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Gay epithets in Penny Arcade
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It sounds like you have a problem with being gay itself.
In fact, you remind me of the militantly anti-gay father in American Beauty, who eventually ends up murdering a guy because he came onto him and was rejected.
I mean...I know heaps of gay people. They are all happy people.
It sounds like the reason you had all this happen to you is because you have a problem with the fact that you're gay.
"Do you understand that being gay is a daily thing?"
Do you understand that having AIDS is a daily thing?
Do you understand that being schizophrenic is a daily thing?
See the parallel? You're likening it to a bad thing. and THAT is where your problem lies.
huhuhuh. "Gabe Ruth".
Solution: Choose not to be offended.
I don't really understand the logic behind that. Sexual preference has no place outside of who you have your relationship with.
I don't want people constantly acknowledging I am straight, because it is unneccesary.
If you are talking about the use of the word "Gay", well, when it comes down it it "Gay" initially meant "Happy", and homosexuals adopted it, possibly thinking it would mean they are happy or something.
It became negatively connotated, and straight guys simply re-adopted it, using it to bring across its negative connotation, not neccesarily implying something is gay, just using the negative feeling behind the word.
If it came to your mind, then I guess it's what YOU are thinking. Gay sex is not for everybody - obviously. That's why we have the expression "bi-curious".
I suspect that you have an unhealthy set of moral impulses that causes you to become upset at things that otherwise would cause you no distress. An extreme analogy would be the Pakistani father who brutally murders his daughter because she had the audacity to sully his honor by getting raped. This simply is not a healthy reaction to the stimuli.
I don't care because the words do no harm to me, or anyone. In the context of the people who commonly read them, drama queens and similar humorless outliers excepted, people realize that ironic profane language is only making fun of bigots.
Being incensed at every reference only marginalizes you further.
If you feel sexuality has no place outside of my relationship, then why condone straight people kissing, holding hands, or expressing their affection in public. Life would be boring if people had to keep their loves in the closet.
Ah. Okay. Fuck you.
The "its our word" thing is one of the stupidest, most ghettoizing concepts in the goddamn world.
Stoppit.
Just using common sense you could probably tell that Tycho and Gabe are actually pretty good at keeping their stuff racially and sexually non-offensive, and they're both pretty genuinely caring people to boot. And if you did email them about your concerns, they probably would apologize for whatever slight they've cause you, imagined or not. But they shouldn't have to, because you really should have gotten over this on your own.
It's hard to debate that. Within the gay community there is a divide over the usage of queer. I don't think it's fair to say it's usage is completely positive or negative. I'm speaking in generalities. Queer expresses anger and is self-empowering to many gays.
Lost. Cause.
But what you are doing is trying to build them up into these larger-than-life monstrosities of intolerance -- you are making them embodiments of all anti-homosexual intolerance there is. You are supplying the people who hate you with tools to express that hate.
Woah, I didn't notice you actually responded to me. No no, what I mean is: if I say "So then Pol Pot said 'You're a fag, Durandal'", you would not say to me "Durandal! I am appaled that you would use that slur against me. Stop being homophobic."
Because that would be crazy, I rarely if ever have endorsed Pol Pot's policies or opinions. Why would something attributed to him reflect on me?
The average XBL jackass isn't someone Gabe and Tycho and Mr. Period want you to admire. They want you to scorn him.
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I agree with Incenjucar again. If this thread continues, the internets may very well explode.
In the name of pasty white guys everywhere, I'm reclaiming honky.
(that was @Dhalphir)
First, being gay is not an orientation.
I like Tycho and Gabe. I like Penny Arcade. I made me laugh. That doesn't mean I should ignore the use of an epithet in their writing - whatever their intent. Besides, everybody who contributes to this thread is in fact helping me "get over it". Thanks
wow. you have problems. being gay is not one of them.
but I'd say that you not being comfortable with the fact that you are is.
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That is still within your relationship. Going into a job interview and introducing yourself as gay really should not occur. Assuming you follow many workplaces rules, relationship based affairs should stay out of the workplace.
