You also didn’t thing Shagnasty had expressed anything negative toward gay people. The differences between what you believe people said and what they actually said are quite profound.
Incidentally, next time you’re tempted to spout about pride and why we do it, here’s a reality check. These people ricocheted all over town for hours before they managed to evade the police long enough to hold their parade. It was ten minutes long. That was a success. In previous years they’d had the shit beat out of them by skinheads, and then they, the marchers not the skinheads, were arrested, including parliamentarians from across Europe.
The man who organized it was the Grand Marshal at this year’s Vancouver Pride and just because you can’t buy a clue about how many years and how many sacrifices it took to enjoy this right in some parts of the world, doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten it.
I know this is inconceivable, but not everything minorities do is about entertaining you or pleasing your aesthetic tastes.
I’m all for the cause, but do they have to be so…gay?
It depends…does he have his shirt on, or are his moobs on full blown jiggalicious display?
OK, you’re in Massachusetts somewhere. Have you seen Gay Pride in Boston? It’s a pretty family-friendly affair, IMHO. Yeah there’s a smattering of leather types, but mostly it’s various charities, gay-friendly churches, local politicians, school groups, and things of that nature. What bad taste are you talking about? I guarantee that Gay Pride in Boston is a more tasteful affair than Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but nobody blames Girls Gone Wild videos on heterosexuality.
God, Matt, can’t “you people” just be all gay AWAY from us straight, God-loving, law-abiding righteous citizens? I mean, we’ve heard sooo much about you guys lately and you have no idea how hard it is to just keep hearing about things on the news!
No, I am not “white knighting” anyone. I am merely stating that it’s a crappy Pitting that displays more asshatness than at least what he had linked to.
Again, “the same scrutiny” that he applied was stupid and wrong, but it did not include words like “fag” or “queers” or wishing AIDS on him; but our jerk of an op did use words equal to that for the obese. CM’s “foibles” are certainly open for criticism and Pitting. Calling him a “fat-ass” and wishing a heart attack upon him just doesn’t do that so well.
And yet amazingly I have a very successful pediatrics practice which depends on my ability to communicate at all levels of understanding from babies to PhDs and everything in between.
The ploy of stating that anyone who disagrees with you is a moron, who cannot understand things, or even read, is really very very silly.
New Orleans? Are you fucking kidding me? I’ve been to Mardi Gras many times and seen tons of straight people flashing their breasts and waving their dicks around and puking on the sidewalks. New Orleans is the height of straight debauchery, and yet somehow it’s the gay people who are out of the Religious Right’s worst nightmare. You’re a fucking bigoted asshole.
I don’t spend my time thinking about your gay ass.
Whatever. This tactic of yours is a typical one used by bigots when they run around trying to demean and oppress a minority. Oh, yes, they’ll cry that the bigot was wrong, but of course, the minority is much, much worse, see? If assholes like Captain Midnight want to demean and insult me, then I’m going to retaliate back. You can take your fake handwringing and shove it up your ass.
Oh, gee. One homobigot rushes in to defend another one. What a surprise. Just out of curiosity, is there anything that will cause you to stop being a drooling idiot?
Ok, that’s the last one for a bit. I have to go prepare for work tomorrow.
Because it’s one thing to tell gay people they need to stop being gay or at least conceal their faggotry from the rest of society. That’s nowhere near as bad as calling a fatty a fatty – even if it’s true. That’s beyond the pale. Saying bad things about gays is one thing, but lord help you if you criticize the fatasses that, apparently, populate the Straight Dope Message Board.
Ooh, bad form. Bragging about your personal successes because you can’t hold your own in a discussion – well, that just won’t do. No one here has any way to evaluate the truth of that claim. I might as well tell you that I won the Noble Prize for Fat Acceptance (I did, in 2006) to bolster my arguments and dispel the naysayers.
I’m sorry about your personal failings, anyway.
The fact that you fail to understand something as simple as what the post that started this thread stated is what makes you a moron. The fact that you simply can’t understand the juxtaposition between Capt. Midnight’s attitude towards his own fatness and his attitude towards other people who also differ from the societal norm, and the incongruity therein, is what makes you a moron.
If, in fact, you are a pediatrician, well, I’m just reminded of that old joke about what you call the fellow that graduated last in his class from medical school.
I didn’t really think of it that way. Damn, this one LSU cheerleader had a great rack and wasn’t afraid to show it off. She could make a Catholic priest pop a boner. Best parade spot ever. The sun could rise and set in the blink of a t-shirt. Wait, what were we talking about again? Oh, heterosexual people do stuff like that too sometimes. Agreed but that is frowned upon as well.
Just imagine those scattered few New Orleaneans, living in what is, essentially, the debauchery capital of North America, who have some moral problem with people engaging in debauched behavior in public.
The sad, pathetic truth that I have discovered here is that some of them have deep moral problems with an atmosphere of hedonism, and yet just can’t manage to move to a city that isn’t drenched in sin. It’s hard for me to imagine what it must be like for someone to live their life so pathetically helpless.
I swear, anymore it seems like the word “fat” is second only to the n-word around here.
Oh really?
Holding hands and kissing is now considered to be “incessant promiscuity and vulgar displays of sexuality”? :rolleyes:
(I also LOVE the fact that Shagnasty was surprised by seeing homosexual flamboyance in San Francisco, of all places! Jesus Christ!)
Certainly. It’s disgusting. If you’re agreeing with such outrageous displays, it must mean that you’re a lesbian!
(I’m assuming from your screen name that you’re a woman. Substitute “gay” if I’m wrong about that. :))
This needs repeating…
Yes, it does. I don’t actually think that overweight people are generally bad or need to stay indoors. But if Captain Midnight is going to try and tell me that I shouldn’t kiss or hold hands in public, then he should be subjected to his own standards.
splank you haven’t been here that long and you can’t take everything so seriously. A lot of this writing on this board is stylized for effect and that is what makes it entertaining. I mean everything I write at some level for example but it is slanted to play up real opinions but I wouldn’t say in other contexts in the same words. Other posters do the same thing. It is supposed to be fun.
I’m sorry you’re not better at expressing yourself with the written word. You should try to practice some; a facility with writing is useful in virtually any career.
Anyway, I’m glad to hear you wouldn’t express these bizarre opinions in other contexts. It helps me feel a little better to assume that you’re probably not experiencing the consequences you would if you said the things you’re saying here in real life.