[ElProximo]

Originally Posted by psychtracker

I don't know much about the UK BB watching/voting demographic...but here in Australia BB was extremely popular with the gay community. Maybe they want them riled in anger against him as a "hate/villain character" or something...just guessing

Yep, same in the UK where the real devoted 'hardcore audience' is made up of not just gays but also that type of youth who 'identify' strongly with that subculture/scene.
Yes, I think the explanation is fairly simple - they want to catch David saying something about homosexuality being a sin or wrong etc.. then (if possible) show him up as a 'hypocrite' or whatnot,
and,
watch the phone votes just go over-the-top with zealous 'gay rights defense' mega multi-voting from that 'core' audience.

The problem is that David is not 'homophobic' and has a fairly moderate and empathetic view on this issue and even the editing and BBLB comments on come across as 'desperate'.

Maybe if David came across more as a 'parent' to this audience? Then they could stir up more hate I think.

[psychtracker]

Originally Posted by ElProximo

Yep, same in the UK where the real devoted 'hardcore audience' is made up of not just gays but also that type of youth who 'identify' strongly with that subculture/scene.
Yes, I think the explanation is fairly simple - they want to catch David saying something about homosexuality being a sin or wrong etc.. then (if possible) show him up as a 'hypocrite' or whatnot,
and,
watch the phone votes just go over-the-top with zealous 'gay rights defense' mega multi-voting from that 'core' audience.

The problem is that David is not 'homophobic' and has a fairly moderate and empathetic view on this issue and even the editing and BBLB comments on come across as 'desperate'.

Maybe if David came across more as a 'parent' to this audience? Then they could stir up more hate I think.

Thanks very much for clearing that up.