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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:35 AM Original message |
So...in the Gay community Hetro's are called "Breeders"? |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just the equivalent GLBT epithet of |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. It's pretty clearly meant to be insulting |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. How is it insulting? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It's insulting because it's intended to be |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
105. but what about it is insulting? |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #105 |
165. It seems to imply that heteros only function is reproduction. |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:23 PM Response to Reply #165 |
213. Redleg... |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #213 |
220. First time I've heard of |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #105 |
181. How did this become an insult (which t undeniably is and is stated as such |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #181 |
206. slang use of "faggot" comes from Italian slang for "old woman" |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #206 |
224. interestingly enough... |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
100. It's pretty clear that... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 08:10 AM Response to Reply #100 |
160. so it sounds like you are acknowledging |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Not at all. |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #161 |
162. So you're saying because some heteros call people |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #162 |
164. I never said all heterosexuals... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #164 |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #166 |
167. My age if of no concern of yours. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:33 PM Response to Reply #161 |
214. OK |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #214 |
215. I never said there weren't... |
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angryinoville (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
135. Remember the band "The Breeders"? |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #135 |
198. The Handmaid's Tale |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe just accurate n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. how is that accurate? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Yeah |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Gays don't have the potential to breed? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Dear God, I had to wonder what he was talking about |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You never had that talk with your Mom? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yes |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Maybe I do |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Gay PEOPLE can produce babies |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. it's just that you implied homosexuals cannot breed |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
61. I didn't imply that |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Your posts baffle me |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #62 |
82. Why? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Why I think it is a term of derision |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Eh, maybe some gay people say so |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
184. An awful lot of straights use the word "faggot" that way, too. |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. No, I'm not okay and there's no comparison. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #186 |
203. You misread my post--I'm asking if it's okay to flippantly use |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
46. LOL... Stir the Shit...who me.... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #46 |
65. You used to Whip the Gloves Off |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
77. Gloves off jumped the shark |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
194. Sheesh. Why didn't you just get a vasectomy? |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
208. I've never taken offense to it but i've always found it |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
183. And many would like to, but can't. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. i don't really get it |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's derogatory. n/t |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. i never heard it before |
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kalian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Why...? Its mostly "true".... |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. How is it mostly true? |
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kalian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Heteros DO breed, don't they? |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. HEHEHE |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's a term of affection... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Not in this thread.... |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
98. Riiiiiiiiiight. :) |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
139. Really? So is fudgepackers |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. No offense but Where have you been? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. So now it's okay to insult your own mother? |
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Gildor Inglorion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Maybe it's better than insulting everyone else's |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
102. So now... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #102 |
122. Of course the same rules apply |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Think of it whis way: |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. "poor breeders" |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. I find it very offensive. n/t |
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kalian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I don't... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You don't view it as offensive |
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kalian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Groups will place titles on others.... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. We should all avoid it |
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kalian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Hmmm....it really doesn't work that way, does it? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
185. Doesn't make it okay. |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
120. so it's OK if it's 'essentially true for most of the group? |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. I have many gay friends who use the term |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Well said. Never bothered me.... Course I don't get insulted by |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's mostly an expression of annoyance |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
209. Like when my kids run through the antique store? |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's not even really just gays |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Treating parents deferentially |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
89. Oh please. Like there aren't enough people in the world. Race dies out?? |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. no shit |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Children are our future |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. then try taking care of both for a change |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. How many do you expect me to care for? |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. none by the looks of it |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
119. Yes, but that doesn't mean everyone must have them. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
124. The TAX BURDEN? Who is paying for YOUR social security? |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. thats nonsense |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #127 |
211. "Parents pass off the tax burden onto childless couples |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. I have to chuckle about that too. . . |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #129 |
145. You are really reaching in that argument.... |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. I'm in favour of anyone raising as many or as few kids as they like. . . |
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EDT (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. I heard the slang "Power bottom" first time on the radio the other day- |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. It's the us v. them thing |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
78. Power bottom? I love it! |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
32. Yeah. Get over it. |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. That is not true |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. I said queers, not lesbians, doll. |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. sweety, please don't call me doll :) |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Uh. . . lesbians are "queers" |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
72. And another thing... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #72 |
85. And, once again, amen. |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
106. And just to clarify. . . |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
188. Of course, I am preternaturally aware that it applies to "those" |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
133. tedthebear... |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. You're not really a queer, dear |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #133 |
169. Oops. I thought I was being politically correct. |
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DemLikr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
75. Calm down and leave the thread. Put the poster on ignore |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
81. Don't be surprised. There are those on the left who are just |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Well, I'd like to "bop" anyone who necks in public, |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Two for two |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
117. I like to watch anyone who necks in public |
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Gildor Inglorion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
69. Kick! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
84. Thank you - you said it simply and beautifully. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
187. "comes up when we see a young man and woman necking in public, |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. so is this why some were complaining of the homophobia here? |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. You don't have to be gay to be annoyed. |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. oh yeah they seem to have right of way |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Both terms are disparaging |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 07:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
