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WT Sharpe · 09-20-2011, 09:05 PM

I have no problem with a homosexual character being shown to be the scum of the earth. Many are. The problem is when the only homosexual in the story is depicted that way. It's the same complaint that the NAACP had in the 50s. The problem wasn't that black actors were playing buffoons on TV and in films. The problem was that was practically all they played.

Still, I consider that at the time when the book was written, positive role models for homosexuals were decades away, so it doesn't bother me too much.

09-20-2011, 09:05 PM	#9
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I have no problem with a homosexual character being shown to be the scum of the earth. Many are. The problem is when the only homosexual in the story is depicted that way. It's the same complaint that the NAACP had in the 50s. The problem wasn't that black actors were playing buffoons on TV and in films. The problem was that was practically all they played. Still, I consider that at the time when the book was written, positive role models for homosexuals were decades away, so it doesn't bother me too much.