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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 01:55 AM
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Damn homophobes. I've had it.
First we're called queer because "he prefers the company of men" takes too long for the banjo-strummin' nitwits to pronounce. :crazy:

Then they call us 'gay' becuase they think we're happy while they beat us to a bloody pulp. But that's when they call us 'fags', presumably because what we gay men do is comparable to what British men do to what we call 'cigarettes'. :eyes:

Then they use 'gay' as 'stupid', though even I admit this shift in the dialect has a quirky charm to it. :silly:

And now, MSM doesn't even mean "men seeking men" anymore. x( I can't even make a good joke out of it. :cry:

:crazy:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 01:57 AM
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1. wouldn't it be nice to just be called "friend"
Happy new year ..

friend.


sincerely


auntAgonist.
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yorgatron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 01:57 AM
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2. not to change the subject,but
are those screenshots of "Blake's 7"?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:00 AM
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3. I couldn't think of a better subject to change to!!
:bounce: :yourock:

Yup! Blake's 7. And the closest modern TV show to be as gritty is Firefly, though the 2005 BBC continuation of "Blake's 7" is supposed to be promising. (well, until they pissed off Paul Darrow, who has since left the project... sigh. I'm still surprised somebody would continue the show or remake it today, given its subject content.)

And even then, Firefly is not the same thing.

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chicagojoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:00 AM
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4. I was wondering about that, too.
Happy New Year, Everyone!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:01 AM
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5. Not that it makes a difference right now
But 2005 should be the year that GLBT issues come not only to the forefront in more forums, but also that a surprising census takes place. A census showing just how many heteros out here are in support of our homosexual brethren and sistren.

I think that many would be surprised to see how many "straights" like me are ready to march for/take to cause the issues surrounding my/our GLBT mates.

Fuck those assbots. They hate you for your freedoms to make up your own mind.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:05 AM
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7. The curse of individuality...
When not being beaten by the mainstream for being different, we're branded any number of goofy doofus bafflegabby mental illnesses from some counselor who thinks he's better than God.

Still, if homosexuality was a conscious choice - akin to the choice of "which washing machine should I use today?", would I choose to be a pole smoker? Youbetcha. To this day I can't fathom how two heteros can do that for hours on end. It looks silly. But I don't go around doing the heterophobic equivalent of Fred Phelps, though I'll admit it makes great sitcom material... a good thing that most sitcoms are mindless nuclear-family drivel lacking of anything funny, or else the material would be used... :D
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:22 AM
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8. Consider the source
That same counselor likely has more skeletons in his/her closet than Arlington National (no disrespect meant).

Screw the mainstream. Sure, easy for me to say as a white hetero male. I'm looking forward, dare I say, to when being gay is cool. Not that I want a bunch of poseurs french-kissing each other on the football field to impress someone, but in that it's outspoken, different and just a wee bit taboo to some.

I hope that somehow, you'll keep in the back of your mind that there are lots of folks just like me.
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Boy Interrupted Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:02 AM
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6. I hate that expression.. thats so gay!
I know most mean no harm when they say it, and I try not to make too big a deal out of it. I try to pick my battles and this is a smaller one. Still I don't like it and have let a number of people know it.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 02:31 AM
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9. To be honest, I've never heard it, aside from some South Park
Edited on Sat Jan-01-05 02:34 AM by qnr
episodes I happen to have on disk. But then, I'm in a tiny little town in western Oklahoma at the moment, with no sort of television reception at all.

Edit: Welcome to DU, btw
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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 03:20 AM
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10. I hear you, it all is confusing ...btw, did you see "A Home at the End
of the World"??? I could see why both guys and gals would want to do Colin Ferrell....
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