The Say and Do

We have such high expectations for our celebrities, especially the ones who are well liked, and because of this are largely scrutinised and picked apart for everything they do and say. Due to this, their actions will be misconstrued and quickly made public. Yet we allow others to act inappropriately every day. Those who are speaking directly to the public - people like Kyle 'Bhopal' (because everything he says is poison) Sandilands.

He can say perverse, misogynistic, homophobic rubbish, day in, day out, across many forms of media and he's only questioned in extreme cases. Alec Baldwin makes a comment and is blown way out of proportion because we expect him to be this perfect actor within society.
This is similar to the public's expectations of police, as they're supposed to set and uphold a certain moral code, though the public are outraged when they act brutally, unfairly, become corrupt or treat them unequally. Ultimately they are all human. 
Surely we should be attempting to shift our focus onto those who are the bane of our society, irresponsibly influencing votes and world views. Rather we are spending time and energy on waiting to be offended at any opportune moment. 

When we look at examples like the police and Sir Bhopal, who are widely disrupting our society and affecting large numbers of people in a very problematic way, the bigger picture frames Baldwin's actions as meaningless. 

I'm not 'star fucking' here at all, like those loyal Chris Brown and ignorant Sean Penn fans, but the man himself, his views and beliefs must stand for something, as he is an advocate gay rights and helps to fight homophobia.

Queen is a personality type, just like pompus, arrogant, rude, loud, smart arse. I don't use the terminology myself, so wouldn't eventuate in a 'slip of the tongue', but can be used as a descriptive word. It can be misused, but was not in this instance.
I understand that 'queen' is mostly used to describe gay men, but I don't think it was used in a demeaning or derogatory way. Just because it is portrayed as specific to he's sexuality, is it deemed as wrong? Don't we all direct certain language towards a particular gender, race, sexuality, religion, minority...bastard for men, bitch for women...gay for homosexual men, lesbian for homosexual women. (This conversation can be easily evolved into the fact that there are many more descriptive words for any minority who aren't white middle class men, but that's another story). 
There is a large difference between using a persons characteristics to describe them and using their characteristics in a negative or offensive way. Furthermore, Alec Baldwin does much more good for society than the everyday person. He has the means and status and uses it wisely, unlike the shock jocks and misleading media who act socially and morally irresponsible every single day.

Related Article: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-alec-baldwin-apologizes-gay-slurs-glaad-gothamist-20130629,0,7005472.story
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