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or it just means... LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 08/09/2010 08:18:57 PM
that she grew up in a society where faggot was an insult and spoke without thinking. Like people do when they say something is "Retarded". No, they may not have anything against retarded people, but it's what they're used to saying, hearing, etc... She probably didn't think "ahhh yah i'll call them GAY. GAY to mean they're GIRLY. that'll SHOW 'EM." She used an insult that is a common societal insult, probably without thinking about what she was saying much at all (clearly).

While this is all still a problem, it's a societal problem and pointing fingers at her and going YOU NEED TO REEVALUATE YOUR VERY BEING SERIOUSLY HERE MISSY is silly. Like you've never mocked someone else with a word based on an insulting stereotype. Blonde, retard, ass (just think of how those poor donkeys feel!! :P)...
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Interesting way to bring people together - 08/09/2010 04:36:19 PM 2066 Views
That is priceless. Go Stephanie Rice! *NM* - 08/09/2010 04:38:27 PM 558 Views
omigod....what a ridiculous overreaction - 08/09/2010 04:55:55 PM 1246 Views
omigod....what a ridiculous overreaction - 08/09/2010 04:55:55 PM 931 Views
1. That girl is an idiot who needs to do some soul searching... - 08/09/2010 07:07:47 PM 1208 Views
? not that her comment was excusable... - 08/09/2010 07:45:59 PM 1293 Views
It's not a cardinal sin against humanity... - 08/09/2010 07:55:55 PM 1398 Views
or it just means... - 08/09/2010 08:18:57 PM 1336 Views
Societal problems don't go away from the group level. - 08/09/2010 08:25:21 PM 1143 Views
your soul is your being - 08/09/2010 08:43:18 PM 1194 Views
Just because you search does not mean you re-evaluate. - 08/09/2010 08:45:31 PM 1095 Views
You have an odd definition of homophobe (or at least that's what your last paragraph implies). - 08/09/2010 10:04:52 PM 1188 Views
I was trying to use her words... - 08/09/2010 10:17:32 PM 1286 Views
Ah, okay. Her apology does seem rather clumsy, agreed there. - 08/09/2010 11:05:34 PM 1131 Views
Glad to clear up that confusion. - 08/09/2010 11:11:35 PM 1296 Views
I don't think you should read too much in the exact wording of her apology. - 08/09/2010 11:24:21 PM 1197 Views
I'm horrible for tearing into the meaning of words. - 08/09/2010 11:36:34 PM 1171 Views
Entirely agree *NM* - 08/09/2010 10:46:12 PM 631 Views
You should watch that Southpark episode where they change the meaning of the word faggot. - 08/09/2010 09:24:16 PM 1066 Views
I've seen it, and it was funny. - 08/09/2010 09:40:43 PM 1274 Views
Suspect you need to consider the way the word is used in other countries. - 08/09/2010 09:46:05 PM 1118 Views
I admit, I don't know many (any) kiwis personally (in person that is)... - 08/09/2010 09:52:45 PM 1114 Views
The insult word for homosexuals Downunder tends to be Fruit or Queer. - 08/09/2010 09:58:04 PM 1303 Views
Don't forget Poofta!! - 08/09/2010 10:57:00 PM 960 Views
Heh, I had forgotten that. - 08/09/2010 10:58:53 PM 1221 Views
She said she needs to learn to think before she tweets lol - 08/09/2010 08:14:38 PM 1519 Views
Yes, but that's just a surface change. - 08/09/2010 08:20:59 PM 1351 Views
Re: Yes, but that's just a surface change. - 08/09/2010 08:39:52 PM 1569 Views
Re: Yes, but that's just a surface change. - 08/09/2010 08:43:55 PM 1196 Views
mm, i doubt that would make people shut up - 08/09/2010 08:44:29 PM 1064 Views
A concerted effort would do it... - 08/09/2010 08:47:50 PM 1141 Views
heh, it's pretty cool that everyone came together like that - 08/09/2010 10:52:50 PM 950 Views
"Just because a person is gay, mayor, doesn't mean he is a fag" - 09/09/2010 05:27:50 AM 1047 Views
It was a very good game though, wasn't it? *NM* - 09/09/2010 12:56:33 PM 667 Views

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