Samuel L. Jackson Under Fire For Alleged Homophobic Tweet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Last edited Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Tough-talking actor Samuel L. Jackson wished President Donald Trump a happy birthday on Friday, but the Twitterverse took exception to the perceived anti-gay slurs in the message and laid their vengeance upon him.

Jackson’s tweet: “Must have been a party at The White House, Mitch, Paul, Rudy & others were spotted wearing knee pads & carrying these lined up outside. Happy Birthday.”

The tweet included an image of a product called “After Dick Mints” with the tagline “Going down?”

One Twitter user asked, “Did you and Joy Reid get hacked by the same person?” The reference is to the MSNBC host who had several homophobic posts on her blog, but claimed she was hacked.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/actor-samuel-l-jackson-under-fire-for-alleged-homophobic-tweet/ar-AAyJvcl?li=BBnb7Kz

I get a chuckle out of it but I can understand why some might find his comments offensive.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Oy vey...

I'm reasonably sure he meant it in a subservient way, not homophobic...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. That was kind of my impression

These guys so want to curry favor with Trump that they'd do something they'd otherwise find distasteful.

[DURHAM D]

2. I don't have a problem with that. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. The irony is that when you point point at someone you have four fingers pointing back at yourself.

"Did you and Joy Reid get hacked by the same person?”

What do Samuel Jackson and Joy Reid have in common beside color ?

[dsc]

9. homophobic tweets

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Samuel Jackson and Joy Reid aren't the only prominent people who have made homophobic tweets

But the person had no problem lumping them together.

[dsc]

13. Unless he claimed to have been hacked

that was a lumping together but they do have in common having posted homophobic tweets though his isn't as bad as hers were.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. In these instances discretion is my default mode.

The point I'm trying to make is the person who criticized Jackson for making homophobic tweets immediately compared him to another prominent black person who made homophobic tweets when prominent people of all colors have been caught engaging in homophobic behavior, including making homophobic tweets.

[mythology]

14. Reid has been in the news lately for it

It's a pretty logical connection.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. So there is a nexus between Joy Reid and every prominent person...

So there is a nexus between Joy Reid and every prominent person who makes a homophobic tweet or just a nexus between Joy Reid and every person of color who makes a homophobic tweet ?

It's important for me to get it sorted out.

[Dr. Strange]

19. I think more specifically...

the connection is someone on the left using homophobic imagery to attack right-wingers.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. I wouldn't have went there.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. It is homophobic.

But, in the grand scheme of things, it is not as offensive as many homophobic things GLB face. Still, I wish this type of casual homophobia would disappear and not get used or dismissed out of hand.

[Dr. Strange]

6. Joy Reid's hacker strikes again!

[Lil Missy]

7. That's not a slur against gays - it's a slur against the appeasers of shitwad.

[secondwind]

28. Thank you.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. WTF? So now we can't say that Trump sucks Putin's dick, or Mitch is sucking Trump's?

[mythology]

15. You could try coming up with a way to insult them without demeaning gay people

Be more creative.

[TheBlackAdder]

24. That's some reach to imply it's a slander to gay people, as someone with an LGBTQ daughter,

.

...and two other kids who are gender fluid.

.

[LenaBaby61]

43. Samuel L. Jackson Under Fire For Alleged Homophobic Tweet ...

I know many gay people, but I've only managed to get in contact with one tonight. I asked him about Jackson's tweet, and he laughed and said pretty soon liberals/left-leaning people won't be able to say much of anything, because it'll be turned around, twisted and then used against them by MAGAts, who are trying to silence them. He said, he guesses that the only people who'll be able to speak are right-wingers, Klaners, White Nationalists, tRump et al.

Not gonna mention what this same friend said tRump's doing to putin, because my post will probably be removed or hidden.

[fishwax]

21. I mean, is there something wrong with sucking dick?

Saying that Trump sucks Putin's dick doesn't make a lot of sense as a criticism unless sucking dick is something to be condemned or ashamed of.

