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Originally posted by dzrose93
XOclstln,
I think you misinterpreted UMgirl's comments. I really don't believe she was trying to offend anyone. The problem is that you and she simply have different definitions of "GDI".
Whereas you consider a GDI to be someone who is unaffiliated with Greek organizations, and is happy not being Greek, UMgirl takes the definition a step further to define a GDI as someone who is unaffiliated with Greek organizations, happy not being Greek, and - also - vocally anti-Greek.
If I'm understanding y'all's posts correctly, UMgirl views non-Greeks and GDI's as two completely different types of people, whereas you view non-Greeks and GDI's to be the same type of person and have an entirely separate category for anti-Greeks.
Just wanted to clarify things a little because I honestly don't think UMgirl meant anything offensive and I hate to see bickering erupt because of miscommunication.  Hope this helps a little! 
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DZRose.....Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!
. That was totally my point that everyone has different defintions on what a "GDI" is and that what i wrote was my own.
XOcrlstln -- I would never try to educate anyone about their own org. From looking at the date that you joined GC and your naumber of post I didnt think you knew about the V's and figured I needed to explain it b/c I was using them as an example. I am sorry.
Am I saying that I was one of those closed-minded GDI's? No, as I said my definition of one changed when I became Greek. When I wasnt Greek, a GDI to me was someone who just wasnt affiliated with any org like most ppl have said on here. When I became Greek I noitced that people who were very anti-greek used this term more then those who were not. Therefore, I started to think of people who bash them as GDI's and those who didnt as non greeks. However, I will admitt that I was probably a little ignorant of Greek Life for the short time I claimed GDI. Nothing wrong with that it just means I didnt know about it. HOwevert the difference is that I opened my mind up to it
As I said before,s orry you took offense, but like DZRose said I really didnt mean it that way.
Leslie-- I agree with what you said also, b/c I have heard it used in that sense.