I'M QUEER, I'M CONSERVATIVE...(A lesson in political correctness)

http://www.etherzone.com/port110201.shtml ^ | November 2, 2001 | Nathan Porter

[dalebert]

don't care if you are purple and orange or as long as you show up at the polls to vote for conservative candidates.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

All I can say is I spend a lot of time with kids in various school related activities from the PTA, to room Dad, to
reading instructor and the boy scouts. It's been my observation that all this exposure to "diversity", "tolerance", and
"I'm ok, you're ok, gays are ok" has inevitably pushed the use of "gay", "queer", "homo" to the top ten list of playground
insults. This is in fact good. It proves our kids are healthy, rebellious, and 10 times smarter than the
socialist nazis running our schools. ;-)

[SandyEgo]

aarrgh!!

it's = its

see?

[Illbay]

I would think that "pussy-whipped" would be one of the strongest condemnations a homosexual could make.

[Registered]

I ain't missing you at all!

John Waite

[Gimlet]

Try searching in a dictionary like the OED at your local library. Or even go on-line with a good search engine - you are just two clicks away. Why sit there wondering? I am sure you will find the answers interesting.

[Curly007]

It is unfortunate that some of you either don't read the article or misunderstand it.

[Gimlet]

LOL! Hey - what is with this obsession with gays anyway?

[Curly007]

Thanks! You are doing a great job!
I was about to give it up!

[Alissa]

I'm still trying to find out when " gay" became an adjective for a homosexual and not a description of a good time or a happy persona.

About 30 years ago! Maybe you're too young :)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Well, he got part of his life right, being conservative. That shows he can at least think. The rest we don't care about so why bother us with it.

[Gabz]

Thank you for spelling out what I was trying to say!!!!!

[Gabz]

I don't understand why it is so difficult for others to see what this article is trying to say.

[Gimlet]

I disagree. You say you would not read something from the Taliban. Well I agree that there is no point in reading repetitive diatribes but there is always a point in understanding one's enemies. Makes it easier to defeat them! But why equate an American exercising free speech with an autocratic, theocratic, fundamentalist, crazed, misogynist, homophobic member of the Taliban? They are sick and evil people who have no time for women, democracy, gays, freedom, individual liberties, free speech, difference, Christianity. Why behave like them?

[SamAdams76]

Why is it that so many homosexuals (I refuse to co-opt the word "gay" which means happy and joyful) always have to be "in your face"? Why is it that heterosexuals are not compelled to go around telling the world about their sexual preferences? If I walked around the streets of Boston wearing a "Proud to be Heterosexual" button and demanding special treatment, people would look at me like I had two heads.

[WIMom]

HAHAHAHA! Love it!

[Captain Shady]

He's compaining about the REDEFINITION of perfectly normal English words for political points. Geez. Do you guys need me to read everything for you and explain it as well?

I only knows what it sounds like. We're redefining words all the time. Just ask Church Lady about why her church changed its name from Metropolitan Baptist Church toBible Belt Baptist Church.I'm the one who warned her pastor about his church being associated with homosexiality if he didn't change the name.He refused to listen to me and his church almost died.

He later asked the congregation to approve a name change.Lo and behold ,the church started to grow again.When I asked Church Lady why he finally took my advice after so many years.Church Lady said,"Everyone has to eat crow sometime in their life."I guess the pastor didn't want the advice of a non-member.

[WIMom]

I rather enjoyed the article. How many times have you watched old movies and they are happy and gay? I can be queer at times, but aren't we all? And, sheesh, I wish I could quit smoking fags.

[Republicanus_Tyrannus]

See post #19.

Read it. ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

Now stop being so lazy with the "reading all the article, expecially those from humor columnists"

[is_is]

He is NOT saying he's a homosexual.

your right...if people would READ the article carefully you'll see that this person is not homosexual as seen in the following comment taken from the article

Some of my homosexual friends – yes I have friends who are homosexual