GDI...does it bother anyone else?

Originally posted by XOcrlstln
Ok now I find that offensive.

As I said before, I am a former GDI. And I was not ignorant, close minded or bashing the greek system. I was just not affiliated, and just as proud to be not affiliated as I am now to be affiliated. I come from a greek family and even am a legacy at my own campus. I just wasn't ready for greek life for a few years.
So in the future, please refrain from making generalizations. Just as we (the greek community) hate it when people generalize us, generalizations for non-greeks are also much hated. And also remember that there are more than a few non-members who chat on this board, and probably would not like this comment much.
And btw- I am offended when you use this term because you are using it in an elitist and judgemental way. Thanks for being the first to ever offend me with this term.

No offense but I think you need to relax a little.

1) If you go back and look at my post, I also called myself a GDI at one point. But when I became Greek my definition of a GDI changed. And lets just note that no ones definition (if they use the term) of a "GDI" is the same.

Before I was Greek and gave my own definaition of the word, I called myself a GDI at times.

2) I clearly made 3 separate classifications of people when it comes to peoples involvement or none in Greek Life. Greeks, Non-Greeks and "GDIs".

Going by everything that you said, I think its very clear to most people that you would have fallen under the definition of Non-Greek. As you said you didnt bash, you just had no interest in Greek Life at the time.

Originally Posted By XOcrlstln
I was just not affiliated, and just as proud to be not affiliated as I am now to be affiliated. I come from a greek family and even am a legacy at my own campus. I just wasn't ready for greek life for a few years.

3) I am a bit confused as to how I sounded elitest when I made that statement. So let me just clarify by giving an example. "GDIs" would be these....
The V's- How are they ignorant? I think the other Chi-O's on this board could answer that question for you. Spreading vicious rumors (a website) about an organization that they know nothing about, and not even willing to take the time to find out. Making trouble for greeks overall on this board. I dont know about anyone else, but I consider that IGNORANT, and I am sure some ladies on this board would have a much harsher word than that for them.
My close friend's Ex-Fiance- This is man who told my friend that if she ever joined a sorority he wouldn't talk to her and would dump her. Knowing that myself an another one of our close friend's are both in sororities, would tell us how he felt we were wasting our time and buying our friends and thought Greeks were snobs, etc, the list goes on. Even after explaining to him that we all dont haze and how much time we put into our charities etc. He wouldnt listen, he was being IGNORANT. I think most ppl would agree with this.

Those are Anti-Greeks, which I consider "GDIs" Poeple who have only negative things to say about Greek life and dont know what its about. They try to force the opinion that being Greek is bad and want to argue about it. I am not being elitest when I use this term to say that these people were/are ignorant, because they are in their ACTIONS.

I am sorry if you were offended, but I think you read my post the wrong way.

Did anyone get what I was trying to say though?