158. yeah, generalizations generally suck |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
48. My father was sperm detonator |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. How do you detonate sperm? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Yesterday there were exploding penis's today... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Question |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #53 |
68. Well some gays agree with you and some don't. . . |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #68 |
80. Thanks Brian |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
88. Excellent post, Brian! |
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booisblu (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Maybe the person |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I think the primary motive of the poster using it. . . |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Other way around, buddy |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #73 |
107. You're fighting a losing battle |
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gmaki (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
74. I think with these terms history has a lot to do with it |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Thank you. Good point. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. So..the lesson that I've learned is that " Turnabout is fair play" |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Get over it, baby. |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
108. As a gay man, the only thing that's hurt the quest for equality more. . . |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #108 |
126. I just have to comment |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Nice pass at a smear |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #128 |
151. I don't believe I made any such contention |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 08:02 AM Response to Reply #151 |
159. Wear what you want. . . |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #159 |
179. I'll make sure any "Radical Queers" check with you first |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #179 |
197. No need to check with me. . . |
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freetobegay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #197 |
216. Jesus Christ! |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #126 |
171. Brian is a hypocrite. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #108 |
132. Yes, those radical queers in |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Well, let's dissect and analyze |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. OK, let's analyze |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. QN didn't discuss gay marriage 10 years ago when I flirted with them. . . |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Well, even academic articles published at that time |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. You should spend some time at SF Pride sometime. . . |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #143 |
174. I marched in West Hollywood the nite Clinton betrayed us... |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #137 |
172. Honey, you're being paranoid. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
190. "Get over it." The same to you? You ARE in a debate forum; |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #190 |
210. "baiting posts",,I can't fault you with that description of me |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. An article on the origins of 'fag' and 'queer' |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Maybe that's the origin. |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. actually technically a faggot is a stick used for kindling |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. One really weird peculiarity |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #76 |
125. The term "Fag" originated in Europe |
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AGD4y2357y (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
92. My best friend is gay |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Not a taste of my own medicine - which is my point |
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AGD4y2357y (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Guess what |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. So the minority pays for the majority? |
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AGD4y2357y (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. I find this funny |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. You lost me.... |
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AGD4y2357y (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. You claimed |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Accuse? |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #96 |
112. Really don't know WHAT the hell is your problem |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
175. AGD4y2357y, can I be your friend? |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
99. I've never called anyone a breeder in my life |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
110. depends on usage |
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LDS Jock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I agree, its usage |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
113. it's the gay equivalent of "faggots" or "queers" and the sexist |
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SEAburb (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. Then it's usage should be banned a DU |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. but sexist slurs aren't banned here |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #114 |
136. So what about the... |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Frankly, I am against banning all but the most outrageous slurs |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #138 |
193. It pains me, but I agree. this is where the gloves come off |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #136 |
192. It's a joke, referring to an issue important to the previous poster. |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #113 |
176. How can "breeders" be sexist when if refers to both men and women? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
116. Does that mean the band "the breeders" were all straight? |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Pansy Division is my fave band named after a slur. . . |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
121. My mother's a breeder |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
123. Musicians know about the band The Breeders! |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #123 |
131. Tammy and the Amps.... |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #131 |
144. Dyke and the Blazers-Wilson Pickett covered them! |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
130. It's a harmless insult |
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malachibk (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
141. Gay in NYC |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
148. One of the worst things about being a minority |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. I call my straight friend a breeder all the time... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. You can call your friend whatever you like |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #153 |
225. We do it in a kidding way... |
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private_ryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
149. looks like insulting |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
150. Sounds like envy, hee? |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
154. Believe it or not, it's even in some dictionaries |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
155. This thread has far too many responses... |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
156. I don't call my gay or lesbian friends or family members |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
157. who cares? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #157 |
195. You must, or you wouldn't have looked at the thread. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #195 |
221. or maybe i was just curious what it is about |
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KTM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
163. Bah. Got kids - you're a breeder. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #163 |
168. not all hetero folks that have children "breed" |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #168 |
180. but all children come from hetero folks that breed. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #180 |
207. this is true |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
170. I have heard the term used |
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markomalley (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
173. This thread stinks! |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. Well...as a progressive Democrat I want to talk about these things |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #173 |
178. I think it rocks! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #178 |
196. Very good point indeed-- |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #178 |
205. I find the idea that |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #173 |
182. It's about equality IMHO |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
189. Yes. It's true. I call every straight person I know "breeder," w/ a sneer. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. Besides there is no 'gay community' |
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gayrebel83 (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #191 |
200. There IS a gay community... |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. hmmm...interesting. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:03 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. Perhaps but.. |
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gayrebel83 (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #202 |
204. Well, yeah... |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
199. it's a derogatory term, but I don't mind being called it |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
212. Breeders is an insult |
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freetobegay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
217. After stubmling upon this thread in the middle of the night |
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clonebot (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 02:16 AM Response to Reply #217 |
218. the way homosexuals should act |
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truthspeaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
219. I'm straight and I think it's funny. n/t |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
222. jeebus... |
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Daedalus (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #222 |
223. Breeder? |
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