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Ms. Toad

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36. Then why assert anything about Jim Bob's sexuality at all?

Mon May 25, 2015, 05:11 PM

May 2015

You can point out her homophobia without making any comment on Jim Bob's sexuality. Unless you really think they were celebrating Jim Bob sexuality.

I am not "squeamish." I am offended because my sexuality is being used to insult someone. Why is that so hard to understand?

Calling someone a shithead is an insult because being a shithead is a bad thing.
Calling someone cruel is an insult because being cruel is a bad thing.
So when you call someone gay as an insult, you are saying that being gay is a bad thing - otherwise it is not an effective insult.

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Never heard of it. Until yesterday, I never of heard of the 19-child sequel. Buzz Clik May 2015 #9

Gay people remind her of the time she found all of that gay porn in her husband's closet. onehandle May 2015 #3

You should delete this homophobic bullshit. bettyellen May 2015 #5

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Really gross to see this "joke" that slurs gay folk. Thanks for posting the facts. bettyellen May 2015 #13

No one is being "slurred" unless you think it is a slur to be gay or enjoy a bit of porn. MADem May 2015 #29

It is not what I think - it is how the poster is using it - Ms. Toad May 2015 #32

I don't think the poster is using it the way you think the poster is using it. MADem May 2015 #35

Then why assert anything about Jim Bob's sexuality at all? Ms. Toad May 2015 #36

You know what a straw man is, I presume? MADem May 2015 #37

When you use something as an insult Ms. Toad May 2015 #38

Look, we're just going to have to disagree on this. I don't think being gay is an insult. MADem May 2015 #40

The post reads more as a reference to the fact that virulent homophobes are often deeply closeted Matariki May 2015 #20

Oh please, it's a homophobic concept - to imagine gays are responsible for their own persecution.... bettyellen May 2015 #24

I don't understand what you are saying Matariki May 2015 #25

Because in essence you're using homosexuality to make fun of him when it's completely besides the bettyellen May 2015 #26

Three things, Betty Matariki May 2015 #28

Neither is it the conscious intent by many on DU to insult people with intellectual disabilities Ms. Toad May 2015 #34

When you use being gay as an insult, Ms. Toad May 2015 #33

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