tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post7127316442900628095..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Shining a Light on Jamaica's Homophobic ZombiesSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-30046425632189026102008-02-25T10:47:00.000-05:002008-02-25T10:47:00.000-05:00Typical Jamaican you speak about their homobigotry...Typical Jamaican you speak about their homobigotry and they answer by turning into a race thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-75830610207305934992008-02-24T20:13:00.000-05:002008-02-24T20:13:00.000-05:00Hi Ben...anyone who has read this blog knows that ...Hi Ben...anyone who has read this blog knows that I am not a racist...that I abhor it as much as homophobia.If that mob aren't a bunch of savages I don't know who are. And the Cannibal word is a running gag I have with a comic book zombies that do eat people.<BR/>But fair enough...if anybody thinks they could be construed as racist that's reason enough to change them. So I did Besides I think I like Blood Island better.... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-9574915535795743072008-02-24T19:51:00.000-05:002008-02-24T19:51:00.000-05:00Words like "savages" and "cannibal" are very loade...Words like "savages" and "cannibal" are very loaded, and are often applied to black people as a result of horrendously racist ideology that sees Africans and their descendents as wild, animal-like beings. I don't see what use "cannibal" is here, there is nothing in this story about people eating each other. Where does this word come from? The homophobia in Jamaica is appalling, but it can be combated without introducing a lot of racialized rhetoric into the argument.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568469993659325763noreply@blogger.com