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KappaKittyCat 12-04-2008 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by aephi alum (Post 1751156)
To be honest, the term "breeder" bothers me as well. Not all straight people have children. Not all straight people even want children.

Here here!

In childfree lingo, the term "breeder" is used as the opposite of "parent," as in "someone who just pops out sprog because it's what you do and then doesn't actually bother to raise or discipline them, lets them run wild in the grocery store, etc."

Dionysus 12-04-2008 11:28 AM

People actually get offeneded by the word "breeder"? I thought it is something that people take as a joke.

Senusret I 12-04-2008 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by aephi alum (Post 1751156)
To be honest, the term "breeder" bothers me as well. Not all straight people have children. Not all straight people even want children.

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Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat (Post 1751159)
Here here!

In childfree lingo, the term "breeder" is used as the opposite of "parent," as in "someone who just pops out sprog because it's what you do and then doesn't actually bother to raise or discipline them, lets them run wild in the grocery store, etc."


Awwww... straight privilege. How adorable. :)

I'm happy that no matter whether you want or can have them or not, you have the right to be a family and have all the rights and privileges which come with it.

Now you can either continue the tangent with your offense at the term breeder or you can get to the root of the inequality with me.

DrPhil 12-04-2008 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1751136)
Go to work, breeders.

This is an instance where minorities can use slurs aimed at the majority but the other way around would be called bigotry, bashing, or an -ism. ;)

Senusret I 12-04-2008 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dionysus (Post 1751165)
People actually get offeneded by the word "breeder"? I thought it is something that people take as a joke.

People will be offended by anything that lumps "good white folks" with "bad white folks."

Senusret I 12-04-2008 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1751169)
This is an instance where minorities can use slurs aimed at the majority but the other way around would be called bigotry, bashing, or an -ism. ;)

Oh but no see, didn't you know that Jesus Hussein Obama emancipated us? We can't say "breeder" any more because we're all free and equal now.

DrPhil 12-04-2008 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1751168)
Awwww... straight privilege. How adorable. :)

I'm happy that no matter whether you want or can have them or not, you have the right to be a family and have all the rights and privileges which come with it.

Now you can either continue the tangent with your offense at the term breeder or you can get to the root of the inequality with me.

I completely hear what you're saying and agree with you on one level, buddy. This is about heterosexual privilege.

On another level, it's about tolerance on both sides even if your perceived intolerance generally can't translate to discrimination on the part of homosexuals against heterosexuals.

Since you are also a member of another minority group, you can appreciate how using perceived slurs has little utility unless you are just breeding (:p) hostility and intolerance on either side.

It's like black people celebrating a momentous occasion, such as the election of the first black president, and wanting a voice for the cause but doing so under the guise of "putting those h_nkies in their place" or "pissing off those salty cr_ckas."

preciousjeni 12-04-2008 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1751177)
It's like black people celebrating a momentous occasion, such as the election of the first black president, and wanting a voice for the cause but doing so under the guise of "putting those h_nkies in their place" or "pissing off those salty cr_ckas."

That's not so bad. ;)

DrPhil 12-04-2008 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1751172)
Oh but no see, didn't you know that Jesus Hussein Obama emancipated us? We can't say "breeder" any more because we're all free and equal now.

You're now a member of the majority. Congrats and welcome!! Now the world doesn't need a "day with a gay." You and I should just take a vacation and frolic in an open field with puppies.

DrPhil 12-04-2008 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by preciousjeni (Post 1751180)
That's not so bad. ;)

Sure, it is. But this thread is about a "Day Without a Gay" and I don't want the attentiont to shift too much.

RU OX Alum 12-04-2008 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1751057)
Don't be a dick.

Okay, I won't.

preciousjeni 12-04-2008 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1751182)
Sure, it is. But this thread is about a "Day Without a Gay" and I don't want the attentiont to shift too much.

Breeders isn't so bad either.

RU OX Alum 12-04-2008 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1751146)
Overuse kills irony. Could we drop the "breeders" references? It's now tiresome to the point of being conunterproductive. Thanx.

Or counterreproductive.

SWTXBelle 12-04-2008 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1751186)
Or counterreproductive.


LOL - you are right. I'm sorry . . . :o I did run it throught the spell-check - I will correct it.

preciousjeni 12-04-2008 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1751193)
LOL - you are right. I'm sorry . . . :o I did run it throught the spell-check - I will correct it.

Wasn't that a joke? counter reproductive?


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