About 20 years ago, I tried to get a film documentary off the ground about The Flat Earth Society. It always fascinated me that, in the face of just overwhelming facts about the Earth's spherical attributes, these people really truly believed in something that just COULDN'T be true. It goes beyond denial - it's a conviction to an untenable dogma that approaches - well - religious intensity.
Over the years, I occasionally come across people with similarly steadfast and irrational beliefs - Creationists, 9-11 conspiracists, Bush supporters. People who's ability to deny facts that so abrasively rub them in the face that their intellectual nerve endings become deadened.
And so, today, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth over on the Clay Aiken messageboards, from the legions of fans who just cannot believe in their hearts that their hunk of a man prefers other hunks of men. Some of the comments over here are just too amazing to believe (remember, it's Clay Aiken we're talking about):
I still love him but I'm having some difficulty processing this information.
You are? Why?
This is a gut wrenching day for The ClayNation. Somebody wake me up, I hope its a dream.
Nope, sorry, but I actually think you've been sleeping too long.
please tell me I'm not the only one who is shocked beyond belief! I feel numb I'm so upset. This can't be real!! How can you guys say this won't change anything? This changes EVERYTHING. I don't even know what to think right now.
Maybe you should think "what the fuck was I thinking?"
I can't look at him the same way again and this is killing me. I want SO bad to feel the same about him but right now I just can't. And the funny thing is I have NO problem with gay people.
Yes, funny thing that. Actually you might want to rethink that whole tolerance bit.
Some of the best 'boyfriends' that I've ever had were gay!
See, you and Clay really do have so much in common.
I have put Clay before God, my husband and my children and friends, often times.
What the... what? Really? I mean, seriously, before your husband and children? Clay Aiken??? i repeat... what the????
And so it goes, for another 70 pages that read like the new testament of the dark underbelly of American pop culture, with Perez Hilton as its high priest. I'm throwing up in my mouth a little even as I type.
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Where did this story come from, the No Shit files? Like he had to announce it.
You gotta feel sorry for the guy..with fan like *that*, who need enemies. At the very least, I hope he reads this site, because there is an ad directly over this comment reading, "Hot Gay Hookups for Men, Free Trial, Instant Live Action.". Now that his friends are jumping ship, he's going to need some comfort..
Are there honesly THAT many people living in denial?
Oh never mind. this IS america. Don't we have something in the constitution about burying our heads in the sand or sticking our fingers in our ears and going "BLAH BLAH BLAH"
Sorry everyone, i'm feeling incredibly cynical this morning.
The feigned shock in this "revelation" really is entertaining. It's not like I dialed up the interwebs and found out that Jack White is a Nazi. That would send me into a tailspin.
I get the feeling that a lot of these fans are twelve-year-old girls. A lot of them type better than you'd think.
It just gets creepier. The fans are called Claymates......
*shudder...*
I think the last two "no shit" moments when a celebrity came out were with Elton John & Liberace - who didn't actually admit he was gay, but his lover came out after Liberace died. If Richard Simmons were to suddenly come out then I think my head would explode. Dude, like it's a big secret?
Chicks who are attracted to Clay Aiken should come out of closet too. They're obviously lesbians.
You may be a homosexual if:
You bend over and see four balls behind you.
You are a man, and while having sex with another man you fantisize about a third man.
You are Clay Aiken.
Not that there's anything wrong w/dat.
Do you think he'll mount a cumback tour now?
I'm thinking he'll mount a brokeback tour.
You mean-spirited losers KNOW NOTHING about Clay Aiken, his Claymates, or the entire ClayNation. Your threatening comments have elevated our alert level to DefCon 1, and we have withdrawn all ambassadors and cut off diplomatic contacts.
In lieu of conventional bombs, we will begin dropping Level IV Ruben Studdard Albums in 5 minutes.
Swayze I have two things to say:
1. Your unprovoked attack will not stand.
2. It's raining men.
Yeah, I bet you never knew that I was a Clayn Claygle of the Clay Clux Clan either.
DSB - You are a sick SICK man! Not only are your threats cruel and unusual, it's just flat out inhumane. INNOCENT PEOPLE will suffer. Think about the kids dammit. The kids!!