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gay comments, general intolerance [poll]

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I always call things gay. "This computer doesn't work. It's a f***ing gay piece of s***." I mean no offense to queers though. 🙂

I try to avoid calling things gay when in the presence of homosexuals though, just because of all the idiots out there who look for things to get offended by and then bitch to you about it.
 
I couldn't personally care what anybody's sexual orientation is, if you're gay so be it. I don't personnally verbally or physically attack homosexuals. What I take offense to are the people who feel they have to flaunt their homosexuality and demand protection for CHOOSING to act a certain way. That is when they tend to draw fire from the anti-gay community.

My personal feeling is that homosexuality is a lifestyle CHOICE, and as such does not deserve any additional rights or priveledges over those already provided to non-homosexuals, bi-sexuals, tri-sexuals, etc. I bring this point up because of a situation that happened in New England. Several years ago, homosexuals were asking the state of Colorado to draft new laws which provided certain rights for homosexuals. Colorado refused to grant these new laws so the homosexual community chose to boycott all Colorado skiing facilities.

They then chose Mt Snow in Vermont as the new homosexual "skiing headquarters" (I'm not making this up). There was nothing wrong with Mt Snow's new-found fame except for the fact that some homosexuals decided to "party" along the way to the slopes. If any of you have seen the movie "There's something about Mary", then you'll know where they were "partying", ....... at the rest stops. It got so out of control that the state closed all of the rest stops along I-91 south of the exit to Mt Snow. This was prompted because countless families were exposed (rim shot) to the actions of over zealous butt pirates who couldn't control themselves in public. So thanks to a small cross section of the community, a much larger portion of the population has to go without services which, until then, hadn't been abused.

Moral of the story is, the farther outside the norm you CHOOSE to act, the more attention (positive or negative) you will receive.

/steps down from soap box/
 


<< I own a pink shirt. Does that make me gay?

Hetero Pride! Hetero Pride! I want to organize and participate in a Heterosexual Parade! Just think, the men can wear men's clothes and the women can wear women's clothes!!! >>



Shoot thats nothing. I pointed out once that a crime of assulting a gay man got national coverage and 2 gay men raping and murdering a little boy got no coverage and was called every name on the book for pointing out that fact.



<< Oh yeah, the question; I have a thick skin. It doesn't bother me when some says "hey Guinea!" or "hey pizzaboy!" or other Italizn deragtory comment....so me saying "i love you" or "rumpranger" doesn't seem offensive to me. But those gay guys are waaay too sensitive. >>



As do I. Call me Mic [sp] or any other kind of Irish slam and it doesn't effect me, I don't have a problem with my self esteem 🙂
 
"While you are probably correct that I didn't "need" to proclaim my blisteringly extreme (almost to the olympic level) hetero-ness"

Damnit Shaft,
Now I have to clean off my keyboard AND screen after laughing coffee out my nose. Did you get the gold?

And continuing on my soap box from earlier, if homosexuals only want to be with someone of the same sex, then why do many homosexual relationships have one partner who tends to act masculine and one partner who tends to act feminine? Odd.

This is probably a good time for a homosexual joke.
There are two homo couples at a hotel, one male pair and one female pair. During the night, there is a fire and the two couples have to get out of the building. Question: Which couple makes it out first, the male or the female?




































Answer: the male couple, because they already had their sh!t packed.

(taps microphone, "hello, hello, is this thing on"?)
 
Allready had their sh!t packed huh?
😀

I don't think you'll catch any flack on AT for that joke, but if you posted that in a local paper or something like that (not that it would make it) you would have all kinds of idiots bitching about it.

My stance on a joke like that is this: It isn't hurting anyone, you aren't throwing around any hatred, and so there is no reason for anyone to get pissed about it.
 


<< "While you are probably correct that I didn't "need" to proclaim my blisteringly extreme (almost to the olympic level) hetero-ness"

Damnit Shaft,
Now I have to clean off my keyboard AND screen after laughing coffee out my nose. Did you get the gold?

And continuing on my soap box from earlier, if homosexuals only want to be with someone of the same sex, then why do many homosexual relationships have one partner who tends to act masculine and one partner who tends to act feminine? Odd.

This is probably a good time for a homosexual joke.
There are two homo couples at a hotel, one male pair and one female pair. During the night, there is a fire and the two couples have to get out of the building. Question: Which couple makes it out first, the male or the female?

Answer: the male couple, because they already had their sh!t packed.

(taps microphone, "hello, hello, is this thing on"?) >>




My God!

Between you and Ultra Olympic Hetero Man I'm going to have a heart attack. I'll have to remember these...
😉
😀
 


<< Making fun of men justifying wearing pantyhose is one thing, being homo-phobic is another. >>



did i miss a thread or something?

what is this "pantyhose" thread?

i dont believe i ever got to read any responses to it.
 
Wouldn't true tolerance teach us to accept that some people don't like gays?


Violence against anyone is wrong, that's not the issue.
 
The people who don't like gays .. well I don't like all gays... but I don't like a lot of people.. including lots of perfectly "normal" heteros. I suppose I like some gays.. can't think of any off the top of my head but I believe I have seen some comedy routines from some guys who were actually quite funny.
But the people who don't like all gays simply because they are gay have some sort of a problem. They are not cool. They are the ones who need tolerance, not normal people who don't have any particular problems with any large group of people.
 
same as everyone else bout sayin gay for bad things....
Once, when i was at a family christmas party at my gayuncle's house, me and some family peoples were playin a board game and i got like sent back to start or some junk and i yelled out GAY!!!
 
