I knew I shouldn't have worn the pink shirt

June 6, 2008

I knew I shouldn't have worn the pink shirt

I wasn't going to post this interview I did with Reason.tv, but I had to share one of the reader comments:

OMG. That guy is gaaaaaaaaay. He may make some good points, but I'm having trouble seeing it through all of the gayness.
Seriously, it's freaking me out. I'm not anti-gay at all (gay it up, gay people!), but this man is making the stereotype seem reasona... it's killing me! Make him stop! :)

Posted by Daniel Radosh

1:25 PM

Comments

Or it could have been the Julie Andrews reference. Line from a musical + "napalm" = even more flaming.

Get it?

Posted by: Jared | June 6, 2008 2:00 PM

I think his gaydar and his geekdar got their wires crossed.

Posted by: radosh | June 6, 2008 2:22 PM

I am a loyal reader, so i hope that'll soften the blow of all im about to say. You are a curious sort of person with an oddly shaped head and a strangely accented lisp. "light in the lips" is how i would describe your affect of speech, your lips never seem to come quite together while dancing upon your lower jaw. so geek? Yes. Gay? Apparently yes, unless one understands ahead of time that your lisp and accent are not feminine but actually some kind of brooklyn-hebrew. so in summary, I can see the reason for the gay comments, but they miss the mark because your mannerisms and speech are coming from somewhere even weirder.

Posted by: Anonymous | June 6, 2008 3:22 PM

WTF is a "Jesus-ie spin"

Posted by: Jess Wonderin | June 6, 2008 3:23 PM

Shorter anonymous: Gay would be the less weird version of what you are.

And I agree.

Posted by: Vance | June 6, 2008 3:47 PM

I think the problem was that you came across as super, super gay. Really, gay it down a notch, ya big queer.

Posted by: Jonathan | June 6, 2008 4:28 PM

Couldn't sit through more than a few seconds.

The rising? intonation? at the end of every clause? was too much? for me to handle?

Like listening? to a 14yo girl?

Posted by: Sue | June 6, 2008 5:23 PM

you don't seem gay, Daniel, but is that a chipped tooth I see?

Posted by: Jake | June 6, 2008 6:31 PM

Jake - Just a little souvenir from my ultimate fighting days.

Posted by: radosh | June 6, 2008 6:49 PM

to Jess Wonderin: "Jesusy" is spelled with a "y'. "ie" would make it seem to feminine.

Daniel: Gay? I don't know, but you do come a cross a bit like a Jew, or at least Jew-ish.

Posted by: JohnnyB | June 6, 2008 8:30 PM

There is a slight hint of Rabbi Glickman.

Posted by: therblig | June 6, 2008 10:52 PM

I'M 52 SWM. AWAYS CONSIDERED MY SELF HETEROSEXUAL. AFTER ALL, MY PORN COLLECTION IS 100% FEMALE. EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER I'VE ALWAYS DESIRED WOMEN EXCLUSIVELY.

I'M ALL MAN.

THAT SAID, I FIND YOU STRANGLEY ATTRACTIVE. REALLY.

Posted by: SECRET ADMIRER | June 6, 2008 11:32 PM

Yo, it's all good. Don't hate. Daniel kicks ass.

Posted by: J.D. | June 7, 2008 9:09 AM

Yea.

Posted by: SECRET ADMIRER | June 7, 2008 2:24 PM

Trust me, Daniel is not gay. Geek, Maybe, but gay? NOT

Posted by: Lue | June 9, 2008 7:04 AM

Secret admirers are all very well, but I'd be frightened if someone found me strangle-y attractive.

Posted by: Francis | June 9, 2008 11:34 AM

strangle-y attractive