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   peachy ashie passion wrote:   
   > C'Pi wrote:   
   >> peachy ashie passion wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> William December Starr wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> In article   
   >>>> <466d7119$0$97234$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net>, "C'Pi"   
   >>>>  said:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Swap out the word Gay for Nigger, Spic, Gook, Towel-head or some   
   >>>>>> other colorful racial slurs that you can possibly think of and   
   >>>>>> see how that sentence reads when you insert those words.  The use   
   >>>>>> of the word GAY there is connoting a snide and derogatory   
   >>>>>> meaning, one that I don't appreciate...   
   >>>>>> Gay isn't the N-word of the 21st century, and having been   
   >>>>>> fighting for LGBT rights longer than you've most probably been   
   >>>>>> alive, I would appreciate it if semi-educated to uneducated folk   
   >>>>>> such as yourself who think it's no big deal realize that the use   
   >>>>>> of the word "gay" as you're using here carries all the same   
   >>>>>> burdens and social misconceptions as using the N-word 50 years   
   >>>>>> ago.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Again, sounds like it's all your baggage and not mine.  Something   
   >>>>> you have to work to work out, not me.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You're tapdancing *awfully* close to the "Hey, if my acting like a   
   >>>> jerk bothers you, then clearly you're the one with the problem"   
   >>>> line here, I think.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>  He may be tapdancing, but I'd say he's way on the other side of   
   >>> that line.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> There's a very good chance I'm on the same side of the line as you. Not   
   >> that you would know, since you obviously wouldn't take the time   
   >> to find out what I think before pronouncing where I stand.  People   
   >> with issues to work out are usually like that.   
   >>   
   >> C'Pi   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >    I don't know where you stand on anything - I just know what you   
   >  say. Funny thing that, people tend to judge you by what you say.   
   >   
   >   You use the word "gay" as a slur,   
      
   Did I?  I don't think so.  I don't feel there's anything wrong with saying   
   describing someone as gay.  Now if I called Palpatine a faggot, then that   
   would be a slur.  But then you obviously have a different opinion of the   
   word "gay".   
      
   > I automatically think you are a   
   > jerk.  It works like that.  You get called on it and defend your   
   > useage, I REALLY think you are an intolerant pig.   
      
   Based only on YOUR baggage that you seem to be carrying inside you .  Anyone   
   that would equate "gay" with "nigger" needs to take a step back and think   
   about themselves a bit.  One would hate to see harm done to the gay cause,   
   simply because a few that support it take myopic, self-righteous, and   
   over-zealous views that end up turning people off and tarnishing the overall   
   movement   
      
   >   If you'd like to clarify in some way, I'm here to listen.   
      
   That's would be a good place to START next time.   
      
   > --   
   > If we must become torturers to "preserve our country and our way of   
   > life" then our way of life has already been lost.   
      
   Think about it.   
      
   C'Pi   
      
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