I think the strip was sending the right message, GD. That you didn't see it that way is no biggie, but quite a few of us did.

I don't happen to agree with that message. I'm a gay man who finds the term "gay" to be very useful in applying to sissifiedly lame things. I say it constantly ... as there is no other single word in the English language that has quite the same meaning. Sorry, it's a fact, and all the fags should just deal with it.

Sorry, this fag disagrees.
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Damnit, will you homos just kiss and make up already!

Seriously, Brad, find me another word with that particular meaning. Why are there six words for homosexual, but only one word for - um, that thing I can't describe without using the word "gay" (sissifiedly lame was only skirting the point).

Therefore, queers should drop the term "gay" as meaning homosexual, and use the remaining five. Either that, or stop complaining that "gay" is used for that other thing that's not homosexual but has no other word for it.




of course, if gay stopped also meaning homosexual, then the meaning of the other gay would be irrevocably altered. I do not deny they are linked. And i can see Brad's problem with that.

What word was used a decade ago before the youth of America decided that "gay" provided sufficient coverage for the topic.

Also, I don't see much sign that most people use gay to mean "sissy lame" but rather simply lame (or disliked). The one teenager I see regularly (the son of a friend) uses it to describe anything he doesn't like. Last Thanksgiving he used it to describe mashed potatoes. And playing a lot of World of Warcraft where I have to put up with unbearable hours of watching teenagers talk to each other I see no such limit on the use of gay as a derogatory term.

Retarted was used a decade ago, as gay is being used now.

I'd much prefer to hear things be called gay, then be called retarted.

"Those moon boots look retarded."

Yeah, that sounds about right for my elementary school patois.

Surely, someone with a fine vocabulary as yourself could find a suitable word.
Not only is the usage of that word demeaning, but it also shows the user as being someone who uses lame catch-all words for everything. I'm guilty of that. I overuse the word 'cool'. But at least that word doesn't equate a entire group with being lame...