# I have it on good authority that Stoid is gay.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 30, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-it-on-good-authority-that-stoid-is-gay/70732 "2001-06-30T15:43:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-it-on-good-authority-that-stoid-is-gay/70732/41 "2001-06-30T19:28:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \*  
> \*\*I am about to commit virtual suicide here. **Revtim** , I’ll try to strap on your question, since you deserve an answer.
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> How would I have reacted if she had said “Lithuanian” instead of “gay”?
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> I would not have started this Pit thread. In that you are 100% correct.
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> In our society, homosexuality is looked upon very sternly as deviant, unhealthy, unclean, etc.
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> I don’t espouse those views, but others do. Religious leaders, politicians, average people, and just plain bigots.
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> When people like **Stoid** spread rumors about the sexuality of someone, the perception of that person changes in our society. For better or worse.
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> Someone’s sexuality is their business. Period. Would it make any of you feel better to know that I am sometimes attracted to men? Didn’t think so. But now some of you out there are thinking “Man, that dude’s a fag”. And that bugs the living shit out of me to know that.
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> And I would spare these people the burden of having to hear millions of people calling them inflammatory and incediary names for no other reason than personal bias.
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> If Tom Cruise is gay, great. If not, that’s great too.
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> It is none of my fucking business. Nor is it any of yours.
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> That’s the issue I have with **Stoid**. Is that so hard to understand? \*\*

For the most part I agree with you and do not find anything you’ve said to be hateful or homophobic.

Whether I, the rest of the gay people in the world, or open minded people think, being called gay is considered a slur.

It is used to defame and belittle.

I also found the comments about Poundstone offensive, especially in the context of the current allegations that she is living under.

The PC police needs to back the fuck off where this is concerned and realize that while it should be a neutral thing where the sexuality of others is concerned, currently it is not. To pretend it is otherwise is fallacious.

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