Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Challenging 'that's so gay' (Victoria school board tackles homophobic slur)
xtra west ^ | Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Posted on 07/20/2006 7:42:56 AM PDT by presidio9

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120121-125 next last
To: Darth Hillary
Zappa rules!
81 posted on 07/20/2006 9:42:09 AM PDT by Little Bill (A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: wequalswinner
Oh and BTW, that little saying has been out of vogue for what now? Several years? Haven't heard it lately

The first time I had heard it in years was back in 1996 where a human-resources employee at my new job uttered it when she found a goofy mistake in one of the forms.

Clearly, "that's so gay" is coming back into vogue again if the school boards have to ban its use.

Personally, I think that not long from now, "that's so gay" will be the slogan of an anti-PC backlash.

82 posted on 07/20/2006 9:43:41 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: presidio9
"Nobody can argue with the right of everyone to be respected and safe," says Beresford. "Now it's time to celebrate diversity."

Last time I checked, there wasn't a "right to be respected" in the Charter; respect was something you earned. Or are the Human Rights tribunals going to write that "right" in too?

83 posted on 07/20/2006 9:45:03 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: presidio9
the district's queer advisory committee

This part of the story says all that I need to know. At least, the 'committee' is not wasting American Tax Dollars.

84 posted on 07/20/2006 9:48:17 AM PDT by wbill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: presidio9
... how to make their schools friendlier for queer and questioning students come September.

So I guess "That's so queer" would be better?

85 posted on 07/20/2006 9:53:35 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gcruse

So, which of the two dykes produced the sperm?


86 posted on 07/20/2006 9:58:13 AM PDT by LexBaird ("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: presidio9

87 posted on 07/20/2006 10:00:23 AM PDT by Nascar Dad (Support the troops!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LexBaird

I didn't ask. The one that worked for me was so crazy, talking to her was like enticing a parrot.


88 posted on 07/20/2006 10:02:37 AM PDT by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 86 | View Replies]

To: presidio9
Recently reported statistics showing lesbian teens are nearly five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers...

That's so sad. Perhaps they are that depressed because they are given conflicting information, that is, their consciences are telling them homosexuality is wrong, but the schools are telling them it's right.

Yet another reason why it shouldn't even be discussed in schools, besides the (what should be) obvious reason: Schools are for teaching academic facts, not social engineering.

89 posted on 07/20/2006 10:06:01 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SandyInSeattle
That said, I corrected my daughter for saying "that's so gay" for the simple reason that it's insulting to a group of people who are different from her. Disagreeing with their lifestyle doesn't mean it's okay to be insulting.

Yeah, it gives breeders a bad name.

90 posted on 07/20/2006 10:06:27 AM PDT by LexBaird ("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Allegra
I guess the proper term would be "Queerophobic?" ;-)

How about heterophilic? Phobic indicates an unreasoned fear, not the commonplace distaste, disgust, or instinctive avoidance.

91 posted on 07/20/2006 10:11:31 AM PDT by LexBaird ("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: DBeers

There is no inalienable right to be respected. Which is not what this is about, anyway.

If people want to be respected, they need to act respect-worthy. And even then there's no guarantee.

This is merely another attempt to homosexualize children.


92 posted on 07/20/2006 10:14:16 AM PDT by little jeremiah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: little jeremiah
This is merely another attempt to homosexualize children.

It's all following the plan laid out in the book "After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's".

93 posted on 07/20/2006 10:18:55 AM PDT by polymuser
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 92 | View Replies]

To: Allegra
I've thought that, too. "Homophobic" really means "fear of man."

Actually "homophobic" literally means "fear of same."

94 posted on 07/20/2006 10:20:19 AM PDT by presidio9 (“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: presidio9
Ah...learn something new every day.

I'm not stupid; I'm just perpetually sleep-deprived. ;-)

(Hey! That would make a good tagline...)

95 posted on 07/20/2006 10:23:55 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from suddenly one of the safer places in the Middle East)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 94 | View Replies]

To: Elpasser
And a self-described "queer" advisory committee does not set itself apart as "otherly"?

That's so queer. That's so "otherly".

96 posted on 07/20/2006 10:30:31 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I have to take a shower.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: stylin19a

Lol! Well put! :)
I REALLY hate the terms homophobe or homophobia. It implies that I'm afraid of fags. I'm not afraid of them, I'm disgusted by them. The truth be told, I think all fags are heterophobes.


97 posted on 07/20/2006 10:31:35 AM PDT by derllak
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: KarlInOhio

We played that too, but no one (that I know anyway) thought "queer" meant 'homosexual', it basically meant 'different' (i.e. having the ball). Great game - it was definitely a gut check having to pick up that ball, and it really separated the men from the boys in terms of who grabbed the ball and who didn't. Personally, I'd suggest that StQ is a self-esteem building game; once you've had the guts to grab the ball, ran, and survived your pounding you were a much better, more confident person (if you weren't in the nurse's office).


98 posted on 07/20/2006 10:53:50 AM PDT by A. Goodwin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: RansomOttawa

Personally, I think that not long from now, "that's so gay" will be the slogan of an anti-PC backlash.>>>>>>

ROFLMAOPIMP Oh yeah!!! Think I'll add it too my vernacular since it annoys them so much. I guess we can have fun with this idiocy after all if we try hard enough. The last thing anybody wants is to be laughed at


99 posted on 07/20/2006 10:59:48 AM PDT by SaintDismas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 82 | View Replies]

To: stylin19a
And now, the new Superintendent of the Greater Victoria School District's: Mr. Ossie Guilen. ;)
100 posted on 07/20/2006 11:01:09 AM PDT by Uncle Vlad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120121-125 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson