The Gay Thread

[Gemini Cricket]

I really liked that episode. It was severely funny.

"There's little flags stuck in the sh*t!"

I have no problem with this episode at all. South Park has demonstrated gay-friendly messages time and time again in previous episodes. I don't see a problem with them parodying LGBT people or issues.

I mean, Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave are married for crying out loud.

I don't see a problem with them trying to change the definition of the word "fag". I believe a lot of people (kids mostly) using the word and don't mean it to be derogatory towards gay people. With that being said, I oddly enough have a problem with people using "gay" to mean "lame". Especially when it's done so by someone who knows it bugs other people and are gay themselves.

I don't use either word unless I'm doing it to parody people who do. Which I guess that is why I have no problem with the South Park episode.

Also, (Ooh. Johnny Weismuller is on TCM in a loin cloth!) I think the gay rights organizations who are up in arms about this are lame. They should be focusing on why gay marriage initiatives are failing all over this country. They shouldn't be spending time skewering allies. I think it's only a matter of time before LGBT people and gay friendly folk are going to start questioning the effectiveness of these groups that have a lot of money and seemingly have very little power to change sh*t... with little flags stuck in them.



ETA:

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

ok you should be back now.

Pure coincidence that I clicked in this thread at this time.

Well, sheesh! Give a girl a chance to write, will ya?
lol

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I oddly enough have a problem with people using "gay" to mean "lame". Especially when it's done so by someone who knows it bugs other people and are gay themselves.

Even if not meant so, I'll take that as a dig at me. And I beg to differ.

While I try (and often fail) to refrain when I know the phrase bugs people, I believe both the word "Fag" and the phrase "That's so gay" are least potentially offensive when said by gays.

Only blacks can say the word that can't even be typed on the LoT, and queers call each other Fag in the most affectionate manner. I'm glad "That's so gay" can be uttered by straights and not be an insult to gays. Certainly it can be uttered by gays. Sheesh.


But, yeah, I use it only in reference to things flaming gaysters would like, or would stereotypically like. Never about a person, or something that's lame for one of a myriad of other reasons. Eskimos have 12 different words for snow, after all.