New ad campaign attempts to discourage use of 'gay' as disparagement

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Being a republican in a gay sex scandal, means A you are most likely a huge hypocrite, B you are either trying to have sex illegally in public areas or cheating on your wife.

Both these things, are really unfortunate, but kinda ironic in the end... fighting for one set of values and doing another.

I got voted down. Well that is gay..

Agreed. Twitter sucks.

Damn...400 replies...

That's pretty gay.

Is there a straight, white male campaign?

@Danny: It's actually pretty easy to stop using words like "retarded" and "gay." You just have to simply think before you spout things. You wouldn't *accidentally* say "n*gger" now would you?

It's not about being politically correct, it's about reducing as much harm towards other groups as you possibly can with your everyday speech and actions. There are plenty of other words to use aside from "gay" and "retarded." The people I hear who use those words seem to have a very limited vocabulary and don't sound very intelligent.

I cuss like a sailor but I try hard not to use those words that can be hurtful and target a specific type of people. You don't realize it until you are embarrassed in public or you say something in front of the wrong person.

Is it REALLY such a pain in the ass to try to be considerate of others, that you think those OTHERS should "just suck it up" instead of you attempting to improve yourself and your behavior?

I think the funnier part of that bit was the fact that it was a sex scandal, not that it was a *gay* one. I think you read into it too much. Besides, Xav and Alexander are the last people to be accusing of making fun of gay people.

Actually I went back to that joke and now I remember what it's about. The "funny" comes from the irony that a Republican, who is about "family values" and thus "protecting marriage," is involved in a SEX SCANDAL (goodbye family values) which is also GAY (goodbye protecting male/female union). Not that the Republican was, hurr hurr, gay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, I should have EMPATHY for someone committing adultery? REALLY? Last I checked, making fun of a complete idiot and hypocrite is not a form of hate speech. Hate speech involves targeting a single person or group based on an affiliation. That senator isn't being made fun of for being gay OR being Republican. He is being made fun of for being a hypocrite.

Saria for the win

You people are so white.

That's not a racist thing, I just mean you're unoriginal and have nothing to say, like an empty sheet of paper, which is white. It has nothing to with white *people*, so don't get offended. Besides, if white people didn't get all uppity about it there wouldn't be an issue, anyway. They're really just perpetuating the problem.

Next thing you know and the pedophiles will take offense about the word 'pedo' being used disparagingly.

If your a true Gamer even if you have a ton of friends you have more videogames

I say what I want because I have the right to say it. The problem is that people are becoming more and more cowardly. The youth of America are letting the media make decisions for them (Not all of them). Look at the smoking ban that they put out. the restaurant or bar should have the right to choose not the government. this is the same situation. the lbgt is trying to enforce the not cool aspect of saying thats gay. Who cares about that group. If you want to call someone gay thats fine. People need to stop getting their feelings hurt. People be lucky you live in America where there is running water, food, shelter, and a stable economy. Thank the Lord you dont live in Africa where saying the word gay is the least of that countries problems. I dare someone to say I cant say what I want. Iam from the old school. Freedom of Speech. get a spine.

Hear Hear. Freedom of speech

The whole thing is patently ridiculous, whats next 'language police' who fine you for swearing?

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Dude she's a lib, they are all about double standards.

@John- 100% correct. Good post.

@Saria - If this country limits what I can and can not say then I will see you as you sink with this ship.

Some people need to have a backbone. Wake up America these bullshit groups are trying to take away your rights.

Here is two words for the Lbgt Fuck & You. Homos. hahaha/

Yea, such this has basically nothing to do with gaming at all.
They just post stuff like this to create controversy so they can get more pagehits.

this isnt meant for yu old folks...it's meant as a first step for the new world government / state to raise and brainwash yur kids and yur kid's kids.

I tried to find someone to attach this comment too, but there are too many. I probably won't get read all the way on page 9, but whatever.

Let's stop arguing that the evolution of language justifies using "gay" as an insult. Culture has changed, and mass media makes it harder and harder for words to change their meaning. Words like "lame" and "dumb" changed their meanings in a time when our words weren't written and reproduced millions of times over. As they became insults, the language adapted so that they disconnected from their original meanings, and new, non-offensive ones replaced them. Nobody calls people who can't speak "dumb", they call them "mute".

I'm not saying language doesn't change, it's just nearly impossible for a word to shed its previous meaning when that meaning is still being used. If I walked into a room and said the place was cool, it might be a little confusing. If I said it was lousy, you'd probably laugh at me for saying "lousy", but you wouldn't think it was full of lice.

So maybe you can call things gay all day without once thinking about homosexuals in a hateful, maybe your circle of friends is just as culturally evolved, but you can't honestly tell me that everyone who uses the word as an insult is as high-minded as you. It isn't the word "gay" that's the problem, it's that the whole concept of homosexuality is used to label things and people as inferior. Nearly every word that references homosexuality can be and is used as an insult.

If there are any words that have completely changed their meaning since the 90s, by all means, let me know. "Gay" is not one of them.

Little late here, but I just read these responses when I was searching my e-mail for my joystiq password.

I do not, of my own authority, condemn sodomy. God condemns sodomy. For example:

Romans 1:26-27
I Corinthians 6:9
I Timothy 1:8-11

... to name a few Bible passages that cover the topic. I also condemn it because I am faithful to Gods teachings, and also because my ability to logic and reason tells me it is unnatural and disgusting.