Anyone who gave an interview which has been published and who is contacted by the person to whom he gave the interview while he is on a public promotional tour and who is specifically asked, "Have you changed your position on any of the matters which were included in the interview?" and who doesn't assume that this is a follow-up interview (and hence likely to be made public) is too stupid to be in the media, imho.
Furthermore, provably lying about adverse fan reaction, as opposed to downplaying it, is far worse than ignoring it. "Only a small minority of viewers responded in that way," is both inherent unprovable and probably true, "Only nine responded that way" fails on both counts. "Only nine hysterical women responded that way" managed to add bigotry to falsehood.
And, finally, the After Elton interview raised the homophobia question, too. As appears also in some of the comments above, while it's not at all clear-cut, people raising concerns about what they see as worrying use of tropes in COE are neither necessarily straight nor necessarily ignorant.
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Re: Long Comment: part two
Date: 2010-01-18 08:44 pm (UTC)Furthermore, provably lying about adverse fan reaction, as opposed to downplaying it, is far worse than ignoring it. "Only a small minority of viewers responded in that way," is both inherent unprovable and probably true, "Only nine responded that way" fails on both counts. "Only nine hysterical women responded that way" managed to add bigotry to falsehood.
And, finally, the After Elton interview raised the homophobia question, too. As appears also in some of the comments above, while it's not at all clear-cut, people raising concerns about what they see as worrying use of tropes in COE are neither necessarily straight nor necessarily ignorant.