So I’m on twitter last night, when some, seemingly urgent tweets from Perez Hilton come down the pike.
In a nutshell, and as you’ve probably heard, he claimed he’d just been assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security, and that he needed people to call the police.
Now, at the time I took issue with the fact that Perez took the time to text twitter about his dilemma; probably using more time than it would take to call the police (even in Canada, where he was at the time). That seemed like a punk move to me, but I went to bed and let it go.
I awoke to find that Will.I.Am had posted a video denying and explaining the altercation. It seems a manager for the Peas has turned himself in for throwing at least one punch at Perez. Click on each pic above to see the respective vids.
Perez is still lamenting the situation, and no one is shocked about that, I’m sure. But then comes good ‘ol TMZ.
TMZ has a videoof what went down, like, an in their faces video of what went down.
At one point, Perez can be heard saying to Will, “you’re not an artist, you’re a fucking faggot.” It’s after that, when things get crazy.
But let’s stop right there. Perez Hilton is an openly gay man. He openly advocates for gay marriage and equal rights. He regularly features stories on his sight of gay youth who are teased and tormented for being gay- to the point of suicide. You can be sure that these kids were called ‘fag’ or ‘faggot’ dozens of times.
So why is it that the gay guy is calling someone else a faggot? Is that okay? Is that like when some black people call each other ‘nigga’, that it’s okay because they’re black?
So, it’s okay for Perez to use the word faggot, but no one else can? Can you imagine what the conversation would look like if WILL had called Perez a faggot? Shudder at the thought. They’d be calling for his lynching in the town square.
I know it sounds totally cheesey, but it was just two days ago that, when at the boychild’s kendo lesson one of the other kids called a third kid a faggot. Everyone who heard it basically froze. I gave the disapproving parental glare with a verbal admonishment not to use that word, and quietly talked to my son about the word ‘faggot’ being a mean word people use about people who are gay, and that saying it to anyone for any reason, gay or not, is not acceptable. So, I’m doing my part to educate the next generation via my son about equality, and here comes Mr. Flamin’ Gay calling mofo’s faggots. yes, I said Mr. Flamin’ Gay, is that as bad as calling him a faggot? I don’t think so. he is Flamin’ Gay! And he’s using the word FAGOTT as a derogatory term towards another person!
Fucking outrageous! The gay guy owes the gay community an apology.
Thanks Will.I.Am, for keeping your head about you.
I know what you are saying BUT the irony is you are experiencing the frustration white folks feel all the time when someone like Imus looses his job for talking about black folks in a way no black person would loose their job for talking about anyone.
My neighbor has a young daughter that she is trying to teach the difference between right and wrong when it comes to racism while the neighbors use the word nigger all the time. She has to tell her the word is offensive to black folks…then try to explain about those black folks next door who use it in every sentence.
Jane Doe,
There is not irony here and your statement is dangerously flawed. Black people do get fired and taken to task when they do things. Jesse Jackson is a classic example. That mofo referred to ALL black people as “niggas” in an open mic moment on fox news and was taken to task- I was at the front of the line making it clear. He used the word even AFTER joining the NAACP is “burying” the word at an open funeral (what a joke, btw). I’m not someone who thinks double standards are okay, across ANY lines, as I too, as a mother, struggle to teach my black children right from wrong, when people who seemingly look just like them aren’t using the same common sense I am and expressing themselves the same way I’d like to see. So, it’s not a case of the two issues being mutually exclusive from each other, there is not “aha, gotcha!” moment here. Jesse was wrong. Perez is wrong.
I heard what he said on talk radio today and he sounded like a moron…..the whole beauty pageant incident too..he seems to be a poor representative of the gay community in my opinion.