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December 04, 2008 09:48 PM UTC
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This isn’t too surprising at all.
This sounds very unlikely as reported. Of all of the gay people (perhaps a majority of the crowd?) at a Madonna concert, why these 3?
There had to be a report of some inappropriate behavior to cause the PepsiCenter to have them removed. And notice I said report of bad behaviour, not that it happened.
First, if the guy seated in front of Schroeder doesn’t want to run into gay men at a concert then he might want to stick to Toby Keith as opposed to Madonna. (And if he happens to be reading this, he should do himself a favor and avoid the Celine Dion concert that is coming to the Pepsi Center).
Second, if the Pepsi Center/Kroenke was really wanting “to get the gays out”, then they probably should not have scheduled the Madonna concert in the first place–and if that was their goal, the straight guy hurling anti-gay slurs likely could have had the place to himself.
Bottom line…there is more to this story than appears on the surface.
About this at the Proposition 8 protest a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t get a chance to speak with him myself, but it seems as though he’s been trying to get some press for this for about the last month, and has finally succeeding in doing so.
But really…who goes to a Madonna concert and doesn’t think they’ll be surrounded by gay men? That’s practically one of the Seven Wonders of the World for my people. I think that guy needs to take a long look in the mirror…
are not something that the police are necessarily efficient at enforcing.
Here is how I commonly see the hierarchy in play:
-Cop wears badge
-people see badge
-people understand that the badge is authority
-vague understanding of authority is that it equates to bully
-people don’t mess with bully because unpredictable bully can sometimes follow no law, no order.
As long as its understood who is boss. Things generally can take care of themselves.
But, sometimes the system breaks down and people actually have the audacious nerve to demand answers to some of the most basic questions like, “why are you removing me? I paid to be here. I wasn’t doing anything. This doesn’t make sense. Can you tell me why you are doing this?” and then the citizen gets charged with some bullshit.
Money and time are wasted. Resentment is felt towards the hierarchy. Repeat cycle.
…was full of what some call Bullshit. He was being a jerk and loud and pushy and bothering everyone. So he, alone among the billions of other gays there, was asked to leave.