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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:19 PM Original message |
‘That’s so gay’ prompts a lawsuit |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. So - how come the other classmates weren't also taken to the |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. my first thought too |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. yeah, everyone could use a talk here. Not punishment, just a little more awareness |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
88. they might have been taken to the office |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. As much as I hate that phrase,... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
89. two wrongs don't make a right. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. perhaps the people who were picking on her should also have landed in the principal's office? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
90. they might have been taken to the office |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Personally after thinking about it... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
102. I agree. It doesn't mean what we think it does, at least to teens. |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. My 10yr old son said that after school one day..and lets just say |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. . |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. But by the same logic, couldn't it be argued that you're encouraging |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. this bs has gotten way out of hand |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Ever heard of periods and |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. And to think of the day when 'gay' meant 'happy'. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Yep, read any literature from just over 50 years ago |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ten women married to each other? |
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Bronyraurus (871 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Ha! |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Her parents suing was an over-reaction |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It really sounds as if this school would benefit from some major diversity training |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Definitely -- And I thought CA wasn't supposed to be like this... |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I think it was more than being called to the office |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. They keep saying she was "disciplined"... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. No, it was appropriate. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. now we get to find out whats more important religious harassment or sexual orientation harassment |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Deleted message |
Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. you gotta be kidding. religious bigotry is not something that should be allowed. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. If that were a DU rule and enforced, 3/4 of us would be banned. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Do not post broad-brush, bigoted statements. -- DU guidelines. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. As I pointed out, that rather vague rule is rarely enforced. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You could benefit from reading the Constitution. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Deleted sub-thread |
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Two wrongs don't make a right. (But millions make a right wing.) |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. "keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay......" |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Perfectly elegant. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Frivolous suit. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I agree.. Not happy that they choose the word gay |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. "Sick" means "insanely cool" in some places. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Almost all places except nursing homes |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Lol! |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
78. In some places LOL has transcended the ironic |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
100. "Retarded." |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Snap? That's so 2002! |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. That's so fay |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. ofay is a slur. I think gay is evolving into it's third meaning |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. How is fay a slur? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Ofay is a slur used toward whites. I remember it in the 70's |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I think kids can be taught not to use hateful slang. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Because it is more than halfway toward having yet another altogether different meaning |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It's offensive to gay people, and that's not going to change. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's not offensive to me. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
67. Not OFAY.... FAY two different words |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
99. Right you are. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Delete. damned double post. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. One) That's a stupid idea. Two) "That's so gay" is homophobic. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
69. You're not getting it |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. I get it and you believe wrong. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. There's no need to be nasty |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. So you'd be ok with your gender being equated with "lame" or "stupid" |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
70. People do that all the time and no one cares |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Oh please...men are oppressed? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. I wouldn't say oppressed |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #70 |
91. As a male, I have no idea what you're talking about. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. The history of the patriarchy is not under debate |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. More funding goes to men's health issues than women's so what are you talking about? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. That's untrue |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. One Example: NIH research spending FYI 2004 |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Fay or fey |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. There isn't one bloody thing MP has done that I didn't like. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Perhaps you'd recognize it |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 03:04 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. The picture alone is making me laugh. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 03:09 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. No problem |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 03:48 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I'm going to file a lawsuit on Australia's behalf! |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #65 |
84. Thanks for the YouTube link |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Can't you just get off this fucking topic? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Oh snap. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. "That truck with the bulls balls is so cgrindley" |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Very good post. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. But it's too late. And there are more important things to do |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. You do realize it wasn't said with "love" in this context, right? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Yes of course. And it looks to be used, in its context , to mean "lame". |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 03:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Which equates "gay" with something bad. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #54 |
71. Umm... that's actually my point |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
57. When did you move from Canada to Connecticut? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ..... |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Wha???? n/t |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
61. i would tend to agree with you on #2.... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
73. A slur may be unintentional bigotry |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. And you think wrong and "that's so gay" is DEFINITELY hurtful for gay kids to hear constantly. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Look |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
98. your defense of this bigotry is interesting...i would submit to you that when bigotry.... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
72. One thing. What about when people talk about something being dark or black |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. The debate lives in that *really* part |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Take lame and stupid. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Well there's a need for perjoratives |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #76 |
87. I agree, there is a need. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
77. And many of you scoffed at that 1970s - 2000s thread the other day |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #77 |
103. What thread is that? What is the title, or do you have a link? |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
83. i've seen the one-sided discipline thing happen with my daughter. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. the discipline might not have been one-sided |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
97. I think the focus is lacking in defense of these kids |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
101. My sons used it -- I don't think it means what we think it does |
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