First this thread :

Bachelor: "Gays shouldn't be allowed on the show"
http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=496851

and now this one :

Liam praises anti-gay duck dynasty actor
http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=497054

ATRL's reaction is just too much !

Everyone acted like they basically said :

"We hate gays!! They need to die !!!".

It doesn't have to mean Liam & "Bachelor" are homophobic.

You really think that a huge celebrity like Liam (One Direction) and Juan Pablo (The Bachelor - currently airing on network television) would like to be seen as homophobic?

This whole situation made me wonder, why are you so easily offended?

(inb4 typicall ATRL comments about me being gay/in the closet ).

Honey every1 who faces racism is easily offended and thats normal

Because we've been through a lot already and there is no need for celebrities (who we thought were cool and who we gave our coins) to bash us

Homophobia =/= racism

Because we have been dealing with so much discrimination in life... you can't blame them.
It is not a perfect world but you have to understand we have been fighting for our rights for how long now
and still most people treat us differently.

Why is it different?

Totally agreed with topic starter. The reactions are even worse than being homophobic, especially when those 2 threads are far from homophobic. Stop feeling so offended easily, stop playing the victim. You don't rule the world.

Discrimination would be a better word.

Because how would you like whatever you are to be bashed or treated like your a pervert. or you're whats one wrong with the world I'm kinda sick of people being dicks and not expecting people to be offended.

If someone wants to deny basic rights to a group of people, I don't care what anyone says, they are homophobic.

We have every right to be offended, just like any other group does.

Nothing will change if nobody gets upset about it.

Homophobia does not equal racism I'm so tired of that argument syduck:
Hide your sexuality, no one would have scooped you up and sold you into slavery syduck:

I completely agree with you. Now you can't even say that you respect family values because they will call you homophobic. MESS How is that offending anyone ?

lol, theyre well within their rights to be offended if someone considers them 'lessor' in any way because of something like sexuality that they dont choose or control
even if they dress it up with 'i respect gay people BUT' its still homophobia. its still offensive.

He's being lowkey homophobic because he's on TV, honey. Same deal with Sarah Palin supporting Chick-Fil-A for being such a "great" business.

Because they're ******s