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Bucky

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10. It's horrible. But remember that the entire culture treated homosexuality as a joke.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 05:56 PM

Oct 2015

I don't know if anyone's coined the phrase "pink face" but there were a number of comics in the 60s & 70s, straight and gay, who played effimanacy for a big joke, making careers based on that alone. It wouldn't be acceptable today in the US, tho it's still a staple of Mexican TV comedy. Culture changes slowly. I'm just grateful that it's changing at all, however gradually.

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The fact that the rest of the Whitehouse press corp laughed at the question also speaks volumes. LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #1

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It's horrible. But remember that the entire culture treated homosexuality as a joke. Bucky Oct 2015 #10

Many on DU get very upset with those of us who refuse to overlook the vile Reagan era Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #3

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