken yours and likely others thoughts that it is disgusting and immoral. (I believe you said that, if not I apologize).

It isn't about hero worship for the gay community, it is about young people not feeling alone and isolated. That is how I look at it.

 

[StevenOtero]

i already knew anderson cooper was gray

lol....