ForumsWEPRSo these commercials about bashing gays? or the use of the word gay?

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xfirealchemistx
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There's these commercials that are talking about how the use of the word 'gay' as a way to describe something bad is wrong. There's alot of people that use the word gay in a negative type of way just in spite of the commercials.
What do you feel about those commercials or using the word gay as a way of describing something bad?
Do you think that is protected by the 1st amendment rights?
Just wanted to see what people thought about it.

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Drace
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I haven't seen any of them

xfirealchemistx
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I haven't seen any of them

Well what do you think about the use of the word gay as a way of describing something bad?
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Haven't seen any of those commercials, but as it says in my About:

I'm sick of people using 'gay' as a slur. If you ever say 'this is gay' about something because you think it's bad in some way, consider yourself punched in the stomach.


Gay originally meant happy/jolly/joyful.
I can live with it as a slang for homosexuals, because of some liberation stuff and such, but to take it and use it as 'bad' is completely against the original meaning of the word, and offensive towards the newer and more commonly acknowledged meaning.
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Theres nothing wrong with either gay or homosexual people.
The bad part isn't the fact that people use it as a curse, but that they hate the homosexual people themselves. Everyone has their own right, to be gay or not.

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Well, I'm bisexual and I say things like, "That's so gay" all the time. People need to lighten up.

arkaninerenegade
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gays are disgusting

Cenere
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gays are disgusting

Another basher with a radar!! Got to ask, how do you know is someone is gay, because, well, I think it is rather hard to know, unless they are actually kissing... Besides, that's not even disgusting, just a little sweet sometimes, as long as it is not done all the time. The same goes to hetero couples, though.
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gays are disgusting

Why lump a certain sector of society and brand them? It is not factual and is unfair.

arkaninerenegade
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Another basher with a radar!! Got to ask, how do you know is someone is gay, because, well, I think it is rather hard to know, unless they are actually kissing... Besides, that's not even disgusting, just a little sweet sometimes, as long as it is not done all the time. The same goes to hetero couples, though.

its nasty. i mean how could you love someone of the same sex. creepy and unnatural.
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its nasty. i mean how could you love someone of the same sex. creepy and unnatural.


Rude, inconciderate people like you are the types of people that makes Gays kill themselves. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF URSELF!!!1 (and yes, caps were necessary)
arkaninerenegade
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Rude, inconciderate people like you are the types of people that makes Gays kill themselves. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF URSELF!!!1 (and yes, caps were necessary)
well they should. i mean if they did it in private its ok, but on the streets a boy sees to guys holding hands he'll be gay too and be messed up forever
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its nasty. i mean how could you love someone of the same sex. creepy and unnatural.

... But having sex is okay? *points at homosexual animals* Unnatural might be the wrong word, but this is not the thread for that discussion.
The homosexual thread for that, yes.

I think we ought to go back to using gay as its original meaning.
Hmm, using "gay" as "bad", not happening here (as in Denmark). Might because of the word > >
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a boy sees to guys holding hands he'll be gay too and be messed up forever


Are you serious?!? So, basically what your saying is homosexuality is contagious.
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I agree with thelistman. Even though i can see that it is an offensive term, it has become cliche. Many people that use it are not homophobic at all. If you are interested in gay rights there are plenty of other more important causes to advocate than the use of gay as a slur.

arkaninerenegade
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Are you serious?!? So, basically what your saying is homosexuality is contagious.
yep. especially if your young. if you were young and your parents were obese, isnt likely that you'll be obese. if your parents are christains isnt likely you'll be christian?
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