November 24, 2009
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Straight vs. Gay
People say that they just don’t want to see anyone kissing. But I think that misses the point. Over 1500 people complained to ABC.
So lets be honest for a moment.
Does this kiss
make you feel more uncomfortable than this kiss
or this kiss?
Comments (111)
Nope.
None of them make me feel anything at all, actually.
Eh… I’m against PDA in general so they all kinda make me cringe.
I don’t really care as long they aren’t trying to swallow one another or it looks like they’re doing the nasty right out in the open.
I could care less, no matter who shares the kiss, because it doesn’t directly affect me.
only the first kiss turned me on. does that mean i’m gay?
I think for it to be a fair trial, the pictures should all equally convey the same mood — picture number 3 seems to be far more romantic and sweet, whereas pictures 1 and 2 seem to be coming from a different motive.
(But I like picture number 2 the best.)
The guy on guy kiss makes me cringe, although I have nothing against gay people.
Nope.
Yes, the first two make me uncomfortable. The last one does not. But I’m not calling in to ABC to complain. I just didn’t watch.
eww. straight ftw.
though i have a couple of awesome gay friends. x)
I’m not a fan of watching anyone else kiss but, like most people, I’m even less of a fan of homosexual PDA.
Personally I think it’s awkward to watch anybody kiss. But none of the pictures make me feel that uncomfortable or anything.
@maeberry2007 - agreed.
Nope, not one bit. A kiss on TV is a pretty minor thing, and it is really pretty strange (and more than a bit funny) that so many people can get SO worked up about it.
I like the third picture, because the girl has a shiny gold tooth.
No, it’s a person’s choice
i feel dead inside when i see a happy couple.
Dude, I don’t care. Ask us something that really matters.
none of those pictures make me uncomfortable. if it was in person right in front of my face, they all would.
Pop singers shouldn’t kiss. It distracts from the seriousness of their music.
love the lesbian kiss!
I don’t like the kiss or the 2 guys kissing.
The guy girl one.
And I thought the first one was two girls. -__-
i’m fine with all 3
Thats not fair the third picture is rather artistic. The other two far from it.
I’m pretty good with all three, even the straight people.
I think all 3 look good. But the first pic doesn’t really count because at first I thought they were both girls… ok butch-looking girls but still.
Not at all. They are all the same for me.
But this isn’t a fair comparison. I agree with truththepaige. The third one is a much nicer looking picture.
@trunthepaige - lol artistic? the one with two girls kissing has two girls kissing that one wins
@Kevin_is_a_pirate - For a guy in need of whacking material, I’m sure it is.
@trunthepaige - D: either way it gets my vote
the top one is kind of sloppy… Although it make me a little uncomfortable, I think that that picture is an unfair one to use…
The girl kiss doesn’t look “real.” Can’t really tell what genders are in the top pic lol. The straight one is the best.
Ew. Heterosexuality is just wrong, Dan. I can’t believe you would flaunt such a deviant and subversive lifestyle on this blog. Frankly, I’ve come to expect more from you. *unsubscribe*
None of them make me uncomfortable. To be honest though, I’d rather see a gay or lesbian kiss than a hetero kiss. Personal preferences I guess.
The girls look like they’re forcing it. You need a better lesbian picture, Dan.
Everyone’s being so politically correct. All the saccharin makes me feel like I need to brush my teeth.
I couldn’t even tell that guy the singer was kissing was a guy until you said something. I think I feel more uncomfortable with them because they look like they’re going to mug me in a dark alley. And didn’t he pull the dude’s head to his crotch? That’s what I find most disturbing. It’s just meant for shock factor. There’s no sincerity behind what he did. It was just lewd. Most male singers don’t even go that far with female backup dancers.
@zombiejuices - I thought the exact same thing. It doesn’t seem sincere at all
@TheTheologiansCafe – I’m pretty sure the head-to-crotch thing is what got everyone so upset, not the mouth-kiss.
they are all equally beautiful.
I’m all about people doing whatever makes them happy. So I am okay with all of them kissing
i didnt mind O___O maybe ’cause they’re pictures
but in person, i prefer the straight kiss D: the rest makes me uncomfortable
BUT** im not going to say anything about it ;X
@wutuwaitn4 - No. It just means you have poor taste.
Adam Lambert, the foul mouthed rappers who had to be constantly bleeped and Mr. Gaga were all discusting. The American Music Awards should be ashamed.
I couldn’t tell the first photo was of two guys…but looking at all three photos, none of them make me feel uncomfortable. Maybe I’d feel more awkward if they were doing more than kissing and I was present.
none
Gay kissing: 8D HELL YEAH!
Lesbian kissing: Okay..
Straight kissing: Ugh! EW! STOP! D:
- Kunoichi
Nope.
I feel real uncomfortable seeing two people of the same sex kissing. When I was growing up I always turned away from kissing on TV between opposite sexes but just because I was embarassed.
