“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.” Dorothy Parker

[xchrom]

what should be said every time some bigot opens his or her mouth.

[DeSwiss]

1. K&R!

You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!

~South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein

[xchrom]

3. +1

[RKP5637]

2. Plus heterosexuality is overpopulating earth, crowding out life.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. that doesn't make any sense.

Overpopulation IS life, like it or not.. Too much life, maybe, but still life.

'Course, the alleged, so-called "population problem" is actually a culturally dependent, localized phenomenon restricted, really, to certain areas of the Earth, and many of those areas also have extreme cultural prohibitions against Homosexuality, so maybe there's a correlation.

[stuntcat]

11. +1

I'll blame heteros for most of the species going extinct this century.

I have to be here til 2050 or 2060. I will blame everyone who's squirting out babies right now for the shameful trashy mess I'm witnessing then, especially 1st-worlders, our way of life chokes the whole world.

(edit again to add: )


since most educated americans can't grasp how fast humans' population exploded, much faster than the planet can adapt to it.

[RKP5637]

12. It's a serious issue, one need look no further than those countries with

really dense populations, but now it's even worse in a global sense, earth is a finite space and eventually will run out of (for lack of a better word) the 'squeezeability' factor, allowing more and more people to squeeze into a finite space.

Meanwhile we have some republicans spouting their proudness of huge families like F'ing was the right to wear a banner.

[justiceischeap]

14. Their F'ing their way to repopulate their religion and party. nt

[RKP5637]

17. Yeah, it's really come to that ... it's almost akin to spreading a disease.

[mr715]

16. "Blame"?

Reproduction is a biological imperative. It is what biology makes us do. I like the original poster's Dorothy Parker quote, but sex being fun is an evolutionary side-effect.

You're 100% correct that the consumption habits of the 1st world and the growth rate of the 3rd world are the roots of environmental degradation. I think the word blame is a bit aggressive - I don't blame people for wanting to reproduce, as it is something instinctual. I do blame bad behavior. I don't think sex is bad behavior.

[DURHAM D]

4. I have never heard that quote before.

Thanks for posting.

[MineralMan]

5. Oh, she had such a way with words!

So many clever little quips. You've gotta love her.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. Dorothy Parker would be *lost* on the bigots...

bless their little hearts. (Geez, six years in the South and I'm finally catching on...)

[PETRUS]

7. k&r

[blaze]

8. Seriously?? She said that??? OMG I need a link!!!

Really...

OK...I believe you... going to search...

Just SOOO cannot wait to share...

GOD I love the internets.... <g>

[Warren DeMontague]

10. There's no such thing as "normal"

And the world would be amazingly boring if we were all the same.

[marmar]

13. That's awesome.

The range of human sexuality is broad. "Normal" is just the dogmatic conditioning people have endured all of their lives.

[WillyT]

15. Perfect... K & R !!!

[Louisiana1976]

18. Normal is just a setting on a washing machine--K&R!

[DCKit]

19. A devastating double entendre. nt

[dickthegrouch]

20. One of my favorite T-shirts says

You're not normal
You're just heterosexual

I even wore it on TV when being interviewed a few years ago.

[LeftinOH]

21. "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end.....

....I wouldn't be the least bit surprised." Dorothy rules!

[EFerrari]

23. LOL

[Scuba]

22. Being gay is "normal"....

... Hating gays is a lifestyle choice.

[gateley]

24. Love Dorothy Parker! nt

[jumptheshadow]

25. One of my favorite quotes of all time...

I have almost used it in my signature but try to keep away from my deep well of Dorothy Parker-style sarcasm. Of course, when you say this quote you have to use your sharpest inflection when you get to the word "common."

[joeybee12]

26. KNR!