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Sat Aug-27-11 11:01 AM
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| 16. Society has come a long way |
| -Some younger DUers are unaware of what baby boomers were taught about homosexuality. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 10:33 AM |
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nm sorry missed the subject line |
Tunkamerica |
Aug-27-11 10:36 AM |
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I just asked my SO about this... |
laylah |
Aug-28-11 09:20 AM |
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Republicans want to go back to this "innocent" time |
Ishoutandscream2 |
Aug-27-11 10:38 AM |
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I doubt the majority of Boomers |
Le Taz Hot |
Aug-27-11 10:40 AM |
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I don't recall being taught anything |
GKirk |
Aug-27-11 10:41 AM |
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Same here. |
Hissyspit |
Aug-27-11 10:43 AM |
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I remember being subjected to similar bullshit when I was 14 or so. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 10:45 AM |
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I caught that too. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Aug-27-11 10:49 AM |
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Me either: taught nothing about sex of any sort actually |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-27-11 06:17 PM |
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Same here. Blank area. |
JohnnyLib2 |
Aug-28-11 08:23 AM |
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Mike Wallace - "The Homosexuals" (1967) - another video for historic perspective |
Douglas Carpenter |
Aug-27-11 10:44 AM |
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I wonder who the man is that starts talking at the 6:30 minute mark? n/t |
Tx4obama |
Aug-27-11 08:27 PM |
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I wasn't taught anything about homosexuality |
CountAllVotes |
Aug-27-11 10:45 AM |
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Neither was I. |
RebelOne |
Aug-27-11 11:43 AM |
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I imagine where you lived made quite a big difference. |
provis99 |
Aug-27-11 12:16 PM |
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If you changed the voice over of that video |
Drale |
Aug-27-11 10:46 AM |
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The music at the beginning reminded me of |
Chipper Chat |
Aug-27-11 10:50 AM |
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When the narration started I thought of Dragnet |
lame54 |
Aug-27-11 05:00 PM |
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I'm on the tail end of the boomers. |
LWolf |
Aug-27-11 10:51 AM |
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This has nothing whatsoever to do with the Boomers. nt |
bemildred |
Aug-27-11 10:52 AM |
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I was blessed ,Dad brought us to Provincetown in 1970, when I was13 ,where I have |
orpupilofnature57 |
Aug-27-11 10:56 AM |
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When I was in the 6th grade (around '66) I said my male teacher was queer. |
undeterred |
Aug-27-11 10:57 AM |
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Society has come a long way |
treestar |
Aug-27-11 11:01 AM |
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We weren't formally taught anything about it in school, but the general culture was homophobic. |
begin_within |
Aug-27-11 11:17 AM |
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Interesting. Thanks for your response nt. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 11:26 AM |
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How homophobic depended on where you were |
izquierdista |
Aug-27-11 12:35 PM |
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Thanks to you as well. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:14 PM |
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I graduated two years later, and I remember "smear the queer" also. |
madinmaryland |
Aug-27-11 04:00 PM |
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another good one there, "Billy's Dad is a Fudge Packer..." |
rfranklin |
Aug-27-11 12:09 PM |
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EXCUSE ME?! I don't know Boomer bigots. Are you confusing us with people in their 80's? |
WinkyDink |
Aug-27-11 12:13 PM |
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My point was that this video was directed at baby boomers who then were children like me. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:07 PM |
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You don't necessarily have to be a Boomer. |
Kind of Blue |
Aug-27-11 12:20 PM |
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I was a cradle Catholic, Cattholic schools all of the way through the 11th grade. Never heard a word |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 01:52 PM |
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LOL. Me, too. Maybe it depends on the region. |
Kind of Blue |
Aug-27-11 03:11 PM |
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That's right regions are very different. In high school we also happened to have a relatively |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 03:37 PM |
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There are 2 kinds of Catholics: Vatican II types and Reactionaries/Traditionalist types. |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 02:04 PM |
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Definitely Vatican II types but ancient |