[TheBlackAdder]

25. Or that Trump is going well above just kissing Putin's ass. He's sexually pleasuring him.

[fishwax]

27. That can't be it, unless there's something wrong with providing sexual pleasure

The method of sexually pleasuring him seems pretty important in this scenario. People don't insult trump by saying, for instance, that he's fingering Putin, though that would also be providing sexual pleasure. Rather, the insult pretty clearly relies on a (homophobic/misogynistic) cultural connotation that there is something demeaning about the act of putting a dick in one's mouth.

[Baitball Blogger]

30. And, since when is that sexual activity strictly associated to just homosexuals?

I'm not saying it's not offensive, I just don't think it's exclusively offensive for the reason that the original poster claims.

[fishwax]

32. yeah, I agree

I added in another post that it's homophobia and misogyny ... I think they're generally intertwined.

[FreeState]

31. U don't know? Why don't you go ask in the LGBT forum?

Oh you dont have to even ask just read the forum.

Here’s a hint it’s homophobic.

[fishwax]

34. I'm not sure you meant to reply to me?

"Here’s a hint it’s homophobic."

My point as well

[FreeState]

35. Yes sorry - mobile phone -

Yikes - I do t know how I did that... sorry again!

[fishwax]

36. no worries!

[Glorfindel]

10. I don't find it offensive. Mr. Jackson was talking about subservience, not LGBTQ+-ness.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. We need all the allies against tRump and his monsters that we can get.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. We would probably be better off without those jokes.

But with a friend the first tool should be gentle persuasion.

[fishwax]

37. A nice, sensible response

(Alas, twitter doesn't seem to be a format that lends itself to gentle persuasion.)

[RhodeIslandOne]

18. "Did you and Joy Reid get hacked by the same person?"

I'm sure this person was not offended in the least. Another deplorable bot at work.

[MariaCSR]

22. Oh, come ON.

[ismnotwasm]

23. It's homophobic and he should apologize

As should all the DUers who still think prison rape is a hilarious and appropriate topic and performing fellatio is an act of subservience.

[Behind the Aegis]

45. Don't ya know?

Sometimes, homophobia is A-OK. See, if it is used to attack right-wingers, then it gets a pass. If certain people use it, then it is also OK.

As soon as I saw this thread, I knew exactly the types of comments I would see, including those who defend this type of shit. It simply reminds me that as a gay man, I am not as important as others and my life and rights are expendable.

[CakeGrrl]

26. It was probably a MAGAt who started the Joy Reid comparison going

knowing how reliably it can turn some corners of the left into a circular firing squad.

The implication here is that people are lining up to please Trump to an extreme degree. That metaphor has been around a LONG time.

Guessing that it if he'd just accused them of having their heads so far up Trump's ass they could see what he had for dinner would have been less of a firestorm no matter the gender of the accused?

Hopefully people won't be suckered into all these distractions the MAGAts would love to generate to take heat off of Trump.

[underthematrix]

29. Uh huh

Link to tweet

[CakeGrrl]

38. Good point

The latest joint album release by Beyonce and Jay-Z probably got them fired up anew.

And it supports my thought that a MAGAt brought up Joy Reid to stir up more shit.

[underthematrix]

41. Yes. Isn't it great to be woke. And ys jayZ and QBey are

going hard with the truth

[KCDebbie]

39. You know what? I don't care. Samuel Jackson is a private frikkin citizen.

He's not an elected official. He doesn't set national policy. He can't lock anybody up. Why should I care what he thinks about anything?

[underthematrix]

42. They're trying to after his endorsements

But MAGAs and ractsts really don't get it. 85% of the world doesn't look like them and markets are global.

[vicman]

40. He was hitting the hypocrites where they live

When all the old folks die out, maybe the discourse will change, but looking at the rise of neo-Nazism in this country today, I fear it may not.

[Laffy Kat]

44. It's important to look for patterns.

As far as I know, SLJ does not hold homophobic views. I don't think that's where he was going with that tweet. Still, I'll be on the watch for more incidents before making a judgement.

[tavernier]

46. Fellatio is not an exclusive homosexual activity,

so the point is moot.