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Why Isn’t GLAAD Attacking The Onion For Throwing Around ‘Faggot’?

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We already asked whether Details, a magazine for str8 bois, can get away with using the word “fag” in a stab at humor. But how about The Onion?

Always there for a good gay laugh, The Onion‘s latest is “Let Us Identify The Faggots And Then Inform Them Of Their Status,” an op-ed that argues it’s time to “clearly identify who the faggots are” and then “inform said faggots of their faggot status.”

Funny! Get it?

Except writer “Jack Polanski” isn’t talking about the gays. Just the sissy boys who deserve to be called “faggots.”

To be clear, I am not referring to male homosexuals—although they certainly count as faggots and are probably among the most faggoty of all the faggot categories. I am speaking of that most nefarious breed of know-it-all mama’s boys who think they’re better than you and threaten to destroy the comforting self-image you’ve spent your whole life constructing to conceal your deepest fears and vulnerabilities.

So what to do about them? Get violent!

Faggots are known for getting their asses kicked. Should you suspect that someone you encounter is a faggot, the best strategy is to push him in the chest and ask, at a high volume, the following question: “What are you, some kind of faggot?” This will immediately alert the non-faggots around you that there may be a faggot in the area. If the would-be faggot responds to the challenge with anything other than a counter-shove accompanied by yelling, then you know that you have positively identified an authentic and verifiable faggot.

And in closing:

Because we don’t have the time or the inclination to deal with your shit, you stupid fucking weak-ass fag. So fuck off, faggot, and go back to faggot-land where you belong.

Given this is the very type of humor South Park engaged in — making fun of the F-word by using it to refer to something else in a derogatory manner, all under the guise of sarcasm — we’re curious whether GLAAD is going to demand The Onion issue a retraction and apologize, like they did with Comedy Central (to hilarious results).

After all, not doing so would be a double standard — something GLAAD chief Jarrett Barrios knows something about. So we asked GLAAD if there’s a press release coming; we’ll let you know what we hear.

We know, we know: We’re getting a little picky here. If we highlight one thing that should grab GLAAD’s attention, surely there are hundreds of others every week they could go after. And that’s sort of the point. While other activist groups are the first to red flag an incident and mobilize their supporters, GLAAD is regularly late to the game — when they bother to show up at all.

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