{"id":72001,"date":"2017-05-02T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72001"},"modified":"2017-05-02T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T21:01:33","slug":"why-is-ultra-liberal-stephen-colbert-making-homophobic-insults-against-the-potus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72001","title":{"rendered":"Why is ultra-liberal Stephen Colbert making homophobic insults against the POTUS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-entry-hero__header-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"c-page-title\">Stephen Colbert tried to insult Donald Trump. He made a homophobic comment instead.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">The comedian used an insult that mocks gay men.<\/h2>\n<p>Updated by <span class=\"c-byline__item\">German Lopez<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/authors\/german-lopez\"><br \/>\n<\/a>VOX<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Monologue Goes Out To You, Mr. President\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaHwlSTqA7s?start=603&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"UY1x3X\">In a string of insults against President Donald Trump last night, comedian Stephen Colbert lined up what he surely thought was a great, hilarious diss. Instead, he blurted out some homophobia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"sL8Jnh\">Colbert was in the middle of a monologue launching various insults at Trump, including some fat shaming, \u201cpresidunce,\u201d and \u201cpricktator.\u201d In the course of this, he said, \u201cThe only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin\u2019s cock holster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"sotZyE\">This is a kind of insult that has been used against Trump again and again. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/license\/531157596\">murals of Trump and Putin making out<\/a> to late night show gags, it\u2019s now pretty popular among progressives to paint the US and Russian presidents as being gay for each other.<\/p>\n<p id=\"hqOuUs\">But the only way this works as a joke is by demeaning gay people. The underlying implication here is that gay relationships are somehow extra funny \u2014 that Trump engaging in sexual acts with Putin is hilarious because it\u2019s gay.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yiyucD\">In a setting in which Colbert is deliberately trying to find a way to insult Trump, it\u2019s telling that he resorts to suggesting that Trump is engaging in sexual acts with another man. The suggestion is that the worst thing that could happen for these men is if they engaged in homosexual acts together, as if that devalues them as men or emasculates them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"zr3zwc\">This came up back in 2013 when Alec Baldwin \u2014 now also a progressive darling due, in part, to his anti-Trump comedy \u2014 after he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ellievhall\/alec-baldwin-suspended-from-msnbc-after-controversial-remark?utm_term=.rkgMPDw6MD#.leAVGpbkVp\">called<\/a> a photographer a \u201ctoxic little queen\u201d and \u201ccocksucking [inaudible].\u201d Baldwin said at the time that he didn\u2019t understand why his comments were homophobic.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3jY8yE\">CNN host Anderson Cooper <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2014\/03\/anderson-cooper-explains-antigay-slur-alec-baldwin.html\">gave a good explanation<\/a> on Howard Stern\u2019s radio show: Baldwin was in a situation in which he was trying to find the most insulting thing he could call a photographer he didn\u2019t like, and he landed on characterizing the photographer as gay. \u201cThe worst thing you can possibly think of to say, which is what this situation was, to talk about a sexual act between two guys as being the worst thing you can possibly think of,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cxflUo\">Cooper clarified back then that he didn\u2019t know if Baldwin is homophobic, because \u201cI have no idea what\u2019s in his head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"trVrhr\">Similarly, we don\u2019t know what\u2019s in Colbert\u2019s head, and his comment was meant as a joke. But it\u2019s not a good look for the comedian who\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2017\/3\/17\/14944994\/stephen-colbert-late-show-review-trump\">fashioning himself<\/a> as the anti-Trump progressive on late night.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/identities\/2017\/5\/2\/15515066\/stephen-colbert-trump-putin-homophobia-late-show\">http:\/\/www.vox.com\/identities\/2017\/5\/2\/15515066\/stephen-colbert-trump-putin-homophobia-late-show<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert tried to insult Donald Trump. 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