A dire threat is sweeping this great nation of ours: folks that hate teh ghey! Yes, that’s right, this week’s column will be about the Homofobik Teenz! Now, before I begin, perhaps a slight disclaimer is in order. Not ALL teenz, even with our reputation for conformity and closed-mindedness and the like, are homophobes. Some of us even run Facebook pages devoted to striking down DOMA, creatively titled
You haven't the faintest clue as to what you're talking about. The issue was never bullying or being flagrantly violent towards openly gay people, which is quite rare. The issue was shaming them into being closet cases to prevent anyone from being openly gay in the first place, which was done through jokes and comments insinuating that being homo is shameful or embarrassing. I have never felt like there was a direct, physical threat to me as a gay man, but a very large part of my life has been ruined by shame. That was always the issue. Growing up as a teen in the 80's, this was rampant, it is nearly non-existent today. Kids are coming out at - Jesus - 13 or 14. No one came out that young when I was a kid, we were all trying to pray it away. I heard no one say a single, even slightly positive thing about homosexuality - not family, friends and certainly not teachers - until I went to college. Everything, everywhere one looked, was immensely negative. Sorry, no snark.
I&#039;m sorry, you didn&#039;t offend me at all - I only mean to correct the impression that physical violence was or is some sort of huge problem for gays. It really isn&#039;t. This isn&#039;t Iran, after all. The psychological torture and bullying however, which <i>everyone</i> (mostly adults, actually) engaged in, was far worse. If all I had to endure was a daily ass kicking for being gay, I wouldn&#039;t care in the least. The real prize is convincing your target to hate themselves.
I can report from South Austin that no ICBMs have been seen in the atmosphere. However, today&#039;s is Eeyore&#039;s Birthday party at Pease park so a bunch of hippy -commie-pinko college kids will be dancing to music and beating drums. I&#039;m pretty sure some drinking, smoking and sexing will occur. Damn kids, gotta love em.
You haven&#039;t the faintest clue as to what you&#039;re talking about. The issue was never bullying or being flagrantly violent towards openly gay people, which is quite rare. The issue was shaming them into being closet cases to prevent anyone from being openly gay in the first place, which was done through jokes and comments insinuating that being homo is shameful or embarrassing. I have never felt like there was a direct, physical threat to me as a gay man, but a very large part of my life has been ruined by shame. That was always the issue. Growing up as a teen in the 80&#039;s, this was rampant, it is nearly non-existent today. Kids are coming out at - Jesus - 13 or 14. No one came out that young when I was a kid, we were all trying to pray it away. I heard no one say a single, even slightly positive thing about homosexuality - not family, friends and certainly not teachers - until I went to college. Everything, everywhere one looked, was immensely negative. Sorry, no snark.
I&#039;m sorry, you didn&#039;t offend me at all - I only mean to correct the impression that physical violence was or is some sort of huge problem for gays. It really isn&#039;t. This isn&#039;t Iran, after all. The psychological torture and bullying however, which <i>everyone</i> (mostly adults, actually) engaged in, was far worse. If all I had to endure was a daily ass kicking for being gay, I wouldn&#039;t care in the least. The real prize is convincing your target to hate themselves.
Then a remake must be in the works now.
Captain Planet.
Yeah, right.
Don&#039;t torture yourself, C_R_Eature. That&#039;s Kornacki&#039;s job.
&quot;My colon is full of eels&quot;?
There is (was) a fastfood chain named &quot;Wimpy&#039;s&quot;.
It&#039;s hard to be less miserable unless you&#039;re intentionally making others as miserable as you can.
That&#039;s probably not from one of the Gospels.
But did teh ghey cavemen have to ride teh ghey dinosaurs or did they allow intermixing back then?
So you ran into a couple Randroids?
Naw, I&#039;ve always been a bit of a troublemaker. It&#039;s not like this is the first time I managed to rouse the Elder Gods...
Oooo, just learned Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls and Foster&#039;s Home For Imaginary Friends are on Netflix Streaming!
Uh, you may not hear from me for a while.
Worst Haiku ever...
If I don&#039;t use the word &quot;Fag&quot;, can I still call Cheney, Bush and their descendents &quot;cocksuckers&quot;?
I can report from South Austin that no ICBMs have been seen in the atmosphere. However, today&#039;s is Eeyore&#039;s Birthday party at Pease park so a bunch of hippy -commie-pinko college kids will be dancing to music and beating drums. I&#039;m pretty sure some drinking, smoking and sexing will occur. Damn kids, gotta love em.
We need more Kid Zooms in the world.