Something that's been bothering me for a while, namely thinly-veiled homophobic posts

Fortunately, most kitchens don't come equipped with computers.

 

Ugh - thank you.

I despise the "P" word that refers to female genitalia. It's probably the single thing I find most difficult about navigating the GARM. I don't report it though, since I am aware I'm on a mostly male BB, and try hard to make accomodations accordingly.

I still find it offensive though.

 

I've made many comments supporting women here over the years, and completely agree. I thought about mentioning it, but figured that criticizing the use of "gay" and "r****ded" in posts that have nothing to do with either subject already amounted to more than many here can deal with, short of making a joke out of it.

 

Pretty sure the insults are a big part of conveying that fear.

 

That's gay:

Spoiler

 

Guilty beyond any reasonable doubt.

 

Sexism is a much bigger concern on this board than homophobia.

 

It must be tough going through life without a sense of humor.

 

It really must be, not that I would know.

 

Depends.

I mean once in a while when people throw the words "r****ded" or "gay" in the context of a joke it's all in good fun. Much like racist jokes, just all in good fun.

But once it gets repeated enough, it becomes annoying and offensive. Like if everybody uses the term "gay" describe everything they don't like.

Much like internet memes in my opinion, funny and hilarious the first time around, but after a certain period of time when everyone is doing it then it just becomes childish.

 

Says flaming dude .

 

I Try not to use these sorts of words anymore but I used to.

I don't think ambiguous language should be banned. But people should realize that it is hurtful to others.

People have a choice. You can life your life and do whatever you please and not be concerned with how what you may say is interpreted. Certainly each person has that right. Or you can realize that maybe its really not such a big deal to use words that are hurtful to others.

Seriosusly...it is that hard to say that's lame instead of gay? Are people that unimaginative that they can't think of any other words?

 

Please note that New Yorker = Sweet Lou went on to make this post 4 minutes later:

Hilarious hypocrisy at its best.

 

Why is it better to insult the physically handicapped than homosexuals? Shouldn't you use a less offensive term than lame, like sub-optimal? Once you realize that going out of your way to avoid the possibility of offense makes you sound really odd, you can wake up to the fact that terms like gay have changed to have more than one meaning and that people who use it to mean bad do not necessarily associate homosexuality with being bad.

 

Moron isnt hurtful to any group. It just aptly describes who you are.

 

This isn't a walled garden, but I also like to think we police ourselves enough...or are house trained enough to leave the crap at the D&D.

I mean do you really wanna get rid of those borderline "actress/model appreciation" threads?

Less R and more PG-13, I say...

 

I see what you are trying to do there. By the way....by your logic it would be ok to use the "n" word why don't you try that out.


Look...I use to say "that's gay" too - all the time. Until someone who was gay said they didn't appreciate it. So I stopped. It wasn't hard...what a surprise.

 

Do you feel gay now that you did something so great?