Argonaut: Electric Cars Are Sexless

Ron Howard’s decision to leave Vince Vaughn’s gay joke in “The Dilemma” is inexcusable. The joke first started gaining notice when it was referenced in trailers promoting the movie. The full line from the movie is, “Electric cars are gay. I mean, not homosexual gay, but my-parents-are-chaperoning-the-dance gay.” Howard and Vaughn are taking inanimate objects and giving them values associated with a group of people. They are saying, “Electric cars are like whatever your thoughts are about gay people.” They are also saying, “Electric cars are like that gay guy you know.” Really? Are electric cars just like all the other cars except they enjoy the companionship of same-sex electric cars?/ Robert J. Taylor , University of Idaho Argonaut. More here .

Question: Does columnist Taylor have a legitimate beef re: use of the word “gay” to describe electric cars??