Lyrics and Assumptions 

    Myself and Wildside owner Paddy Aldridge were recently featured on a radio show called "Beyond the Mundane", (which is run out of realityradio101.com).  In addition to talking a little bit about my music, I was able to talk about some of the lyrics to the songs "Pretty", "Whipped Cream", "All for You", and "Down" which were played on the show.  If any one has read or heard the lyrics, there's no doubt that the first three have a sexual nature to them while the last one "Down" doesn't.
    About a week later I found out that the lyrical subject matter of these songs led the owner of realityradio101.com to assume that I was gay.  However I was defended by the producer of "Beyond the Mundane" who assured the owner that I was indeed not gay.

    This made me think of a few issues.  Was the owner just stating his opinion, or was he making a negative comment about being gay?  After all, if I had been doing RnB music, he might have said that anyone who does music like that must be black.  The issue for me isn't whether someone thinks I'm gay or not, or thinks I'm black or not, it's his implication that someone may look, act, or be a certain way based on limited evidence.  While everyone is entitled to their opinion, it can be frustrating when it's a misguided one.
    Another issue could be that perhaps he was simply ranting off on how he doesn't like the concept of gays and sex.  Fair enough, I don't like eggs, I think they taste awful and are gross.  Same with porridge.  I could rant for ages about my dislike for these two well known hearty breakfast meals.  However, I don't let my dislike of these two food items affect other people.  I don't look down on people who like eggs and porridge and I don't think everyone should stop eating eggs and porridge.  Perhaps that was what the owner was getting at.  Just a rant at his dislike at the idea of men with men without judging them.  
    However, if in his misguided thinking of me being gay, he added that he didn't ever want me back on the show because of it, that would be a homophobic issue which I would have a problem with as I have no time for bigotry in my life.
    For now, I'll file this issue under "no judgment until I get proof" category.

Wilton

 

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