This week’s celebry sndal revolv around actor Matt Damon and a recent terview which he appeared to normalize the e of an offensive gay slur.
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- I'M GAY. I APPLD MATT DAMON FOR BEG A BETTER PERSON | OPN
- MATT DAMON TALKS BEN AFFLECK GAY MORS, SEXUALY -- AND REVEALS THE SECRET BEHD HIS PONYTAIL
I'M GAY. I APPLD MATT DAMON FOR BEG A BETTER PERSON | OPN
Matt Damon found himself more hot water this weekend when his take on mors that he and Ben Affleck were gay turned to a discsn of gay actors Hollywood. * matt damon is gay *
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As a person who was equently tnted for beg gay as a kid growg up Appalachia, who was himself lled the "f-slur" too many tim to unt, you might be surprised to learn that I dissent. Instead of admirg the is grace of changg one's md and givg up hurtful language, the social jtice mob dragged Damon over the proverbial als, sperate to e this as evince of his Damon is not homophobic. I remember sperately tryg to expla to my straight male iends—who had been my iends for years, who had stood by me through thick and th, and had even fend me om homophobia—why the word bothered me so much.
MATT DAMON TALKS BEN AFFLECK GAY MORS, SEXUALY -- AND REVEALS THE SECRET BEHD HIS PONYTAIL
Like Matt Damon, they weren't homophobic, eher. And if Damon had doubled down on the homophobic slur after his dghter cricized him, if he had gotten fensive and relcrant, there would be ample room for that is not what happened. If we on the Left, cludg those of the gay muny, are ser about makg social progrs and broang acceptance and cln for LGBT people, Matt Damon should be ld, not lambasted.
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