Bigotry Is Hard Work for AFA

The Manhattan Offender has a priceless "day in the life" of a hypothetical member of the American Family Association.

Comments

[Aatom]

umm...is that an ad for poppers on the Manhattan Offenders site?

weird.

[Malcontent]

I think they advertised on a number of sites. They had an ad on VividBlurry, but after consulting with his readers, he took it down.

I'll leave that for y'all to decide what kind of commentary it is on The Malcontent that they didn't even try to advertise here.

[North Dallas Thirty]

LOL.....it means you need more butt shots. =)

And furry men.

[manhattan offender]

Aatom could have just asked me.

[manhattan offender]

Oh. Wait. I like this response better.

You think that's weird? I once had an ad up for Malcontent!

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I'm here all night.

[Jamie]

They placed an ad with Homomojo, but we tried to have a discussion about appropriateness of ads and such in the forums to no avail. :(

[North Dallas Thirty]

OK, question, totally out for discussion here....is it necessarily a problem for gay blogs to carry popper ads?

I say "Yes" for the following reasons:

-- Poppers can kill you

-- If they don't kill you, they're dangerous, both from the "lack of oxygen turning your brain to Paris Hilton consistency" part and the fact that they're extremely flammable, both actual product and residue.

-- The ads on gay blogs DEFINITELY leave the impression that gay men are sex-crazed horndogs

I say "No" for the following reasons:

-- The use of poppers does not mean one is a sex addict, or not right with Jesus, or whatever.

-- They can be kind of fun, actually, if you like that sort of thing

-- Freedom of speech and advertising

My answer.....I think no less of MO for running them.

And The Malcontent still needs more butt shots and furry men pictures. =)

[Malcontent]

Jamie, could that be because when I follow your link, I get this?:

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:-)

[Robbie]

I didn't even know what poppers were until two or so months ago when I saw middle-aged "daddies" sniffing them in a porn flick I downloaded well before I knew what it was about.

So, from all I've gathered: Poppers - The choice of wrinkly, saggy, sprout-haired, over-tattooed barebackers everywhere!

Do I have this correct?

[North Dallas Thirty]

Let us put it this way, Robbie....poppers are chemicals that, when inhaled, displace oxygen in the lungs/bloodstream, producing a temporary euphoria and relaxed state.

In short, breathe them, get high, and get WAY wide down below. That's why they're also referred to as "bottom in a bottle", because a couple good sniffs can take you from "garden hose" to "Holland Tunnel".

Never worked for me, but some guys really enjoy them; some guys, though, are completely obsessed with them, especially for use in conjunction with other not-so-nice practices, which is why I think they're considered vaguely seedy in polite gay circles.

[Malcontent]

According to the discussion on VividBlurry, which I linked above, they are not in themselves illegal. But huffing them -- as with many other chemicals -- apparently is, and in all 50 states.

That's not a tough call for me at all -- even if they had approached me to advertise, I would have politely declined. (At first I thought it was one of Toby's fake ads!)

[Jamie]

Jamie, could that be because when I follow your link, I get this?:

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The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you.
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:-)

Errr, oops. I forgot it was in the blogger chat forum. The link actually does work, but I forgot that bloggers have to respond to the email they were sent a couple of weeks ago to view it. Including every blogger who's posted in this comment thread so far, I believe. *clears throat* Ahem.

Anyway, before Mal charges me for an ad here, I'd never heard of Poppers before the ad was placed and someone informed me about it.

[Jamie]

That wasn't all supposed to be in italics.

[rod townsend]

Please note that I did respond to Jamie. No comment on the video head cleaner being advertised on my site.

[Craig Ranapia]

NDT:

OK, that was right up there with Drew Barrymore's GG dress in the too much information stakes. I didn't know that I was part of "polite" circles, gay or otherwise, but I think it's seedy because I've never been turned on by someone who looks like a tweaking hop-head and smells like a chemical toilet.

[North Dallas Thirty]

LOL.....that's a good enough reason for me, Craig!