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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:05 PM Original message |
"That's gay" as an insult. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. agreed 101% |
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StopTheNeoCons (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. +1 |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sometimes things get burned in to our vocabulary that are hard to get out |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. maybe I'm just old but that usage of "gay" IMO |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. eenie meenie minie moe, catch a _______ by the toe |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Is "tiger" offensive? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The common word was "n..." |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I'm sure he knows. He also uses "gay" as an insult, so there you have it. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. I always heard tiger until I got older and someone said the n word |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. It was the times I grew up in. My folks were pretty radically openminded |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The saying makes more sense, unfortunately, with the "n" word in place. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
104. My little kid brain heard it as "nickle." |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
184. I must have moved in the wrong crowds-- I'd only ever heard Tiger (grew up in 70s) |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
190. SHOCKED -- Really ????? |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. In my family, we said, "tiger" |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. I have never hear "n*****" until today. I always thought it was tiger. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
92. My friend, you must be young enough to have escaped |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #92 |
113. Growing up, I never thought that rhyme made ANY sense. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #113 |
132. The silly notion of a TIGER paying 50 dollars every day . . . |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
180. Many childrens rhymes and chants are based in horrifying histories. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
165. No... but I'd imagine willful ignorance is. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. eenie meenie minie moe, catch old Hitler by the toe |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. Someone very close to me who I love very much |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
148. I'm from Texas and don't know anyone that calls them that. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #148 |
157. That's good. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
170. I grew up with that term... |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. Whoa, I never heard of anything but "tiger" being used in |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. it was a long time ago, in a galaxy far away |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
81. always just thought it was tiger. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. I'm 28 -- not all that old -- and it never got burned into my vocab. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
100. People stopped using the N word. They can stop saying "that's so gay." |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
114. Only among a very certain subset of people is it common. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
126. it's not that hard to get out -- we just have to stop making BS excuses for it |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. "It can't be, I'm not a Republican." |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. this post is retarded |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
93. Yep both of those "gay" and "retarded" were both used pretty commonly when I was in HS. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. gerry-rigged? |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. Also VWs, though. nt |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. My dad was of WWII vintage. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #106 |
129. Gran Torino was quite hard to watch. n/t |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
117. How 'bout "Jimmy the lock"? |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. okay...??? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #123 |
135. I was told that it was anti-irish, |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #93 |
142. Never knew the origins behind "gypped" until I was in my early 20's. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #93 |
151. Huh, I thought it was jury-rigged, like a bought out jury. |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 05:33 AM Response to Reply #93 |
161. Actually the term is jury rig and it's origins are nautical. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #161 |
185. Jury Rigged is many centuries old, but Jerry Rigged is WW2 vintage. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ain't that a bitch. (nt) |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
99. You got a problem with bitches? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. I agree with you. I wince when I hear it. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Me too. Seeing ignorance so proudly displayed is wince-worthy. |
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gvstn (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. That's the one that makes me mad |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
107. Yes. Insults boys and girls at the same time. A two-fer. n/t |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
119. It pisses me off to no end that they use that in the military. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I said it until I was about 15 or so when I learned better |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I use it sometimes. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It holds a LOT of water to gay people and you should be ashamed. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. And how does "lame", used by the OP, come across to polio victims? /nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Does the physically challenged community self-identify as "lamers"? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. "Lamers"? No. "Lame", yes |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I don't know what your angle is here. "That's gay" is an offensive insult. Bottom line. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So is, "that's lame" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Perfect, I don't use "that's lame" either. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
95. Actually, one of the dictionary definitions of "lame" is weak. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Look. Gay people are discriminated against every fucking day in this country. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I agree |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
118. Who is saying it is an acceptable substitute? n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
167. So you speak for all gay people now? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I had a 20ish male lecture me that "bitch" shouldn't be offensive to me, a 50ish female |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
70. Is bitch only offensive as a noun? |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. IMO, depends on the circumstance. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. It depends on how its used. My sibs and I call each other "the bitches" but you can't |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
108. It's an odd word in several ways |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
71. "....than AIDS"??? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
94. Please STOP. It's a terrible and hurtful habit. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #94 |
166. +1 n/t |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
141. Perhaps you need to work on your vocab. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
174. And now that you know it is offensive, |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. "the word having evolved to mean "lame"" |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
77. You could have gotten your point across without the photo. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
109. One of the dictionary definitions of "lame" is "weak." So to use the word lame |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. It pisses me off. |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. The word gay has many different meanings to different folks |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Not Really. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
97. Yes, gay used to mean happy. But to say "that homework is so gay" is clearly |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #97 |
124. I agree with you 100% |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
172. I've always heard it used as an adjective... |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
173. dupe post due to IE being a shitty piece of software |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. The answer to "words changing over time"... |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Rethugs have used all those hate words, to ruin their offensiveness. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. "That's so ______." I've asked people to substitute a socially unacceptable slang w/ 'gay' before |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. And I can't stand 'just sayin', but people use it, and they are not trying |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You poor thing. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Now that response was so g, er, lame. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. It's all I could muster for a post so dismissive of a community as yours was. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Notice the first line in the OP. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. I guess Bluebear was hoping he might find democratic |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Nothing surprises me here anymore, love. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
