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What if he is? Under your reasoning, it would be an equally forbiden anti-gay insult if he had used “boy” or shudder “showtune hummer.”
Anyway, I have it on good authority that this whole mess is the result of a typo. Doghouse meant to type "turd bugler.
By God we do NOT!
We are far too roses-and-ribbons for something that vulgar.
We are girls
And that is it
Like Queen Liz
We do not shit
Is there an award for the most hijacked thread? Cause this one went to shit!!!
How 'bout “fartbiter”? Can we use that one? Chuck Barris used to call people insufferable fartbiters. I always liked that one. And here I sit with half a wall wattled! What’ll I do?
Well then, you’re just gonna have to be offended. I think you’re the kind of person who goes out of his way to be offended. That’s as polite as I can say it.
Uh, Earth to blowero
It seems to me, and I was there at the time, that this thread got out of hand when this was said:
Who exactly were these “immature people” you refer to?
First time I ever started a thread that went into four pages. I should do this more often.
Yeah, but this one was hopelessly derailed after 6 posts.
Sorry, there should be a smiley there.
Well, it was a pretty lame-arsed thread until Eternal and Mr. A. Nemo showed up.
Surely you’re not going to marginalize blowero’s contribution, such as it is.
Has anyone mentioned “pooter shooter” yet?
Would you approve of your 8 year old nephew running around calling his friends fag or faggot? Because he doesn’t know the meaning and he thinks its funny? Because those terms don’t always mean homosexual… he could be calling his friends a cigarette or a bundle of sticks, right?
Is it a racial slur when, say, Chris Rock says it?
I would approve of my 8-year-old nephew running around calling a piece of kindling a “faggot”.
Would you be offended if your 8-year-old nephew was running around calling someone, say, “broccoli”? Or perhaps “lozenge”?
So when will you be taking “The Straight Dope” to task for picking a name that implies a pro-heterosexual bias, o hypersensitive one?
Well if he’s using those words to mean a cigarette or a bundle of sticks, how could that be wrong?
Here’s the problem. You say 'that’s an anti-gay slur and everyone knows it’ *. And put near everbody except you and blowero say ‘No, it’s not’. You even have the gall to call someone ‘subhuman’ for using it.
Just because you personally take it as a slur does not make it a slur exclusively. If we all agreed that it was a slur, maybe things would be different. But clearly, we do not agree. If the results of this thread are any indication, you are of the minority opinion. A very small, but vocal minority.
I would never use the word, because it sounds childish and stupid to me. But I cannot assign the heinousness to the use of it that you obviously do.
*[sub] actually, this was blowero’s contention[/sub]
My neighbour’s kid runs around shooting people and animals with his toy gun. I certainly wouldn’t approve if he was using a real gun. The thing is, it’s a toy gun, and he’s just a fucking kid.
I was factually incorrect in the sentence “You have intimated you are a homosexual male.” I apologize for that factual error. The rest stands.
I just re-read my last post, and oh, shit! I’ve just realised:
a) I must think children are animals
b) I must be opposed to the second amendment
c) Maybe I’m a pedophile because I used the words “fucking” and “kid” in the same sectence.
GodDAMNit, folks, can’t any of you fucking capitalize my friggin’ name?!? I’m so offended.
Just looking for a little respect, that’s all.
I’m just imagining someone reading this board for the first time, and pickingthis thread as the first read.
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