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To: bwc2221

Yep, it is alright to kill Christians and their families but what ever you do don’t bad mouth a queer(I don’t use the word gay because it has a real meaning and it doesn’t mean queer).


5 posted on 10/11/2011 4:39:38 PM PDT by calex59
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To: calex59
I don’t use the word gay because it has a real meaning and it doesn’t mean queer

I agree with you.

At Christmas, when we sing "Don we now our gay apparel," does that mean we're going in drag?

When Stephen Foster wrote, "'Tis summer, the darkies are gay," did he mean they were straight in winter?

If "We'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home," how are we supposed to feel the rest of the time?

I refuse to participate in the hijacking of a perfectly good English word for which there is no good substitute.

11 posted on 10/11/2011 5:02:08 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
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To: calex59
I don’t use the word gay because it has a real meaning and it doesn’t mean queer

That's right -- must avoid ambiguity and, frankly, euphemism.

Tho' I still sometimes use it myself, after using the word "homosexual" first, in order to establish context and meaning.

15 posted on 10/11/2011 6:24:35 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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