[KappaKittyCat]

I'm very careful about whom I call a GDI. In my mind, it's fine if people are independent. Greek life isn't for everyone. I use GDI to describe people who are independent and outwardly hostile towards the Greek system. My former roommate is a GDI. She gave me so much crap when I pledged. The night before my Initiation, she proceeded to try talk me out of it. She used every cliche reason in the book, from "it's a cult" to "you're just buying your friends," and finished up with, "I can't believe you're joining a sorority." I said, "Believe it, babe. I'm a Kappa." She was really mad. And yet the worst thing about her (and many on my campus like her) is that she condemns Greek life and then takes advantage of the many things that it provides the campus (not the least of which is parties).

So no, I don't think that calling someone a GDI is necessarily a bad thing. We just have to be careful about how we come off to the outside world. It could sound like we're condemning those who don't want to be Greek.

Somebody on here has a signature that says, "Greek life isn't for everybody, but the existance of Greek life is." That about sums it up.

(Edited for grammar and clarity.)