Here's my shot across the Collective bows. Bite it WTF and Asian, Hard Gay is mine!

he's such a nice person!

bakafish are the people who do subtitles, by the way...

yes, idiot fish probably doesn't taste good. I copy & pasted from YT

I wish I could down vote!

I HATE Hard Gay or H.G. as he is more commonly known here.

There are several clearly gay entertainers on Japanese TV and elsewhere (Hello, can you say Kabuki!!!). However, virtually all of them are in the closet, I realize this happens elsewhere (Hello, can you say Tom Cruise!!! ), but there are no regularly presented "positive" images of gays in the media here. If there were I would probably find HG funny. Unfortunately though he is in many cases the only "exposure" to homosexuals that most here get. As well, I would be less hostile if the "talento" playing HG (Masaki Sumitani) was actually gay, he's not.

He is not well liked in the homosexual community in Japan. (Good article about criticisms of HG at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Sumitani#Criticisms )
It is typical of the way anything "different" is presented in the media in Japan.
I turn off the TV or walk away anytime he's on.

Sorry I realize that this is "humor" but this really gets my blood boiling!!! I genuinely like Japan, but just like my "home" country there are some issues that need to be dealt with.

This is from a survey done about a couple of years ago; (Incidentally done when H.G. was at the height of his popularity here)

Homosexuals as undesirable neighbours: Japan ranks as #1 (take note, NO Middle Eastern countries surveyed) with 69% saying homosexuals are undesirable neighbours.

#1 Japan 69%
#2 Austria 43%
#3 Italy 37%
#4 United States 34%
#5 Ireland 33%
#6 Canada 30%
#7 Finland 28%
#8 Germany 26%
#9 Australia 25%
#10 Belgium 24%

Though to be fair violent "gay bashing" is almost unheard of here!

Well I thought it was funny, But its a shame you lag behind on the gay issue in Japan one positive thing about the stats is the US number, not too shabby.. I guess the "god hates fags" people arent so numerous as one could fear.. 34% is still way to high tho..

I don't see H.G. as a "blackface" type character, but more of a funny persona. He's not gay, and I think that is pretty common knowledge. Actually more of playing upon people comfortability with gays. Much like Sacha Cohen.

this is so gay

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