And yes, If I saw two gay guys making out I would be weirded out. It is not a facet of life I am used to. But even so, when I see a straight couple getting into it I get weirded out.
How do you not understand what homoeroticism means? I mean, I realize that you aren't a linguist, but you might want to look into becoming more familiar with the english language. Here's a hint, there's an undercurrent of homosexual attraction between Gabe and Tycho which drives some/most of the interactions between them and makes the jokes even more funny. Well, that and the watch.
As to choosing to be offended by an epithet's existence, well I don't know what to tell you other than life sucks.
It sucks long and hard. :winky:
The three years I spent in prison, I was never allowed to use the N word. I was also not "allowed" to convert to Islam because it "belonged" to the blacks in prison. Ghettoes exist whether you like it or not. The fact that you don't like ghettoes just suggests that you are one of the comfortable majority that doesn't understand minority struggles.
That's...that's a weird thing to say.
I...I want to know if you're actually saying that being gay is a choice, but at the same time I've already expressed my horror at the prospect.
I know what you proffer is madness, and yet I am drawn inexplicably to it.
Are...are you Cthulu?
Back that up with reasoning and evidence or take your crap somewhere else. Being a member of a minority does not allow you to dictate changes to how the rest of society identifies you.
Because prison and not-prison are the exact same thing.
Especially outside of actual ghettos.
Seriously dude, move to a more liberal area.
The fact that he doesn't like ghettoes is because they keep minorities in the fucking ghetto, you stubborn cunt.
Good. Fucking. God.
Preventing integration is not a good thing.
And, really, dude, buttfucking is not a new or scary phenomenon to anyone here.
I am an artist and I work out of my home studio. I do that because after years of being a graphic artist and listening to straight co-workers talk about their kids and their wives, I got tired and moved to a job where I was boss and set my own rules. Yay me.
I hate the misplaced guilt people have over being disquieted over the minorly socially aberrant behavior. I'm personally about as repulsed by the "I am thiiiiiiiiiiiiis gay, darling!" crowd as I am by the "IT'S TIME TO CHUG SOME BREWSKIES AND LOOK AT SOME MAD TITTIES YO!" crowd. The moment your genitals and the direction that they point are shoved in my face, I become anti-whatever-the-hell-you-are.
So I can't tell if you're condoning the fact that you couldn't convert to Islam or use the N-word, or angry that it happened and are deciding that it's time us breeders stopped using your word.
Oh my god you're one of those people.
Stick a fork in this thread guys, I'm pretty sure it's done.
Do you paint naked men?
Ghettoes exist because the outside majority often excludes minorities from social advancement. Nobody is forcing a race or group of people to live together - they choose to; for support. Integration would be great bigots didn't still run things.
This thread is gay.
Has anyone done that joke yet?
Duh. Did you go to the link in my profile?
As someone who also happens to have sex and relationships with members of their own gender, I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one.
And if you want to fight for your rights and actually make a difference, instead of just wasting yours and everyone else's time, you need to fight effectively. As much as I'd like to write diatribes about every black and chinese stereotype I see that's offensive to my racial background, the rest of the world, and especially the internet, only cares so much about your cause, whether it's just or unjust. They'll accomodate you to an extent, and after that you're going to have to compromise.
So ask yourself: is this really where you want to be spending your goodwill? I'm going to tell you now it's a limited resource, as horribly unfair as that might be.
This is true. Respectful behavior is needed regardless of what side you're on.
Also, I'd rather acknowledge a prejudice than do that "I don't see color" BS. Of course I think gay people, black people, women, and people who enjoy racing games are odd. They aren't me. Acknowledging that is the first step to not allowing it to influence your judgments as much.
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I spit my milk through my nose at his, for serious.
Also the OPer is monstrously annoying and unreasonably over-sensitive. You are without compromise and give no credence to the way the world works. Its not all about you, your ego is the problem here not Penny Arcade's occasional use of 'gay' as a negative insult.
Also this thread is totally gay.