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cali

(114,904 posts) Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:45 AM Mar 2015

Something that just drives me a little nuts [View all]

It's the propensity to call a politician you don't like, gay. It's such a fucking awful thing to do. Not, obviously, because being gay is "bad", but because the person doing it, obviously views it as an insult. Or that a woman you don't like (think Ann Coulter or Michelle Obama) is trans.

It happens most often on the right, but DU is hardly immune from it.

It's just such a horrible, stupid thing to do.

end of petite rant.

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Something that just drives me a little nuts [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

It drives me a little nuts that DU buys into it, though. malthaussen Mar 2015 #1

I don't know that DUers buy into it. Maybe they feel as I do. cali Mar 2015 #2

I assume you're talking about the twitter posts about Cruz thread with the 'beard' comment. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #3

Um, no, it means they KNOW that the first person was trying to be insulting Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #5

I think Octa's post is instructive, though malthaussen Mar 2015 #7

It isn't the word, itself, that is insulting - Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #10

Well, yeah, that's my point malthaussen Mar 2015 #33

Agreed. MineralMan Mar 2015 #4

Also, the posts advocating prison rape. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #6

that used to be such a no no that mopinko Mar 2015 #8

I think the time I was most shocked on DU... LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #24

I agree with you totally, but the only reason I ever have said Ann Coulter is trans is because DesertDiamond Mar 2015 #9

I can't believe I am defending Ann Coulter but, in regards to Any One, I think we should respect Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #11

Thank you. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #13

yes. point taken. There are plenty of things to criticize about Ann's philosophies and ideologies. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #16

Nonsense, and please just stop it. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #12

ridiculous. any evidence to base your "reason" on? cali Mar 2015 #14

It's very, very easy to look up her history, her union busting lawyer father, her high school and Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #15

??? progressoid Mar 2015 #20

Really? You think she is transexual... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #31

About Lindsay Graham too treestar Mar 2015 #36

douche isn't a fave either. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #17

It is possible to use the term in a non-misogynistic way eggplant Mar 2015 #19

I don't like the way in which it references feminine hygiene as a benchmark of disgust. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #26

obviously views it as an insult. AlbertCat Mar 2015 #18

Calling Lindsey Graham gay is also offensive. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #21

I'm curious about what gay DU'ers in general think about this. marle35 Mar 2015 #22

It has been a sore point for longer than I have been a member of DU. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #27

I can see that marle35 Mar 2015 #30

Calling someone gay only works as an insult if being gay is perceived as something bad. AlbertCat Mar 2015 #25

Well, since juries hide so-and-so is gay insults Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #28

I have a issue with anyone that uses 'gay' as an insult or slur toward someone else. Rex Mar 2015 #23

In this case I have to agree Rex. haikugal Mar 2015 #32

It's a lot more common, at least on DU to suggest they are mentally ill HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #29

What drives me a kittle nuts Jenoch Mar 2015 #34

What if said politician is homophobic and supports anti-gay legislation? oberliner Mar 2015 #35