My own view: Those right wing nuts would have LOVED his character, were he not gay. Nearly everything else about that character fits perfectly into the archetype of masculinity and rugged individualism these same chuds jerk off about.

You and I both know for a fact if he wasn’t gay not only would there be essentially no overt hate if that episode or character, but actually more than that these right wing losers just never would have heard of it AT ALL.

And that's the kicker. I used to be pretty deep in internet culture, big time redditor, my finger well in the pulse of what's going on. It still took me a while to figure out why, all of a sudden, people I worked with lost their fucking minds at bud light. All of 'em had the exact same arguments and would repeat the same talking points about it, how they were shoving it down their throats...and I had to spend extra time to find it.

My best guess...the only people shoving it down their throats* were out likes like, or otherwised sources from, focks nooz

They don't consume art for arts sake or enjoy things because it's what they enjoy. It isn't honest criticism coloured with different opinions and life views as my own.

My wife and I go to an art museum a year for fun. Sculpture taught me what I love about music. It's all connected.