Originally Posted by
surreal:
“Thanks guys 
Mulling over the whole thing I'm yet to make my mind up as to whether many simply don't like Syed and hate the fact he's with Christian now, clearly happy and will take every opportunity to make sarcastic comments or if in reality is just plain old homophobia dressed in a different suit. Maybe it's both....maybe people can't stand the sight of two grown men from very different backgrounds so obviously in love and showing it....we've talked about this before, there's homophobia, racism and even ageism here, all nicely dressed in post modern talk....underneath it's the same old prejudice.”
I think you hit the nail on the head there. There's definitely a strong element of homophobia in all the criticism. Some people like to believe that gay relationships are all, to quote Christian, casual and sordid so when they see two men together, happy,in love and committed to each other it challenges all their preconceptions about homosexuality. It was easier for them when Syed was with Amira, cos they could play the "I don't mind them being gay, it's the cheating that's wrong" card (which never seems to be such an issue with straight couples,like Max and Vanessa for example. Where are all the threads calling Max a homewrecking stalker and Vanessa a selfish coward?

) but now they don't have that excuse, the only thing they can throw at them is that they're boring:sleep:
I'm not worried about Kirkwood listening to the haters, he's a gay man himself so I'm sure he couldn't give a monkey's, but it can't hurt to let him know that we all laaarve the sl, so I will email TM anyway. Anyone got the email address?