Naming and shaming does work, which is why Gaysovercovid is a “success” in turning many of the men depicted into pariahs, who might lose their friends, family, or jobs. At the end of the day, humans are social creatures, so if the consequence of their callous travels during this most dark of times is being cast out…

Yeah, I think about that whenever I reference her- and after she was quarantined she still went back and started serving people again and got more people sick. And *she* just wanted to earn a living off of what she was good at as a carrier of a disease that was incurable at the time, not party with her friends because…

These people chose to post pictures of these events. They 100% did it to themselves. Literally they just had to not post pictures of it to avoid scrutiny because no one would know. Well unless they’re in a country where people get fined or arrested for doing these things then we’d know if they got caught. Is Rich…

Seconded. The most infuriating example was a nurse who received his first dose of the vaccine one day and the next day was posting thirst trap photos from his vacation in Mexico.

And it’s funny that a couple weeks ago it was like “Look at these fucking Trump plague rats with their maskless rallies!” but now it’s “Well, people need a social outlet. You don’t know their economic background. Maybe that circuit party was medically necessary?”

Yeah. I mean, I have friends who are like “I feel so bad, but... I met up with 2 friends last night and we played a board game. I feel so guilty.” and I’m not going to shame them for that. I’m also not going to equate that with people travelling internationally to attend a crowded event, which I will shame.

Oh, and the photo I saw was 15 people who were definitely also going to the parties.

Hell 15 people is also probably too much unless they’re one 15 person household or 15 people wearing masks standing at least 6 ft apart

Haha I was thinking that, I kept reading it trying to understand what the problem was. People were being identified? Or “shamed” for being a Typhoid Mary? Like I can’t tell if the point of this article is just that you shouldn’t be mean to people just because they’re putting their lives and the lives of others at risk…

I agree. I haven’t seen any small events on GOC (except for I think like 15-ish people at a birthday party that was also in Puerto Vallarta during all the stuff around New Years, so ...) That’s kind of why I’ve loved the account to blow off steam.

Some of the larger community’s “chosen family” members have refused to allow a pandemic to redefine their lives and have brazenly broadcast their gatherings

“Of course, attending a circuit party with hundreds of maskless revelers is a different thing than hanging in a small friend group, though both have been featured on gaysovercovid.”

But yes, I imagine the small-time stuff is very much in the minority of content. I guess that part of my comment was a broader critique…

The Instagram account in question mostly blasts people at circuit parties and stuff. It’s not like, having a couple friends over for your birthday, it’s packing several hundred into a club for an overpriced event (and mostly targeting influencers). The account is definitely punching up.

I read this and immediately thought... “White Affluent Gay” says what?

This is not a report, this is not an article, this is an opinion piece that seems to be excusing and apologizing for all the affluent (mostly white) gays that have been learning about accountability in real time. While vilifying and gaslighting the…

This is such a bad faith interpretation of this article, this comment is a true work of art.

Yeah. I mean, if straight people were like “Gross, gays are partying." I'd be like "Go mind your own weddings and bars." but I don't think that gay people pointing out other gay people acting irresponsibly is actually homophobia or something.

I hope that account NEVER gets banned. I love it. I love seeing these white affluent gays get so fucking pressed about being outed for partying. They are the same ones who go party with their friend Tina with no masks, and then show up to a protest for clout points.

This is a very verbose, detailed way of justifying dangerous behavior in a pandemic by deeming public shaming as equally problematic. (If ___ is so shitty, then why isn’t ____?)

Yeah, I’m not really sure who this article is for. If shame doesn’t work, then shaming the shamers also doesn’t work.

As a gay guy in Brooklyn his takes on gay culture and media are so foreign to me it often feels like reading satire. But he probably really is like this.