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In reply to the discussion: Has PC gone too far? [View all]yardwork
(69,380 posts)You're got a neighbor who is such a homophobic bigot that she won't let her daughter play with a little girl because her mom is gay and you're worried about the PC police? And it's the daughter of the bigot who used this bizarre phrase, "the g-word?"
It sounds like the source of the bigotry is in one place - Suzy's mom.
I assure you that, as a lesbian, I know the difference between people using the word gay as an insult and using it to describe me.
If you want to do some good, maybe you could sit down with Suzy's mom and try to educate her a little, rather than coming to DU to complain about "PC gone too far." There is nothing "PC" about Suzy's mom's behavior.
Edited to add that I just saw your edit to your OP, and I am even more appalled. Substitute the word "black" or "Christian" for "gay" in your story and see how you feel about Suzy's mom's behavior. In other words, how would you feel if there was somebody in your neighborhood who wouldn't let their child go into somebody's house because they were black?