"That's so gay" - enough to get twelve-year-olds suspended

[Solly]

But that isn't an insult.

[MRT144]

isnt it though...isnt it? wait, it isnt!

[Ted Striker]

chegitz is so gay

[Solly]

I think it's gay that we haven't had a part two of this thread yet.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Who is that quote from?

That is the life right there...

i forget who said it originally, adn exactly what they said... thought the gist of it was appropriate in this case tho

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

And how are we to distinguish which you are?

Most people can comprehend context and derive proper word meaning from it. I guess your "defense mechanism" makes you unable to comprehend the English language. Sorry about that; you're going to have an unhappy life because of it.

Apparently you're forgetting your own statements, since as you yourself said--some people use it as a gay slur. Now, if I'm out and about and hear someone I don't know or just met shout out, "that's so gay!" I have no way of telling how he means it, do I? What "context" is going to make me know this is the guy who just uses it unthinkingly, or the one who uses it maliciously?

I can remember when I was in college and went to visit a friend on another campus. We went into her dorm's common room to watch some TV, and a couple of jock-looking guys were in there watching football. Something happened they didn't approve of, and out came the expletives: "Goddamn it, that stupid ***!" "****, that was so gay," etc. Why is it people feel the need to use homosexual terminology for expressing how bad something is? Think about it...the worst insults you make to people are calling them ***, queer, ********er, pansy, fairy, etc. You want to call something bad, you call it queer or gay. It's all variations on a theme: It's a bad thing to be gay, so calling something gay is the best way of expressing that something is bad. Considering the plethora of such phrases out there, the argument that it isn't related to homosexuality is just plain bull****, and the rational people can see that.

I'm not going to be unhappy, I'm just not going to put up with people around me using gay as a negative statement. I don't feel any compunction to tolerate the further association of homosexuality with what is bad, nor to coddle unthinking morons who don't comprehend the impact of the words they're saying.

[SlowwHand]

Start new thread.
Over 500 limit. You want it a planned change.

JUST trying to help out.

[Drake Tungsten]

Apparently you're forgetting your own statements, since as you yourself said--some people use it as a gay slur.

So what? Virulent homophobes use everything as a gay slur; that doesn't mean that the socially accepted meaning of the word is derogatory. If a majority of people use the word in a non-derogatory manner, then it isn't a slur. A minority of idiots (on both sides) are not enough to change the meaning of "gay"...

I'm just not going to put up with people around me using gay as a negative statement.

Have fun not putting up with the majority of people younger than you. The new meaning of "gay" is here to stay, whether you accept it or not.

[Ming]

Gee... this one got to 500 posts quick... didn't even notice it go over the "barrier"...