120. I know. I only wish I WAS surprised. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
149. you got my support too ,bluebear |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
87. We know what you think now. And we know you're an insensitive boor. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. just sayin' nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Just sayin' you're off to the ignore pile. What a jerk. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #90 |
162. Had To Jump In Somwehere |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
128. Your attitude makes me sick. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. If you know it is offensive to gay people, why would you still |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. You People In the Just Sayin' Community Have It Rough. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Yeah, that's the same... |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
73. You are as insensitive to gays as your namesake. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. +1 |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. +1 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
98. That's not analogous. "That's so gay" connects the word "gay" with something negative. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
130. gosh, that's almost the same thing |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
175. What precisely is insulting about the phrase, "just sayin'..."? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. I avoid both "gay" and "lame" as an insult. As a professional writer and editor, I make myself and |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. How can gay being equivalent to lame not be offensive? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Precisely |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Cue calls of "everyone is too PC" and "poutrage" and "looking to be offended" |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I agree things can get too PC from time to time, but if someone is |
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wakemewhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Agreed. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. yes, it's horrible. sadly, the youth tend to say it because they're less educated, they need |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. And Jon Stewart's got people calling each other "pussies" and "douches." nt |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
105. pussies? that's not cool. I don't watch him (no cable) but he should know better. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
112. For as much as I love Jon, he really is fairly clueless in the sexism and racism departments. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #112 |
168. I'm starting to think he's just insensitive. How can he not know? I don't see the show often |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. I hate it. |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. My 14 y/o great niece joined the FB group against using 'so gay' as an insult. Good for her! n/t |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. That's fantastic. I'm sure you've told her how proud you are of her. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. Something I like to tell people: |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I call it "teacher voice." |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. I hate it too, but |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. And it's sexist to insult a man by calling him a "pussy" or "douche" but no one cares. nt |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Yeah. You're right. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Wow! I didn't know the 'lame' thing either. I've picked that one up here. nt |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I think there's a difference, though. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
152. Lame is popular with the equine crowd |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
102. "lame". I hadn't heard that was incorrect. I've always use things like |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
122. It equates physical impairment - lameness - with negativity. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #122 |
137. I hadn't thought of actually associating lame with disabled people, assuming |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #122 |
138. I guess now I will have to say it is a "piss-poor" excuse. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #122 |
188. Lame means "weak," according to my dictionary. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
134. i think we call them disabled now because lame was so offensive, so its confusng! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
111. Lame also means "weak," as in a "lame argument." The word gay doesn't mean weak. n/t |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Or even a girl |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Yes! WHAT could be worse than being called a 'girl'!!! Good point. nt |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
110. Some of us care. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #110 |
147. Keep the faith, Iris27! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
62. I know some otherswise smart people (or thought they were) who say that... |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. LOL...I initially read your first sentence as "I'm just curious what you GAYS think about it". :) |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. i get on people at work when they use it |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. Good comeback. Thanks. n/t |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
127. Good for you! I have stopped total strangers in a stre to tell them off for it. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
153. "what exactly was homosexual about the situation" is a VERY good comeback. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
75. I don't let it go uncorrected |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
85. I've said it before. Not as an insult but because whatever it was - was totally gay! |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
103. The banality of evil. It may be mindless but it's contemtptible. nt |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
115. It's homophobic, it's offensive, it should not be tolerated. n/t |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
116. I think it's terrible. nt. |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
121. I think it is an insult |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
125. I continue to use "gay" in its original meaning. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #125 |
154. As in John Denver singing "sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy, sunshine on my shoulder makes me |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
131. The majority of gays here have said it's offensive. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. All you need to know. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #136 |
155. +1 with sadness. nt |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #131 |
176. All you ever need to know about their character. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
133. It is vile |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
139. It is used as a negative...which makes it bad...nt |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
140. I don't think teenagers think about it too much.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #140 |
146. They don't, but they should -- and will, if approached about it. The best is |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
143. Yes, it's offensive |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
144. Then there's the word "dumb". |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
145. Another word I hate: "Spaz", it's a reference to a person with Cerebral Palsy. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. My mom was wonderful, had MS. She tripped once, friend said "are you spastic?"in one of those voices |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #145 |
156. I hate that term as well. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
158. I am amused |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #158 |
163. There was an "irregardless" thread? Pet peeve of mine...glad I missed it. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #158 |
179. they're not really similar issues at all |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
159. Deleted message |
JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
160. The meaning of words does change over time |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
164. Depends who's saying it. I've mostly given up being offended by it. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #164 |
183. Interesting point re: it being a youth-up construct. (nt) |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
169. It's probably not the best thing to say but... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #169 |
177. This thread has scores of LGBT people telling you it has *not* lost all meaning. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #177 |
181. I don't say it to them or in front of them. So... |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #181 |
186. Then exactly what do you mean |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Well many things.... |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #187 |
191. So, when you use 'gay' to refer to something stupid, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
171. I stopped using it many years ago |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
178. Just had this conversation w my 13 yo, who isn't homophobic. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #178 |
189. I agree. The same thing happened talking to a teen I know. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
182. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the negative use of "gay" goes back to 1978 |
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