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1. Derek Washington,
   my question has nothing to do with Mickey Rourke. I could care less about him. Scroll back and check it. Folks have decided to flame it instead of simply answering it honestly. I wonder what that's about?

   Posted by: soulbrotha | Nov 11, 2008 7:11:49 PM

   
   

2. So that's why Ehrenstein has never left an intelligent comment on this blog!

   Posted by: crispy | Nov 11, 2008 8:38:06 PM

   
   

3. Glad he apologized.

   Posted by: KFLO | Nov 11, 2008 8:58:03 PM

   
   

4. "If gays call each other "faggot", then how can they be mad at anyone else for doing the same thing?"
   Meaning largely depends on context and intent. If a gay buddy of mine calls me a faggot I know he's not using the word with the same hostility an ignorant homophobe would, so I feel no need to clutch my pearls.
   History is full of examples of marginalised groups using derogatory slang coined by others among themselves. It's a strategy to reclaim and disempower words originally intended to generate fear and loathing.
   Tiptoeing around and tut-tutting everyone who utters such words only serves to consolidate the power of those words.
   I don't think Mickey Rourke is a homophobe, and same-sex attracted people have worse enemies and bigger problems to contend with than a careless throw-away comment made by an actor out clubbing.
   

   Posted by: Marko | Nov 12, 2008 12:31:55 AM

   
   

5. Yes,he does have a lot of gay friends in Miami Beach and he hangs around with them a lot.All drunk and druged out.Dear Mickey with his open shirt and little lap dog on his arm is the picture of a true gay guy.I live in Miami Beach and I've seen this guy since he owned Mickey on Washington Ave and 12th street here.In fact I live 2 blocks away.By the way for all you gays,South Beach is one of the most homophobic cities I've lived in.The openness of the 80's is gone, and Ft.Lauderdale is becoming as bad with gay attacks in both places more and more often and the police are totally homophobic in both places.Stay away and go someplace else if you want to save yourself troubles and problems.GAYS BOYCOTT SOUTH FLORIDA.

   Posted by: Oscar | Nov 12, 2008 1:06:28 AM

   
   

6. I'm shocked, I thought Mickey wanted to fuck my faggot ass the night he and his girlfriend tried to pick me up from a gay bar in Palm Springs back in 1990. Glad I ran away from that drunk, drugged up mess.

   Posted by: JJ | Nov 12, 2008 9:24:07 PM

   
   

7. Guys...Have any of you thought that this may just be a ploy? Maybe Mickey said what he said to draw attention to himself. I had no clue who this guy was before today. I know more about him now, after reading through the above post and comments, than I did before. So if it was just a way to draw attention to himself, it worked. He looks like the spilled contents of a trailer trash bag, why worry about what he thinks? LOL...

   Posted by: Kevin | Nov 13, 2008 7:25:51 AM

   
   

8. well, i guess it's good for both SOULBROTHA and me that my modem fried itself before i could respond. geez, you're gone a few days and the world implodes.

   really, SWOULBROTHA, "time and again", really?! asshole.

   Posted by: nic | Nov 14, 2008 8:33:25 PM

   
   

9. The Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton posted this about Mickey:
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   "Rachel Whore is probably already fucking Mickey Rourke - and his mom - as we speak!"
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   Mikcey apologized for his remark; Perez is still spewing hateful twisted remarks.

   Posted by: Kathleen | Dec 6, 2008 11:44:52 AM

   
   
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