Many people are familiar with George Takei.
He was Sulu in Star Trek, he played Hiro’s father on Heroes and he’s been the butt of several jokes on Scrubs.
Many people are also familiar with Clint McCance, the Ark. school official. McCance was torn apart by Anderson Cooper when he posted the comment on his Facebook page,
“I like it when gay people die.”
McCance, the school district vice president, had other things to add to this remark.
Outraged by the nationwide decision to wear purple on Oct. 20 in support of the gay youths who had committed suicide, McCance said, “…they want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide.”
Other comments McCance made include,
“The only way im wearin it for them is if they all commit suicide. I cant believe the people of the world have gotten this stupid.
“We are honoring the fact that they sinned and killed thereselves because of their sin. REALLY PEOPLE.”
“It pisses me off though that we make special purple f– day for them. I like that f— can’t procreate. I also enjoy the fact that they often give each other AIDS and die.”
McCance went on to say that he would disown his own children if they were homosexual.
McCance was later interviewed by Anderson Cooper and apologized, saying he would resign from the school board.
But what do George Takei and Clint McCance have in common? Well, according to Takei,
“Mr. McCance, you are a douche-bag.”
Terrible spelling and grammar aside, George Takei was angry enough to make a two minute long video denouncing McCance.
The video has gone viral on sites like YouTube, where an angry George Takei stares straight into the camera and tells McCance,
“You are always going to be a total douche-bag.”
As angry as Takei is though, he tells McCance not to kill himself over what he’s done, because no person should ever wish suicide on another.
What makes this video so awesome?
We often see celebrities promoting clothes or energy drinks, appearing on cereal boxes, and wearing classy sunglasses.
But, every once in a while, we get to see them championing causes and organizations, trying to inform the public, and do some good.
But we rarely see a celebrity stand up and call out another person. And, truly, we need more of this.
Takei represents something different.
Here is an older homosexual actor of notoriety standing up and attacking a bully.
Takei ends his video by encouraging people to not give in to bullying.
With people like McCance in the world, we need more George Takeis.
For every douche-bag out there we need someone to stand up and tell someone just how terrible they’re acting.
It’s almost 2011.
We’re supposed to be in the most advanced and most intelligent era of mankind ever.
We’re supposed to be open-minded.
But it seems like the ‘60s did a better job of accepting others than we do now.
And that pains me to write, because I hate hippies. So stop the hate.
Tell someone when they’re being a bigot.
Inform your roommate she’s a douche-bag, tell your boyfriend he’s a tool, let your parents know that they’re being inappropriate.
Stop the hate.
Except for hippies.
Richard Solomon can be reached at richard.solomon@spartans.ut.edu.