I wouldn't usually comment on something like this, but I've been seeing alot of interesting responses about a particular incident that I feel I need to speak on. Last night on twitter Azealia Banks got into it with Perez Hilton and proceeded to tweet publicly that Perez is a "messy faggot". C'mon Azealia, grow up. She should have known that that word is a definite "no-no" to use, especially on such in such a public setting like Twitter. She also should have known that she has a very large gay following and that her statement could have big, ugly consequences for her career. I also would like to point out that I personally am very uncomfortable with the use of that word, and do not condone Azealia's use of it either. She also tried to justify herself by claiming that the term "faggot" doesn't refer to gay men, but "men that act like women", and at that point I really was just wanting to tape that bitch's mouth up and provider her with several seats.
BUT, I have a few other things I'd like to say about this. As i said before, I think the word faggot can carry alot of hate with it and is a word that I myself never use. I do though, would not be so quick to defend Perez. I know that I like to playfully hate on celebs from time to time on here, but I genuinely think that Perez Hilton is a low-life, piece-of-shit, coward. He has rose to fame for solely bullying celebrities behind a computer screen and then backing out of his statements in fear of being called out for his bullshit, and I have absolutely no respect for that. I ALSO would like to point out that Perez is not as innocent as people are trying to paint him to be. Does anyone else not remember Perez getting the shit beaten out of him for calling Will I. Am a faggot not so long ago? Is that expected to be excused too?? I think not. I quite honestly cannot feel much sympathy for Perez in this predicament because of who he is as a person. I completely agree that the use of the term faggot in any circumstance is ugly, but let's not be so quick to jump to the defense to someone who has essentially made a living off of bullying others and making people feel like shit. Bullying is bullying after all, whether it be in the form of homophobia or defaming the names celebrities, is it not? In this situation, I don't believe that one form of bullying should be valued more highly over another.
I'd also like to point out one more thing. As I will continue to repeat, Azealia was absolutely wrong for what she said in every way, and I don't want anyone to think that I'm pardoning her actions. But, I will also say, that I think Azealia's use of language here is stemming from a type of culture that she is apart of. From what I've seen and heard, Azealia seems to be very much involved in, or at least very familiar with, a type of gay urban culture that is more representative of queer people of color. And within some parts of this culture (I place great emphasis on some at the risk of generalizing an entire group), I've heard terms like "messy faggot", "cunt" and all of the sort at times. I do not think that Azealia realizes that a style of language that she perceives as normal in one community, is very much unaccepted in the wider mainstream gay community. I think this makes her seem very childish and foolish, but I personally would not be so quick to label her as a homophobe. I think more than anything, this was a case of Azealia running her mouth like an idiot, rather than her trying to attack Perez with homophobia. The term faggot is certainly an ugly word, but I also am starting to see us a society putting a bit too much emphasis on this one word, as if other homophobic behavior is less detrimental to the movement.
Anyways, sorry for this rant, I just felt as if this was something I should address. You may or may not agree with what I've said, but regardless, smooches & kisses all around as always.
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