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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:38 PM
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Can we please stop calling people we don't like gay? Is it really that hard to get?
Tammy Bruce is a God awful human being who happens to be a lesbian. Laura Ingram is another God awful human being who happens not to be a lesbian. In point of fact, she became famous for stinging gay students with ads in order to out them while working for the Dartmouth Review. Laura wasn't a lesbian yesterday, she isn't one today, and she won't be tomorrow. Every once in a while a straight person is a jerk. I know that shocks the conscience but it does every once in a while actually happen.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:50 PM
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1. self delete
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 05:51 PM by Debi
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:56 PM
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5. actually your comment was a fair one
retarded shouldn't be an insult either.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:57 PM
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6. I just didn't want to detract from the OPs comments
mine should be a thread of it's own. :hi:
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napoleon_in_rags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:54 PM
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2. A very simple psychology lies behind it:
This kid explains the scientific facts pretty well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO-3FRqp9S8
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:54 PM
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3. K&R
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:56 PM
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4. It's going to take a couple of generations for it to stop.
In the meantime, we all need to try harder.

I just try coming up with new references. I learned one from a commercial. Shankapotamus. But I think it should only apply to men.
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InAbLuEsTaTe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:57 PM
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7. Agreed, it's disgusting - those who do it should be ashamed and, frankly, should also be banned.
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 05:58 PM by InAbLuEsTaTe
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:58 PM
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8. I don't know exactly what you're talking about,
but it sounds like one of DU's less than stellar moments. :(
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:02 PM
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9. look for the thread about Tammy Bruce
one of the comments.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:02 PM
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10. here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8285028&mesg_id=8285028
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 06:22 PM
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11. I do remember that thread now.
Stupid and totally insensitive.
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druidity33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:05 PM
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12. i understood that at 15 years old...
i'm 37 now, it's a shame some people still don't get it.

:(
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:20 PM
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13. Absolutely nominated.
The calling of those that one dislikes "gay" tells more about the caller's character, than anything else. It should stop.
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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 08:30 PM
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14. Maybe when Southpark episodes are no longer played it will
stop. I think that's where my son picked it up.
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