Word: clownish
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...dykes, consider this. Last year I knew an extremely irritating girl who had a habit of praising my comic delivery by deliriously cackling, “I love you; you’re so gay!” It was clear that this person saw me primarily as a clownish little faggot, instead of as Ben, and that she stupidly fancied herself a forward-thinking person because she could like me not just despite, but for my lovable gayness. Similarly, I have some straight friends who, having several gay friends and being politically liberal, feel they’ve cleared...
...white. That’s the tendency that the Bad People find so repulsive—what they implicitly assume is contained in all humor that hints at homophobia, racism, sexism, genderism, etc. When they find it where it really exists, though, far be it for a clownish little faggot like me to defend the jokester...
...loudest voices and the brashest opinions. So it should be no surprise that, ahead of November's elections, the Net has become home to campaign tactics and material too inflammatory or incredible for traditional channels. Example: the Republican ad deemed "too hot" for TV--a spoof depicting a clownish Madeleine Albright singing Kumbaya with Islamic terrorists--that was "obtained" by the Drudge Report and shown via YouTube. The Internet is also becoming the place for more cunning, understated forms of mudslinging. Here are some favored tactics in the efforts online to spread partisan disinformation...
...records the behavior of some Japanese friends in a Tokyo cabaret, how they "sat down with the hostesses they had been assigned and almost at once reached out for their breasts as nonchalantly as they helped themselves to fruit on the table." He observes the clownish scenes that take place each night at subway stations as impeccable railway attendants try to steer hordes of drunks toward their trains. He hears sad stories that would never have escaped without the lubricant of booze. At one bar, a fellow drinker confides that his wife is pregnant and his salary insufficient to support...
Despite their clownish nature, the three all insist that their unique sense of togetherness bolsters their play on the court...