Imagine if "Irish" was used to mean "stupid". Or "Jew" was. It wouldn't matter whether people actually wanted to hurt Irish or Jewish people. The constant effect would be one where it felt like people were being nasty to you, all the damn time.
I think possible Andy's commenting on what he sees as the culture that allows these kids to feel this way. If 'gay' and 'crap'/'stupid' weren't still pretty much synonymous to most teenagers then we might be a little further along the path to acceptance and a detachment of stigma from the word 'gay' and the state of being so.
Oh yeah - I get that, and understand that, and disagree with that, BUT I thought there was something specific in the article (or some connected to it that I'd missed) about the connection.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-09-30 12:01 pm
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Where does that follow in the story...?
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Imagine if "Irish" was used to mean "stupid". Or "Jew" was. It wouldn't matter whether people actually wanted to hurt Irish or Jewish people. The constant effect would be one where it felt like people were being nasty to you, all the damn time.
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Yes, just imagine... oh, wait...
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Or if "girly" was used to mean "weak and womanish".
Sorry, I mean "weak and ineffective".
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I don't agree, but understand why you feel that.
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