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Zorra

(27,670 posts) Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:00 PM Nov 2012

Oh, my. No way!

[font color="purple" size="size" face="face"]In the early 1980s, the Naval Investigative Service was investigating homosexuality in the Chicago area. Agents discovered that gay men sometimes referred to themselves as "friends of Dorothy." Unaware of the historical meaning of the term, the NIS believed that there actually was some woman named Dorothy at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel, so they launched an enormous and obviously futile hunt for the elusive "Dorothy", hoping to find her and convince her to reveal the names of gay servicemembers.[6][/font]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy#Misunderstanding

That's a perfect example of what happens when national leadership gets into the hands of conservative bigots and RW organizations.

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Love y'all.

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Oh, my. No way! (Original Post) Zorra Nov 2012 OP

That would be funny if it wasn't so fucking sad. William769 Nov 2012 #1

Wow. TDale313 Nov 2012 #2

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No, that word has nothing to do whatsoever with this discussion. Please, delete this slur term from Zorra Nov 2012 #4

Um. No Vanje Nov 2012 #5

Maybe that "eggshell" feeling Vanje Nov 2012 #6

I am blocking you from the LGBT group. I am alerting on your post as well. Zorra Nov 2012 #7

Uhhhh.... Kill me please! Teh stoopid... it burns! Fearless Nov 2012 #8

Your taxpayers dollars at work :/ uriel1972 Nov 2012 #9

William769

(55,147 posts)

1. That would be funny if it wasn't so fucking sad.

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:06 PM

Nov 2012

On second thought, yea thats funny!

But what is sad is their mindset is still alive & well today!

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

2. Wow.

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:09 PM

Nov 2012

not quite sure whether that makes me more or

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Zorra

(27,670 posts)

4. No, that word has nothing to do whatsoever with this discussion. Please, delete this slur term from

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:20 PM

Nov 2012

your post by 12:15 AM PST or I will alert on your post, take action to ensure to the best of my ability that it gets hidden by a jury, and I will block you from this group.

The slur term, and your implication, is completely inappropriate for this group, and for this forum. Your post is very similar to many posts made by anti-lgbt conservative trolls here in the past, who are, alas, no longer with us here at DU:

Please, don't post anything that may be insulting/degrading to the LGBT community.

Please, if you are not significantly experienced with LGBT issues, try to understand that there are some folks outside the LGBT community who do not realize the extent and magnitude of the bigotry that all of of the individuals who comprise the LGBT community have encountered. There are also a number of people outside of the LGBT community that do not realize the extent to which anti-LGBT bigotry and language have become enculturated within the general non-LGBT culture.

If there is something that you wish to post and discuss here, please first consider what is written in the above paragraph, and be as sensitive to that as possible when you post in our group. We all want to avoid any misunderstandings to the greatest degree possible.

Thanks.

To malicious intruders:

Be aware that all members of this group are very sensitive to, and experienced with, subtle anti-LGBT posters. If you are a bigot, and you believe that you are so clever that you can get away with posting childish messages containing language, ideas, scenarios, questions, etc., intended as subtle insults to the LGBT community, think again.

We will recognize these types of posts for what they are immediately, and group hosts will block you from this group. Some of our hosts are also members of the MIR, the Malicious Intruder Response team

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Thank you.
Zorra,
Group Host

Vanje

(9,766 posts)

5. Um. No

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:54 PM

Nov 2012

Vanje

(9,766 posts)

6. Maybe that "eggshell" feeling

Reply to Post removed (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:23 PM

Nov 2012

is your inner voice telling you you've just written something really offensive.
You should probably listen to that voice.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)

7. I am blocking you from the LGBT group. I am alerting on your post as well.

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:24 PM

Nov 2012

It is my obligation as host of this safe haven group to protect my lgbt family as best I know how.

If you believe that my action was an error in judgment, and wish to discuss this further, feel free to PM me.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

8. Uhhhh.... Kill me please! Teh stoopid... it burns!

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Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:37 PM

Nov 2012

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

9. Your taxpayers dollars at work :/

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Mon Nov 5, 2012, 08:30 PM

Nov 2012

Reminds me of a story I heard about a group of men from the Greek isle of Lesbos forming the 'Lesbian Association' in Sydney, Australia durring the 1950's. They got a rather confused call from the police, apparently. I don't know for sure for if it's true or not.

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