Okay, I don’t cringe at any of them actually (although that could just be chalked up to being somewhat desensitized), but I would say that two guys kissing just looks unattractive to me AND feels wrong, two girls kissing at least looks somewhat attractive (because girls are always prettier, we were designed that way
) AND STILL feels wrong, and the last one is just boring because I’m not interested in seeing other people kiss–I’d rather kiss my husband.
Both of them “bother” me in the sense that I think both are inappropriate, but I do think the guy has a point. If they say it’s okay for girls to kiss on TV, to say guys can’t would be discriminatory, technically.
Not that I want to see it, but just thinking in terms of the circumstances.
What I found more odd than any of it was that the guy let him do it. He’s straight, isn’t he? The keyboardist.
~V
nope…
this is about as a disgusting post as ive ever seen,,, hahahahahaha
ill be glad when this perv craze ends,,, and it will,,,
ears is still trying to bolster his numbers with the perv vote,,, that will come to an end,,,, hahahahaha
pervs clammering to raise someone to an even higher power who would like to see them all executed,,, hahahahaha doesnt make a lot of sense does it??
i think they should all crawl back into the closet… and they will,,, one of these days…
self preservation,,, i think its called…
none of them bother me.
@nodiadau - That explains a lot. Envidia…
Really none of that seems uncomfortable at all unless they’re really really old, about an hour has passed, you’ve called the paramedics because it appears one of them is stuck to the other, and the unsettling thought that you stood by watched the entire thing happening.
They all make me feel uncomfortable. I don’t care who you love, just love them in private.
I’m fine with all of them.
A kiss is a kiss is a kiss. None of them make me feel uncomfortable.
Um, its a kiss
@trunthepaige - agreed.
the last pic looks creepy somehow.
@dawnbreakk - ”eww. straight ftw.
though i have a couple of awesome gay friends. x)”
Wow. Gay friends. They sssooo justify your visceral disgust.
I have black friends, does that mean I can put on a white hood and set crosses on fire in select neighborhoods?
@eclecticapunkqueen22 - ”The guy on guy kiss makes me cringe, although I have nothing against gay people.”
Don’t fucking lie. Your “cringing” is already something against gay people.
No need to public display of any kind.
the third one gives a completely different feel.
The second one makes me jealous because I can’t be with my crush, kissing her, but it doesnt bother me.
A kiss is just a kiss no matter who is doing it.
why isn’t the 3rd one equally as trashy?
All three are fine with me.
@brittanymullins - I was wondering the same thing.
Kissing is my favorite activity, so all of those kisses make me happy…but the gay and lesbian kisses are much HOTTER. Just my opinion.
They don’t bother me at all.
I prefer seeing the last one.
The fundamental things apply. However, when I see two musical performers kissing, the message I receive loud and clear is, “We have nothing interesting to say musically. This is the best we can come up with…” And that’s sad to me. I enjoyed watching Lambert perform on Idol. He was my favorite by a longshot. Now he’s making his life just a sound byte instead of being a good performer.
@Tr011 - Touchy, aren’t you? Most straight people are uncomfortable with GLBT people, and some GLBT people are uncomfortable with straight people. So? Both groups can be uncomfortable with us bi folks. It’s the way of the world, and as long as they are not hurting anyone, what’s the big deal?
The first two are both way wrong.
I don’t like to see other people kiss, whoever they are, but the 2 guys really make me sick.
None of them make me feel uncomfortable.
@bibiker - Southerners were uncomfortable with Blacks voting. Solution? Jim Crow!
General bigotry manifests legislatively. Same sex marriage has been overturned and banned from many states for the sort of distaste expressed in much of the comments section of this entry.
None of them make me feel that uncomfortable or anything, but 1 and 2 make me feel the most uncomfortable. It’s probably also got something to do with the fact that 3 looks more artsy than the other two.
I like all three of them, all happy couples.
None of them bother me…
Sometimes I cringe when ANYONE kisses…
The second picture seems the most uncomfortable to me because the two girls seem like they’re just doing it for a laugh. (They have their mouths locked tight to avoid any saliva-swapping)
In the first & third picture, you can tell the people are kinda into it.
@Tr011 - I can’t argue with that. I guess I am just not so sensitive to the bigotry because I am around it so much.
Not at all.
I’m fine with any kind of kiss out there, though I’ve noticed people get more offended when two guys kiss.
none of them, but you could find some really sweet pictures of people kissing, not ones that look like accidents or something.
Nope…
I find the first kiss hot…
ehh honstly i dont see why people make such a big deal about this?
if you dont agree with gay people , great thats your choice. i think its no diffrent than a guy and a girl kissing.
its not like there kissing you, so stop bitching.
the pictures don’t bother me.
again adam lambert is actually kind of hot in the 1st pic.
