people are assholes

[hurinhouse]

I realize this is about far more than just matt, but the issues of intolerance and inequality disgust me and this article makes me angry and sad.

http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/5/19/are-closeted-actors-selfish

Comments

[hurinhouse.livejournal.com]

wtf... and this was published?

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

Sadly, yes.
The journal isn't all that popular (google says it was actually calcelled for two months or so in 2013, before a new owner bought it). Also, it was published in this new "controversy column" (started in January), which, from what I understand, is supposed to be "funny", but in reality is filled with all kinds of vile crap, tageting anyone and everyone. It's also apparently been protested by a lot of readers, so hopefully they'll cancel it eventually... but the fact alone that this can still get published (even in a small journal) is pretty terrible, especially given that these sorts of periodics are often read by teenagers.
Lovely stuff :/

[hurinhouse.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, unless those readers boycott altogether, it'll keep happening. Ugh, and this is just one example.

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

True, but given that this is one of the two Czech sci-fi/fantasy journals (or at least I haven't heard of any others), I don't see enough people boycotting it to make the editors stop :(