# Homophobia in Great Debates - Officially endorsed by SDMB moderators? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632 "2008-04-24T01:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/1 "2008-04-24T01:24:36Z")
I have never seen a single NSFW warning on a link that goes to an openly heterosexual-oriented site with advertising, but 5-4-Fighting thought that a warning should be included for a link to a site that went to an openly gay-oriented site with advertising. As was pointed out, this website has “no explicit images or language.” The bigoted attitude that this link needed a special warning was endorsed by a moderator, tomndebb, which comes across to me as an endorsement of homophobia. Does this message board support a double standard against gay and lesbian themed material? tomndebb, why did you choose to add a comment on this link? Would you add the same comment for a link to a heterosexual-oriented site? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/2 "2008-04-24T01:27:53Z")
. Link, please. . ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/3 "2008-04-24T01:29:59Z")
Dude, that was my post and warning. I’m gay and fight the good fight every day of my life. In fact, part of the discussion there was about how far we as a society have come in terms of acceptance. Therefore, I thought I’d be considerate of those people in workplaces where the bosses might not understand if they walked by and saw two men standing in intimate juxtaposition to each other, as sometimes happens on a message board called Outsports. See [here](http://www.outsports.com/nba/20062007/0215hardaway.htm). Wow, my first pitting, sort of. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/4 "2008-04-24T01:30:38Z")
Aren’t you being just a tad bit oversensitive here? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/5 "2008-04-24T01:32:23Z")
[Here’s the thread in question - I think.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465146) **Tom** hasn’t posted in it. I have, but I made no comment about the links because I didn’t think one was needed. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/6 "2008-04-24T01:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] Aren’t you being just a tad bit oversensitive here? [/QUOTE] Well, wouldn’t you be if you only had two-and-a-half inches? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/7 "2008-04-24T01:33:27Z")
. I edited out of my first post a similar sentiment. Glad to know I got **5-4** ’s reasoning right. If there’s a double standard, it’s in the workplace, where two men snogging on your compy will get you fired faster than a man and a woman. Not here. It sucks, wah, boo-hoo. Cope, Mary. . ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/8 "2008-04-24T01:33:28Z")
Where’s your dog in this fight? Besides the annoying little yapping one always jumping up and down at the baby gate, of course. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/9 "2008-04-24T01:35:38Z")
[QUOTE=andros] . I edited out of my first post a similar sentiment. Glad to know I got **5-4** ’s reasoning right. If there’s a double standard, it’s in the workplace, where two men snogging on your compy will get you fired faster than a man and a woman. Not here. It sucks, wah, boo-hoo. Cope, Mary. . [/QUOTE] Yeah, but the image will appear on the monitor at work. I didn’t even realize Tomndebb had added a comment. **2.5** , am I being pitted? Say I am. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/10 "2008-04-24T01:35:53Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Where’s your dog in this fight? [/QUOTE] I thought _you_ were the dog in this fight? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/11 "2008-04-24T01:37:45Z")
The SDMB pro-homophobia?!?! You have GOT to be fucking kidding. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/12 "2008-04-24T01:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Yeah, but the image will appear on the monitor at work. [/QUOTE] Yup. ‘S why I agree with you completely. Now, the link you posted was perfectly worksafe, really (although I think it can be argued that the word “Gay” in the headline will certainly attract more bosses’ attentions to non-work computer use, but that’s neither here nor there). But however abhorrent I find it personally, the double standard remains, and I think we still need to be aware of it. As you clearly are, and as **2.5** needs to get over. . ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/13 "2008-04-24T01:40:58Z")
Ah, NOW I get it. **Tom** added this small note to one of **5-4 Fighting** ’s posts: > [@](#): > > [ed. note: This link has no explicit images or language, but it is located on an openly gay-oriented site with adverstising. Clarifying NSFW comment in next post.] That’s it? Let me quote it again. > [@](#): > > Clarifying NSFW comment in next post. This is an endorsement of homophobia, **2.5**? You’re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/14 "2008-04-24T01:42:16Z")
[QUOTE= Q.E.D.] I thought you were the dog in this fight? [/QUOTE] Nah- I’m the dog near this fight, wondering WTF is going on. [QUOTE= magellan01] The SDMB pro-homophobia?!?! You have GOT to be fucking kidding. [/QUOTE] Look, maybe YOU can’t notice the pro-homophobia behind all the anti-atheism, political apathy, and general disdain for trivial answers to odd questions, but the rest of us sure can. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/15 "2008-04-24T01:44:12Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Where’s your dog in this fight? Besides the annoying little yapping one always jumping up and down at the baby gate, of course. [/QUOTE] Aw, fuck. I haven’t posted much in the past couple years. Is this guy just trolling for attention? Did I just make him happy by responding? . ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/16 "2008-04-24T02:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Look, maybe YOU can’t notice the pro-homophobia behind all the anti-atheism, political apathy, and general disdain for trivial answers to odd questions, but the rest of us sure can. 😃 [/QUOTE] Nice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/17 "2008-04-24T02:17:08Z")
[QUOTE=andros] Aw, fuck. I haven’t posted much in the past couple years. Is this guy just trolling for attention? Did I just make him happy by responding? . [/QUOTE] Uh huh. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/18 "2008-04-24T02:19:45Z")
2.5 is an idiot. An idiot that posts shit before his brain fully engages. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/19 "2008-04-24T02:21:54Z")
There was a time when there was a great deal more “tolerance” shown toward virulent homophobia on these boards, dismissed as just “another opinion.” But due to the constant protests of me and others like me–it was one of the topics referred to when I was called a one-trick pony–it’s now been largely marginalized; on a par with racism, as it should be, rather than religious tolerance, as it was. So 2.5, historically speaking, this is a fight that has been fought and, I say again _largely_, won. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632/20 "2008-04-24T02:24:39Z")
Wow, I read that thread earlier and didn’t get ANY of the vibe that the OP apparently got. Latent anti-anti-homophobia? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632.md?page=2)