I prefer the last picture, because the people are hotter.
I don’t think the people in the first photo are very attractive at all.
I didn’t even realize that was two guys kissing in the first one. I thought it was just a random couple from the 1980s.
@saintvi - it distracts people from their crappy, average crap that were allowed to call music
None of them bother me…why would it?!
The answer to the question is No, but who is that in the first pic, apparently I missed something important.
The first picture was the best kiss out of all of them. I found that one to be less stereotypical in terms of aesthetics.
The first 2 are nasty.
nope
@madhousewife - same
Nope. I honestly do feel that the majority of people who complained were more upset about the fact that the whole Adam Lambert issue was male homosexuality. But, it isn’t something that surprises me. :p
I think its been blown out of proportion and people need to get over it. Now, the more lewd things, such as miming oral sex is another issue. I don’t like it when women do that with other women or with guys in certain venues. I think it is tasteless and tacky. And that extends to men with men, as well.
However, a precedent has been set that women for some reason are allowed to do more risque things, and so are men as long as they do it with women. So, if they are going to allow men and women to do things like that with each other in venues such as this, and women with other women, then it really isn’t right for them to exclude men with other men. However, personally, I think certain venues are just not right for that kind of thing. Live performances such as the AMA on ABC is not the best place. That’s a family channel, for one thing, and I’m not at all upset with ABC for censoring it. I think they should’ve censored it everywhere, though, not just in one area. But, from what I heard, it was very unexpected for Adam Lambert to have done that so maybe they didn’t have time. I don’t know how that works.
ABC is a family channel, and when it comes to pretending like you’re giving or getting oral sex, it shouldn’t matter what gender the “couple” is, it should be censored if there isn’t time to stop it from happening completely.
But, if we’re talking just a kiss, then I think everyone needs to get over it. :p When I read about this issue, it seemed to be less about homosexual male kissing and more about Adam Lambert pretending to be getting oral sex from one of his male dancers.
I don’t care that it was two men, I just care that it was on ABC. That channel, the AWAs, venues like that…there should be a point when too much is too much. I think they should stop or censor anyone from doing that in those venues and on channels like that. Not just male on male action. But, that’s just me.
No. But the last picture is more professional. xD
CBS had a double-standard. They blurred out his image and showed Britney and Madonna’s kiss. :
sometimes I wonder about what I see as “wanton” public displays of this whatever-it-is. In some cases there’s genuine affection, and the display is a mutual expression between two people.. That’s fine, but I don’t really want to see it. It looks like there might be a growing number of times when the display is just because “I can”, or to get general attention. I don’t want to see that either. In the case of Adam what’s-his-name, complaining to the network that aired the show is fine, but won’t amount to anything. If what he does is a bother, then watch something else whenever he’s on. Works for me.
if i had to see anyone kiss, i would much rather see it from a male and female, but i’m not traumatized by gay kisses, nor would i complain about them.
None of them make me feel uncomfortable, but I like the 1st and 3rd one better. The reason behind that is the 2nd one doesn’t look very intimate. It looks like two drunk girls were forced to kiss. They don’t seem to be liking it very much.
If it’s just a normal kiss, especially on tv I don’t care what two genders are kissing. Girls, boys, whatever.
As long as it’s not two people in the back of my car making out, I’m usually okay with it. =)
i love to see people kissing
i’m a romantic at heart so i think it’s sweet when couples kiss in public
(and some can be hot :-p)
none of the kisses make me uncomfortable, obviously
my favorite is the girl on girl kiss
i’m bi but lean more towards girls
Both are bad except #3. Since i am guy Men will get turned on to #2 just like women will get turned on to #1. Its just the way we are wired. But 1 and @ are both wrong on ABC. Especially with children up. WRONG WRONG WRONG.
to be honest the last picture of the straight couple makes me feel the most uncomfortable, odd huh
Heterosexual kissing doesn’t bother me. The other two do.
@trunthepaige - agreed.
None of the photos make me uncomfortable, but the third photo is set up in such a way as to show love/romance. The other two look more like they were set up to get attention? This really isn’t a gay/straight thing, for me, but it probably was, to the people who called ABC, to complain. As for me, I am not complaining, but I think the performance was tacky and trashy, and he obviously hasn’t evolved past the point of thinking that any attention is good attention. I think the same thing about Britney Spears, Madonna, and other performers who are overly sexual in their performances. It’s not that I am a prude about sex, but it’s just obvious when someone is whoring themselves for attention. I have lots of gay friends, and it never makes me uncomfortable when couples hold hands, or kiss hello/goodbye, etc. But I am not big on watching anyone make out, gay or straight. It makes me feel like a total third wheel.
None of them, really.
I’m heterosexual, but I have no issue with this.
Check this link if you want to see my opinon. And, no, it’s nothing inappropriate.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/SeriesFanatic/oij.jpg