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In reply to the discussion: Dear Allies - Stop Using Gay As An Insult [View all]Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)46. It is amazing how some refuse to accept the feelings of the GLBT community.
There has been an incredible amount of heterosexual privilege on display. This heterosexism is just as toxic as homophobia because it encourages the making of GLBT back into second-class citizens. The rationalizations have been from benign to downright offensive and even worse than the original joke! It has shown, at least to me, while GLBT people are under attack by the RW, most stories fall off into oblivion within hours of posting, that there are those who aren't really allies or are only allies on their terms.
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It's the Bill Maher BS influence- that he takes for RW framing is nothing to be proud ofZzz
bettyellen
May 2017
#2
had to google what a hoemo was, urban dictionary- interesting tag to put on ones self....
snooper2
May 2017
#5
Kicking this because more people need to read this and understand this.
Behind the Aegis
May 2017
#18
It is amazing how some refuse to accept the feelings of the GLBT community.
Behind the Aegis
May 2017
#46
Well said. It's not hard. English is a rich language, and no one loses anything by putting aside
RedWedge
May 2017
#25
Using the trope and pushed people don't like it. It's not most homophobes....
bettyellen
May 2017
#64