File this one under facepalm.

In the 60 Minutes interview, Eminem publicly wonders if he was/is criticized for his hateful, offensive language because he's white. He also isn't homophobic.

Relevant aside: he wrote a song called "White America" about how he knows he owes his popularity to being white.

Naturally, it doesn't take long for fans to show up at the Huffington Post article explaining that he's totally not homophobic, and he is targeted because he's white.

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	sandglass 2010-10-14 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Well, what he meant was that straight men should give their girlfriends blowjobs. It was all kinds of wrong, as was his lack of apology for it, but the homophobia came from heterosexist wording and negligent forethought. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kita0610 2010-10-14 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	And it's really shitty timing. I dunno what he really meant by it, I suppose no one does but him. But yeah, an apology would have gone a long way. Same with Eminem. But apparently, saying you're wrong just isn't cool? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandglass 2010-10-14 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	If they said they were wrong, they'd have to make some effort to stop doing it. Which was my problem with Eminem after I aged out of "Teehee, bad words!" and doing what my parents disapproved of. I grew up, but his music didn't. It's hard to believe that someone is saying misogynistic/homophobic/etc things without meaning it when they've been doing it for years! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	damien 2010-11-13 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	...What. Having read the tweet in question, there is NO WAY IN HELL that I would've understood that from what he said. What the fuck. @_@ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandglass 2010-11-14 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Can't really blame you. IIRC, he previously made another tweet that puts it a bit more into context, but it's still terribad wording. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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