Going to Yahoo! News just now, keyword “batwoman,” yielded 4 different takes on “Holy Lesbian!” — Salon.com, Daily Mail: World News, Herald Sun and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. How nice of the mainstream media to portray homosexuality as something akin to cosmic ray bombardment or coming to Earth from another planet.

Don’t put words in my mouth. I said, “potentially offensive”, meaning that someone could potentially be offended by it. On the face of it, it’s merely stupid on TV Guide’s part, but could offend some readers. As for your second, incomplete quote, I know that you’re referencing my explanation of a joke that Caleb made in a recent “linkarama” post. Your remark gives no context to either, and does not reflect my opinion.

When should I expect the predictable anti-Newsarama post at your site and the ensuing Twitter parade?

Chris Williams = pwned

Fred, what part of “potentially offensive” is difficult to understand? I said that it was “potentially offensive” because it could “potentially” offend some people. I venture to say that, like just about anything else, some people may be offended by it, gay or not, just as others may not be.

And I don’t think that your Obama example has any relevance at all. Your example is a widely-used descriptor across all media, while the TV Guide headline co-opted a hackneyed overused headline device coupled with a character’s sexuality as a punchline. If there were an Obama headline that read “Holy Black President, Batman!”, then yeah, I’d guess some people, black or not, could also be “potentially” offended.

Again, “potentially”.

Well I can’t say this is unexpected. This week my friends and I are doing a startup blogtalkradio show on the ComicCon. We are all hyped up on the events, stories and meeting the creators. We open the line for calls and the first one we get is a gay dude mad about Batwoman getting the spotlight because she’s a lesbian.

Sometimes when I think we have evolved as a society, stuff like this happens to just make me cynical about the human nature. After all isn’t comics supposed to be a medium of no limits on the imagination? And if ya don’t like what a writer/artist does, here’s a novel concept: Put down the book and buy another…

Sorry for rant..it just some people…and doesn’t TV Guide have editors???