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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
And finally, IF the local GBLT community finds this offensive, I am sure they will let someone on the campus know.
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I doubt the local GBLT community has a problem with this, since according to the article they helped sponsor the event as an AIDS prevention fundraiser.
What boggles my mind is that it is so hard for some educated people to see the difference between something like this and wearing black-face to a private party. It has absolutely nothing to do with political correctness or with vast left-wing conspiracies. It has to do with context (as ktsnake points out), with common sense and with common courtesy.
Simply put, a gentleman never makes fun of, belittles or seeks to offend other people. Never. Period. If he does so unintentionally, he apologizes and tries to avoid doing it again -- whether he thinks the offended party is overreacting or not -- because a gentleman puts the feelings of others before his own feelings. Silly me. I thought that is part of what our fraternities try to teach us.