Adele Calls Out Homophobic Fan
A fan screams “Pride Sucks” at her concert.
“Did you come to my f**cking show and just say that Pride sucks? Are you f**cking stupid? Don’t be so f**cking ridiculous. If you have nothing nice to say, shut up, alright?”
High five Adele!
Now I have some friends and my stepmom who I adore, who’d probably say Adele’s comeback was deserved, sure, but that it was nasty, doesn’t help, makes the divide worse, is hypocritical….
You get the point. If they go low, don’t join them.
Listen, it’s our job as decent thinking human beings to figure out when to be subtle and when to be vocal badass on behalf of others.
Especially for marginalized groups who get bullied, beat up, notably in my state of Florida where evolution goes to die.
Our LGBTQ+ community is getting the ever-loving psychological shit beat out of them by Gov DeSantis, chief homophobe and transphobe. Who I’m convinced is closeted.
He just banned any bridge in Florida from displaying Pride lights. Because you know, if you drive over a bridge with rainbow lights, the beams will seep into our kids’ DNA and turn them gay or trans.
But some residents in Jacksonville got creative and recently lit up a bridge with powerful colorful LED flashlights. Nice work around. DeSantis must be twitching.
Homophobes go ape shit during Pride month.
A whole month to celebrate being one of THEM? Can’t they just dial it down? How come I don’t get a month to celebrate being straight, white and Christian?
(Do I really have to answer that?)
So listen, I’m a New Yorker. I like directness.
I like someone with balls, someone who’s bold for a cause, and who likes a well-placed string of expletives. I never curse at someone, I curse about someone, behind their back. I don’t bitch slap in person. But Adele had to shout at the guy to set the tone. No more of that BS at my concert.
I’m not verbally dainty. But I know to be gentle, polite and gracious by default. I read my audience, and honor that someone may not appreciate my vocal thought bubbles of: “Motherfucker!” or “What a douchebag!” both which I say often, without thinking.
We need to know when to zip it vs. when to gently educate someone (Grandma, people don’t say “fag” or “spic” anymore) vs. when to tell someone to shut the fuck up.
Okay, I’ve actually never said STFU online or in person. Ever.
I imply it in my social commentary writing and witty sarcasm at Twitter trolls, one who claimed to be a Christian then tweeted at me: “Shut up whore. No one wants to hear from women.” Nice. Probably an incel. But I digress…
It’s not like Adele had the time to pull the guy aside and have a chat on how to behave at her concert.
During Pride month.
While she’s wearing a Pride scarf.
