Posted on 10/08/2008 10:42:23 AM PDT by reaganaut1
For the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization — which directs and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry — is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians.
The campaign, which is scheduled to be announced by the council in Washington on Wednesday, will seek to discourage bullying and harassment of teenagers who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
The campaign, created pro bono by the New York office of Arnold Worldwide, urges an end to using derogatory language, particularly labeling anything deemed negative or unpleasant as “so gay.” That is underlined by the theme of the campaign: “When you say, ‘That’s so gay,’ do you realize what you say? Knock it off.”
There will be television and radio commercials, print and outdoor ads and a special Web site devoted to the campaign (thinkb4youspeak.com). Some spots feature celebrities, the young actress Hilary Duff and the comedian Wanda Sykes, delivering the message.
The campaign is on behalf of a nonprofit organization in New York called the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or Glsen (pronounced glisten), which promotes tolerance among students. Glsen is spending about $2 million to develop and produce the campaign.
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Seriously, most people who use a phrase such as "so gay" to describe something they don't like are not seething with hatred of homosexuals and would not insult such a person to his face.
This is about silencing even the mildest mocking or joking about homosexuality. I do agree with the censors in one respect about not misusing the word "gay". That adjective is a lie when used to describe a lifestyle, especially in men, which leads to misery, disease, and death (and according to many religions, hell).
That’s “So Gay”
That’s queerer than a 3 dollar bill.
Really queer.
that’s bitchin’
What an uber-gay commercial.
Control the language, control the mind.
That’s so manly
How gay.
Okaaaay, how about “That’s so perverted”? “That’s so homosexual”?
How will we be able to refer to Chrissie Matthews???
What he says about Obama is so homosexually oriented?
I always liked “You homo!” from the shoulder devil on “Animal House”.
Owl_Eagle
There are people who are surrounded by bigots
and know it is wrong, but are afraid to be vocal against it.
These people are going to pull the lever for Obama
and they are not being polled.
angee_is_mad, DUmmy
“pro bono” and “so gay” should never be used in the same paragraph.
My standard reply to anything coming out of the NYT:
ISGAS - I scarcely give a s***.
Now THAT'S GAY!..............
Whatever happened to Freedom of Speech?
Are they against the use of religious terms as swears?
What a hussein idea.
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