Have we looked at Huck Finn yet?

Wally wrote:

Chebbie_SB wrote: Do your skivies walk to the laundry room by themselves ? there is slave labor labor everywhere !

I don't wear any, or have a laundry room

All Hail Commando Wally !!

You're implying that being gay is a bad thing.

Are you implying that being gay is good?

Ya know, sometimes you guys make this too easy. I can see why ignorant enjoys trolling the forums!

Cone_Junky wrote: Offensive or not, don't you think as a society we should no longer judge and look down on gays and lesbians? Shunning the word not to avoid offending, but shunning the word because it's degrading to gays. I don't think books should be banned or censored, but I don't think anyone here (admittedly) would use the "n" word in normal conversation. Why? Because it was censored in books? No, because it's offensive. Faggot, gay, or queer should be handled in the same manner.

One question: What about calling someone a "moron", "idiot" or a "Bob Costas". Is that somehow less offensive to you?

Nathan

njansenv wrote: One question: What about calling someone a "moron", "idiot" or a "Bob Costas". Is that somehow less offensive to you?

I'd say the difference with those is that you're only insulting the person you're talking to, not any group of people (with the possible exception of "Bob Costas"). Using "fag" only works with the implication that it's wrong to be gay.

Now, I will refer to 80's hair metal as gay because tight pants, a vest with no shirt, and permed blond hair is incredibly homosexual.

It isn't wrong to be gay. It's wrong to live a gay life.