Sig updated.

So what did your people at the house do? Did they all give strange looks at each other, did your gay uncle get uncomfortable, did he laugh, what exactly happened at that point?
 
I couldnt care less if somone made a gay joke, black joke, mexican joke, or whatever...Things like that just dont bother me. Ive got far to many good things in my life to get all pissed off an offended over this sort of stuff. To many wet noodles in this world.

Btw, a 3COM hub here at work is being a fudgepacker😉
 
Hrmm.. so aparently the word "gay" and its multiple uses are not only well known by the general population here in SC, but also in CA and I assume all around the country...

(a little backstory, riddlebox lives 45 mins from here, and is my #1 jigger man)
 
I aggree Shaft, nobody seems to have a sense of humor anymore. We definetly have become the "don't blame me" and "I'm offended by everything and everybody" society.

I say we start a petition to get Shaft his own title, UltraOlympicHeteroMan.😀

I don't understand the wannabe self proclaimed psychologists here who have determined that when someone states they are proud to be hetero that they infact are insecure yet if someone claims they are gay then they are infact very secure and comfortable with their sexuality.

And if I dream about rocket ships and geyesers, it means that I'm interested in space travel and nature, not playing "bury the vein-laden meat pipe" with some dude.
 


<< I aggree Shaft, nobody seems to have a sense of humor anymore. We definetly have become the "don't blame me" and "I'm offended by everything and everybody" society.

I say we start a petition to get Shaft his own title, UltraOlympicHeteroMan.😀

I don't understand the wannabe self proclaimed psychologists here who have determined that when someone states they are proud to be hetero that they infact are insecure yet if someone claims they are gay then they are infact very secure and comfortable with their sexuality.

And if I dream about rocket ships and geyesers, it means that I'm interested in space travel and nature, not playing "bury the vein-laden meat pipe" with some dude. >>



thats very true.

plus even if you do dream about something homosexual, that doesnt mean its gonna happen or what you truly want. not at all.
 
<<I don't understand the wannabe self proclaimed psychologists here who have determined that when someone states they are proud to be hetero that they infact are insecure yet if someone claims they are gay then they are infact very secure and comfortable with their sexuality.>>

Yes Yes Yes. I have seen this time and time and time again. Every time I say something, or have ever said something about me being a hetero, I am accused of being a closet homo. What the HELL? How can you relate one to the other? That is the same as someone saying, "I like watching VHS movies alot. It is a good format. I think BETA sucks." And then you have 15 people jumping on the guy who likes the vhs format saying, "You are a closet BETA fan! You really hate VHS and love BETA! You are just ashamed to admit it because society has pushed VHS and looked down upon BETA. And you are not secure with being different so you lie about it!!!!"

- THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. WTF.
 


<< plus even if you do dream about something homosexual, that doesnt mean its gonna happen or what you truly want. not at all. >>



Keep telling yourself that.... ;P


lol
 


<< Yes Yes Yes. I have seen this time and time and time again. Every time I say something, or have ever said something about me being a hetero, I am accused of being a closet homo. What the HELL? How can you relate one to the other? That is the same as someone saying, "I like watching VHS movies alot. It is a good format. I think BETA sucks." And then you have 15 people jumping on the guy who likes the vhs format saying, "You are a closet BETA fan! You really hate VHS and love BETA! You are just ashamed to admit it because society has pushed VHS and looked down upon BETA. And you are not secure with being different so you lie about it!!!!"

- THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. WTF. >>



Little defensive about the homo comments, you hiding something?

lol
 


<< It makes me kind of sick to my stomach that educated (?) people think and speak this way. >>



What makes you think some homophobic people are educated? Most or all of the time they're plainly ignorant and prejudiced. By ignorant, I'm talking about how they convienantly ignore psychology's (science) view that homosexuality is a predisposed or genetic factor and instead, accept their bible school teacher's explanation (yeah..since she's well qualified and all :disgust: ) that it's a matter of choice. I don't understand how people can claim their own personal, uneducated opinion is more qualified than scientists and doctors. But then again, it's easier for the ignorant and prejudiced to condemn gays when they tell themselves homosexuality is a choice.
 


<<

<< It makes me kind of sick to my stomach that educated (?) people think and speak this way. >>



What makes you think some homophobic people are educated? Most or all of the time they're plainly ignorant and prejudiced. By ignorant, I'm talking about how they convienantly ignore psychology's (science) view that homosexuality is a predisposed or genetic factor and instead, accept their bible school teacher's explanation (yeah..since she's well qualified and all :disgust: ) that it's a matter of choice. I don't understand how people can claim their own personal, uneducated opinion is more qualified than scientists and doctors. But then again, it's easier for the ignorant and prejudiced to condemn gays when they tell themselves homosexuality is a choice. >>



If I was to tell you what kind of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I have, you would deny the facts FROM PSYCHOLOGITS/PSYCHIATRISTS and many other specialists and tell me something else.

Well maybe not you, but if I was to post it here, a lot of people would deny the facts from scientific evidence.
 
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