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Old 2008-11-24, 05:31
OurLeaderThroughTheJungle OurLeaderThroughTheJungle is offline
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Thumbs down whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

has anyone noticed this movement to get me to stop calling things gay because it's "insulting" to certain groups of people?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkLST3BBaQ8

how can a group of people take the word "gay"--which originally meant "happy", change the meaning to "homosexual"-- and then turn around and attack me for trying to use the word to be a pseudonym for "stupid"-- this is completely beyond me.

I'm all for tolerance and everything--but that is really gay. We don't need language police telling us what words do mean or don't mean--words mean whatever society makes them out to mean--I have gay friends who call things gay--I just... this just makes me upset.

There's advertisements on TV telling me to stop using the word "gay"--but nobody ever speaks out on the TV agianst calling women "bitches" or "hoes"... -_-
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Old 2008-11-24, 05:38
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Default Re: whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

that campaigns so gay
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Old 2008-11-24, 19:24
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Default Re: whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

Good point. I'll have to bring this up next time my uber-liberal, gay-loving debate coach yells at me for calling something gay.
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Old 2008-11-24, 19:54
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Default Re: whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

The only people who get offended by it are closeted homosexuals who are ashamed of themselves and opt not to be queer. Any time someone says "gay" or "faggot" they get extremely worried about it as if someone is talking to THEM even though they could be on television. It's funny because openly gay people don't seem to be offended by it, that is, real gay people not the "bisexual" or wannabe-faggot attention whores that do it for their own sick fad-obsessions and lack of character.

Similarly, radical feminists have "reclaimed" the word "cunt" over the last few decades. You ought to make another thread for the word cunt, OP, because more mystique surrounds that word than any other "epithet" in the English language. I'm quite confident that if someone said that word on the job they would be fired immediately or even sued by some cunt ass kitten with an attitude problem.

Why are people so offended by mere words? Society has been over-feminized, that is why.
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Old 2008-11-24, 20:31
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Makes the queers cry.

Nah it has something to do with violence being acceptable in society due to pre-existing views of people's worth in a society based on their personal choices and lifestyles. Or somethin like that anyway, wha?
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Old 2008-11-24, 23:55
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Default Re: whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

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QFT (Divinity's post). People and society are so godamn pussy these days it makes me want to vomit.

It has honestly made me come to the decision that if I am to get married, it will be to possibly a Bolivian or Columbian and not some spoiled Canadian or American bitch who thinks she is queen-shit and entitled to some kind of worship for just having a cunt.

Political Correctness has gotten way out of hand. I think it is necessary in some situations (like a court of law where there must be no bias) but Christ man, what we have here is totally ridiculous.

Women eat this shit for breakfast and it disgusts me how stupid so many of them are. If I married one and had to pretend to agree with all this bullshit I would probably murder/suicide.


I hate this society of victims. It's always "who are we going to feel sorry for next". The victimizers are always men too. This passive feminized society we live in is going to kick us in our own asses. I don't know exactly how but this kind of thinking they try to promote is not healthy for a people.

I am not saying feminine is evil, I am saying that it is one side of the coin and that we need to acknowledge and embrace the inherent masculinity in all people aswell. If we dont were all going to shrivel into human vaginas. We need a balance of feminine and masculine in society.

Perhaps, this over-feminization is a result of the very masculinized cultures that we had in our past. Maybe there was a huge build up of repressed feminity that is now being released. Maybe after it is done being released, things will balance. I don't know if what I just said made any sense...


Another thing that pisses me off is a woman's inability to see her own weaknesses. (I have met a few that do admit women have certain weaknesses, but most I meet refuse to admit that). It annoys the fuck out of me to have to play some kind of make-believe game with women, pretending they are "equal" and having to gloss over all their screw ups etc.

The fact is there are things women are better then men at and vice versa. Here is what I believe to be some main ones. And I would like to add that I know there are exceptions to the rules.

Women are better then men in:
  • Asthetics
    • Most women excel in the areas of designing a room to flow and breath, intelligently adding color to give spaces character.
    • Women easily outperform men in the areas of personal beauty and using stuff like makeup to beautify others and actually take someone who looks not-so good and make them look good.
  • Empathy and Nurturing
    • Women are much superior to most men in the caring about other's feelings and making them feel better about it dept. This skill is a benefit to all mankind. I personally couldn't give a rat's ass about someone whining and complaining, but women will hear this person and actually try to make them feel better. Women make life alot sweeter in this way.

Men are better then women in the areas of getting things done. They make firm decisions and are much less likely to be swayed by others. This is why they are usually better in positions of power.

Men are better then women in technical problem solving. Generally men are better at visualizing problems and solving them. The emotional is much less prioritized in a man's brain so this allows him to use it for more technical and materialistic purposes.

There is much more to add for both sides, but I don't want to flood this thread with my lists so I will leave it there.

Edit: I actually may consider to stop using the term "gay" as to denote something dumb, if Hilary Duff lets me ram her in her ass or poon, 3-5 times a week.

Last edited by Benito Faggluey; 2008-11-25 at 00:03.
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Old 2008-11-25, 00:13
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Question Re: whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

Do you think calling something "dumb" is offensive to people who cant talk? I guess we wouldn't know because they wouldn't be able to voice their opinion...
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Old 2008-11-25, 00:16
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I'm quite confident that if someone said that word on the job they would be fired immediately or even sued by some cunt ass kitten with an attitude problem.
Yea in my last job you could swear as much as you wanted and people did. So long as you don't say cunt.
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Old 2008-11-25, 16:11
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Default Re: whats wrong with calling something "gay"?

I'm a homosexual who uses the word gay in a lightly derogatory manner, usually to other people whom I know are also gay. Being gay seems to negate all of the aggression that would have been chucked at you if you said that word while being straight, probably because a homosexual who blurts out the word gay is as ironic as a black person calling his fellow blacks niggers.
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Old 2008-11-28, 06:29
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That campaign's so gay
This.
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