Arnold Schwarzenegger’s stance on gay rights has always appeared a bit wobbly, particularly for a man who spent the better part of his career in a posing strap. During his tenure as California’s governor, he vetoed same-sex marriage, but nevertheless performed two gay marriage ceremonies and signed a bill removing a twisted “gay cure” provision from state law. Over the years, his message has been a mixed one at best.
Well, Arnie’s swift takedown of a Facebook heckler suggests he’s come around once and for all. After a certain Jakub Bielawski — isn’t that a Bel Ami model? — criticized Arnold’s rainbow-hued profile photo with a semi-literate “What’s wrong with U Arnie? I have to unlike,” Schwarzenegger responded several minutes later with a tart “Hasta la vista.” And that, as they say, was that.
Bielawski very well may have deleted his comment, because it’s nowhere to be found. We prefer to think Arnold channeled his inner 12-year-old girl, rummaged around his privacy settings, and definitively blocked the guy.
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mY thoughtS
What does the word Humanity mean?
It means to love, to care, to show compassion, to practice and preach helping each other in our emotional and physical times of distress. To show acceptance and respect towards each other as fellow living beings (for all living beings). These essential and natural elements of humanity existed and came to existence much before man made ideas, practices, beliefs and expectations (religions, societies, mythologies, ideologies, etc.) A child of any species first takes birth as a living being, belonging to him/her/it self first and foremost later on the families, societies, communities and ourselves start identifying with something or the other- in most cases it’s a clever imposition. This child that takes birth as itself is taking birth as a living being and the only thing it truly belongs to is it’s own inner light- inner compassion, inner love and humanity.
Today in the USA, Humanity has won over regressive ideas, beliefs, emotions and feelings of hatred, disrespectfulness, segregation and discrimination.
Congratulations to us all to be a part of a society and country that believes in ‘Inclusion’ and not ‘exclusion’. We need to understand everything in nature, is Natural! Now that the LGBTQ community has been embraced with open arms and humanity, we should make attempts and take strong steps in providing equality to other minority groups or groups being sidelined- we should open ourselves towards understanding and embracing groups belonging to all skin colors (African Americans, Asians, Caucasians, etc.), genders, mental and physical limitations, animals rights, children’s rights, etc.
A historical day in the U.S. and the world today. Thank you Supreme court!
Good wishes of peace, love and a happy life for one and all.
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Abhinav Vats Schamber
Atldeuce
I always thought Arnold’s stance was odd in light of the homo erotic undertones of the body building world. Am I the only one who remembers Arnold in the same bed with Lou Ferrigno in the documentary movie “Pumping Iron”? Maybe his new role as an adulterer and out of wedlock father changed his stance.
Curty
Arnold has changed his stance a few times. Well in this latest stance, I can say I’m proud to be a lifelong fan of his. Maria knew who she was marrying. At one point he was dating her and another woman before they got married. I don’t agree what he did, adultery but he’s Arnold Schwarzenegger. Of course he’s going to see many other women lol
BlueDude
Gawd, I thought Ahhhnold was a big homophobe. Don’t y’all remember his “girly men” putdowns?
Bob LaBlah
@Atldeuce: “I always thought Arnold’s stance was odd in light of the homo erotic undertones of the body building world.”
It does seem a bit odd for a man who has admitted publicly that “men who pay to see men on stage posing in bikini type briefs had to have a gay side to them” would be as wishy-washy as he was but since this is “Da Ahnold” we are talking about it is not unusual and should have been expected. How people could not see thru this smirking bastard is beyond me.
He honestly did think he was going to be McCain’s running mate in 2008. He had hoped from the day he announced he was running for governor of California that the constitution would be changed for him to run. Its harder to believe it took him as long as it did to figure out he was nothing else but a GOP prop. In other words, he was told what to do, think, say and to be sure he signed his contribution check before mailing it. That was it, sir. You have nothing else to offer us after your celebrity and money have been used/given. Yes, kiddies, that is why he skipped (or wasn’t asked to show up) the GOP convention back in 2012 that gave us Romney/Paul.
I laugh long and hard at his ass and the snide ass looks he gives to American white people. He honestly does hold us in the same regards he has for…………..He claims we are not nationalistic enough for his tastes. I wonder was Ernst Rhome and Hitler nationalistic enough for him? He has been asked but never answered the question. He gets elected because of the criminally orchestrated brown outs in California (at the hands of Enron) that were being foolishly blamed on Gov. Grey Davis. And look how his ass exited the governors office: The state near bankruptcy with a record deficit and last but not least, a once upon a time, nearly forgotten-about democrat elected to replace him. Poetic justice if it ever existed.
Rest assured, Ahnold, your movie premiering this week will fail as well. If you have to go back and recycle shit you KNOW you are too damn old to relive…………enough said. “I’ll be back”, “get out”….We’ve already heard it and yes, again, enough said. Hasta la vista to you too asshole.
The mind of Steve
I’m glad to see he has changed his political and personal views on the subject matter but I can’t help but wonder what was the meaningful change for him as it was only 10-14 years ago where he vetoed a CA bill for marriage equality. I think his story will help the nation and those in question of same sex marriage see a brighter light.
Jacob23
He’s been very supportive. He opposed Prop 8, even though a majority of Republicans supported it. It is true that he vetoed a gay marriage bill. But that bill came only a few years after CA had passed Prop 22, which banned gay marriage, by a vote of 63%. Under CA law, the legislature cannot undo a measure passed by ballot initiative. The only way to undo Prop 22 was to either do a repeal initiative or to have court strike it down. So he had to veto it.