Kind of Blue |
Aug-27-11 03:25 PM |
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Those were some fucked-up people! The worst that I experienced was their rather |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 03:44 PM |
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And they were good at it. Suppressed anger, |
Kind of Blue |
Aug-27-11 04:11 PM |
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Apparently like so many other labels, Vatican II in name only, especially since they had not been |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 03:49 PM |
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I was taught to be open minded and fair and supportive |
lunatica |
Aug-27-11 12:38 PM |
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So now boomers are homophobes... |
Cirque du So-What |
Aug-27-11 12:58 PM |
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I'm glad you're keeping such a list. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:18 PM |
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It's hardly worthy of inclusion on any list |
Cirque du So-What |
Aug-27-11 05:33 PM |
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I was raised around ecumenism, told it is necessary for me to decide for myself & stake my OWN |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 01:04 PM |
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I was taught that some homosexuals are |
The Midway Rebel |
Aug-27-11 01:38 PM |
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Well, my mom and I used to watch Liberace |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:53 PM |
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I'm almost 65, and I wasn't taught anything about homoxexuality. |
Blue_In_AK |
Aug-27-11 01:39 PM |
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This boomer wasn't taught anything about homosexuality... |
hlthe2b |
Aug-27-11 01:56 PM |
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Very small town parents here too. It would have been considered very weird to talk about sex.Period |
patrice |
Aug-27-11 02:15 PM |
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Acknowledging gay people is totally different than "talking about sex." |
yardwork |
Aug-27-11 05:01 PM |
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My best recollection is that gay people were seen as vaguely "alien" |
starroute |
Aug-27-11 02:10 PM |
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not a boomer , but a War Baby (1944), almost one |
mitchtv |
Aug-27-11 02:13 PM |
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I guess I was a lucky boomer then - I was never taught that |
csziggy |
Aug-27-11 02:17 PM |
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Most of us boomers came of age during the 60's when attitudes about sexual orientation, |
Arkansas Granny |
Aug-27-11 02:22 PM |
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I'm a baby boomer and I wasn't taught anything negative at all about gay folks |
cali |
Aug-27-11 03:59 PM |
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I see many missed the point of had to argue it syeve |
Bluebear |
Aug-27-11 04:07 PM |
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because many of us weren't exposed to what the OP suggests |
cali |
Aug-27-11 04:19 PM |
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Damn. I try. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:20 PM |
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See 'What's The Matter With Kansas' |
democrat2thecore |
Aug-27-11 04:22 PM |
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You gotta be kidding me. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:29 PM |
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No...that's NOT what I meant.... |
democrat2thecore |
Aug-27-11 04:38 PM |
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Okay. I'll watch it. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:49 PM |
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My mom (1932) recently told me that she's been afraid of homosexuals |
EFerrari |
Aug-27-11 04:23 PM |
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My mom died a couple of years ago. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:34 PM |
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My mom figured it out in her early 40s |
EFerrari |
Aug-27-11 04:43 PM |
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My mom is homophobic 1933 ,yet enjoys a great relationship with |
orpupilofnature57 |
Aug-27-11 04:44 PM |
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+1 |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:51 PM |
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Was that a Roy Cohn production? |
lame54 |
Aug-27-11 04:49 PM |
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OH, man.... |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-27-11 04:56 PM |
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The 1950s: A decade of racism, homophobia, right-wing extremism, and fear. |
KeyserSoze87 |
Aug-27-11 05:09 PM |
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My boomer parents are a 50/50 split re: accepting gay folks. |
BlueIris |
Aug-27-11 05:41 PM |
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Well I was NEVER taught ANYTHING. NOTHING was said good or bad and I went to |
Raine |
Aug-27-11 06:42 PM |
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CBS News Report: Mike Wallace - "The Homosexuals" (1967) |
Tx4obama |
Aug-27-11 08:09 PM |
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Yeh, but even in the 50s & 60s the Sid Davis PSO films were something of a joke |
Bucky |
Aug-27-11 08:11 PM |
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