Apparently we can be for gay rights in the abstract

[ruggerson]

but the moment the term "gay" is ascribed to a leader on our side (in this case both satirically and positively), it becomes a pejorative.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002682035

[Vanje]

1. Apparently some DUers

think being referred to as gay is a BAD thing.

[xchrom]

2. Yes. That's why we have to put up w/ so many

Homophobic comments deemed non-homophobic by those unaffected.

[William769]

3. Don't' forget about the Aunt Jane's.

They are the worst.

[xchrom]

4. +1

[stevenleser]

7. OK, my curiosity has overcome my shame at not knowing the meaning of the term in this context.

What does "Aunt Jane's" mean in this context?

[edcantor]

9. I'm with you, I just don't know

On a Google search, I came up with some series of novels about Aunt Jane and nieces.

Still can't figure out the meaning in this context.

Aunt Jane's Nieces is the title of a juvenile novel published by Reilly & Britton in 1906, and written by L. Frank Baum under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne."[1] Since the book was the first in a series of novels designed for adolescent girls, its title was applied to the entire series of ten books, published between 1906 and 1918

[ruggerson]

5. Eggsackelly

n/t

[Marrah_G]

8. A few are completely freaking out

Frankly the halo thing is what skeeves me.

[stevenleser]

6. Ugh, I just saw that thread. That has not been DU's finest moment.