" I want to congratulate Sonia Sotomayor"

[Xicano]

"To the republicans who voted nay......" Listen to the rest of that sentence here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMiRsxglXMs#t=5m19s

LMAO

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. ROFL! I like it when people address Repugs as, "Fuck you putos!"

It's like music to my ears. :toast:

[mitchtv]

2. real nice

I suppose it's not homophobic en espanol.

[Xicano]

3. Its all in the context.

Chris Rock does a good job at explain it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NQQgW0ZIv4

[mitchtv]

4. Yup everyone we don't like is a faggot/puto/ maricon

sometimes people act like --- ;that doesn't give license especially when you are calling out enemies of the people. Lopez is offensive. It must be fun to be strate

[Xicano]

5. Well, sorry if you were offended. I know I didn't mean any offense toward anyone and

I don't Lopez intended to offend anyone except those 31 republicans he indicated.

[alfredo]

6. It's the masculine for Puta.

My best man was male prostitue. His wife was a weaver.

[mitchtv]

7. I know what puto means

like many of such words It has several translations. The most common implies Gay

[HughMoran]

9. Ahhh, I see where some of the confusion comes in for me

Puto

The male equivalent puto has different meanings in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world: in many places it is a pejorative for a gay man (this usage is present in Don Quixote), in others, like Cuba and Puerto Rico for example, puto is simply a comment on a man who is promiscuous and a womanizer (depending on context or tone, it can be extremely offensive or just a joke).

I grew up with and dated Spanish women and wasn't aware of this meaning, but they were either Cuban or Puerto Rican.

[alfredo]

10. true, but the Reps are prostitutes for big business and the

theocratic right. So yeah, it is homophobic in most uses, but in its purest form - prostitute, it is right on the money about the Republicans.

[mitchtv]

11. Lopez is Chicano

there is no doubt as to his meaning around this household

[alfredo]

12. I have no doubt he meant what he said.

[Prism]

8. Calling someone a "faggot" is never musical

Which is exactly the equivalent of "puto". I know, it's Spanish, we're not supposed to realize precisely what's being said.

Lopez has a long history of mocking LGBTers as part of his shtick.

And, yes, I know he was honored by and works with GLAAD. Unfortunately, some people really don't know what certain words mean in Spanish, and GLAAD is apparently full of them. Or, they give him a pass because he does things for them.

Either way, not impressed.