Day Without A Gay

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

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]

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

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

To be honest, the term "breeder" bothers me as well. Not all straight people have children. Not all straight people even want children.

Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat

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]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

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]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

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]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

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 () 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]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

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]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

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]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Don't be a dick.

Okay, I won't.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Overuse kills irony. Could we drop the "breeders" references? It's now tiresome to the point of being conunterproductive. Thanx.

Or counterreproductive.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

Or counterreproductive.

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

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

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

Wasn't that a joke? counter reproductive?