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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 04:22 PM
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So if teachers in Tennessee can't use the word "gay", does that mean that students
who use it as an expletive (as in "that's so gay") will be expelled?
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 04:28 PM
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1. If there were justice, *any* hurtful, discriminatory term would not be allowed. That would also
include the "R" word, so popular among teens, and so destructive.
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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 06:04 PM
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2. Why stop there?
I think they should ban use of the word the and the letter y.

I also don't like the word done.

And any word where the initial k is silent.

And any word that starts with homo-. Like homonym. Or homogeneous, homogenized, homophone. I mean homophone. Really. Is that how --- (aka formerly known as gay) people communicate? Over the homophone?

Or uvula, which, you know, sounds like, well, something else (thanks, Royal Pains (tv show) for that line).

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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 07:13 PM
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3. So you don't get sarcasm, huh?
Good god.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 07:53 PM
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4. I saw post #2 as all sarcasm........
They should get rid of the word 'test' in school...............
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 08:16 PM
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5. They can't sing "The Last Time I Saw Paris"
"her heart was young and gay"

:shrug:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-11 08:18 PM
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6. Don we now our gay apparel
fa la la la la....
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