Today…?
I’ll discuss the use of the word, “gay”. As in, “Man, that is sooooo gay.” or “Dude, you are sooooo gay.”
Or even more so, “Your AMC Pacer is sooooo fucking gay!!”I guess the use of the word “gay” in those contexts are, much like the word “retarded”, offensive to some people.
Let me tell you all…
It isn’t offensive to me.
In fact, I am just taking back the word from those tube steak lovin’ guys and rug chewin’ chicks who hijacked a word that used to have such a pleasant meaning.
Gay used to mean…happy, joyful, merry. The homosexuals hijacked the word, and applied it to their, Affront-to-GAWD Almighty behavior and lifestyle.
I don’t recall happy, joyful, merry people crying into their champagne coolies when the definition of the word changed, unlike the gay folks do today when their definition is used in a "hurtful" way.
Suck it up, girlie men and manly girls, at least no one is calling you retarded. Well…
Unless you’re Perez Hilton, because in addition to being one, gay, bitter pud-humper, he is incredibly retarded as well.In spite of the scowls of others, I use the word, “gay”, in the context of silly, stupid, or childish.
Now seriously, is my meaning and use of the word closer to the original meaning, or the meaning used by members of the “gay” community?
Another thing I truly dislike about the anti-gay word use are the public service announcements that are running.
Hell, Hillary Duff (purrrrrrrrrrrrr) does an “anti-that is so gay” use ad. I guess she hates me now.
That’s too bad because, I find her and her sister kinda hot. Ha. Kidding. I’m not into young chicks.
In fact, if a chick is younger than 22, I don’t care how smokin’ hot she is, I won’t imagine her naked.
Okay, who am I kidding? If she’s younger than 14, I don’t care how smokin’ hot she is, I won’t imagine her naked.
But I digress…Here’s my point, Bitches…
There is a frequent commenter and Bagwine friend Vinny (Italian descent), whom I call a “Dago” from time to time.
Of course, looking at that cute picture of him, I should probably call him a “Gaygo”…anyhoo…He will call me a Mick or a drunken Irishman from time to time. We mean nothing hurtful by it, because we know how each other's truly feels about the other.
(Of course, given our feelings, that begs the question: Why aren’t we simply calling each other, “asshole?”)
Additionally, meanings of words change…they evolve and morph into different meanings over time. It’s not a big deal; it happens. So folks, suck it up.
We will all, over our lives, say hurtful things, and “politically incorrect” things, but I don’t care much for political correctness.
I am much more concerned as to the context and tenor in which a word or phrase is used, and more importantly…
About the “human correctness” and actions of another, not necessarily a frowned upon word or phrase they may use.
Cheers!!
29 comments:
Snugs: N-Word? What's that? Cheers!!
I was talking with a friend of mine about books when my wife got in the room and said it was the gayest thing she'd ever seen. I told her if we had talked about books while wanking each other, that would have been gay. Otherwise, it was just lame.
I understand if a guy is banging another guy while the one guy is watching Bravo and the other reading US Weekly, and one of them has bleached hair and the other is high on poppers, and you open the door and see that, then you can safely say, "Dude, that's so gay." But if you enter the room and a guy is watching the movie version of Mama Mia, singing along, you can simply say instead, "You're dead to me. I wish your mother had an abortion. You're a waste of oxygen. You fuck." That's a more accurate thing to say.
sooooo....it is okay to use the words retard, faggot, and bitch...but you gotta use an "N" instead of using the word nigger?
sheesh
obviously there are LEVELS of derogatory name calling political incorrectness. Is it a scale of one to ten? Or is it just black and white?
see the problem is that what is offensive changes with time. Colored use to be cool...then it was black...now it is African-American. (so are there American-Africans over there?)
And my grandfather always lit the fire with a faggot. He never understood the uproar when he said so.
PITS: HAHAHAHAHA...You are a damn genius. Cheers PITS!!
Kat: Thank you for conveying in your comment what I wanted to express to Snugs but couldn't find the words in which to do so. Cheers Kat!!
I call my sister a bitch sometimes and sometimes I mean it in the nicest way.
...I think even in the days of yore, when the word 'gay' had its original meaning, it was a gay word...
This whole gay discussion is so retarded.
Phfrankie: I'm sure you probably just hurt the feelings of the word. Word Hurter!! Cheers!!
Jay: But I put my heart and soul into it. Why do you hate? Cheers Jay!!
Good morning, fucktard.
Much love from your friendly neighborhood slant-eye.
Songbird: Right back at ya, you quasi-wooden shoe wearin' bitch, you. Cheers!!
Sigh. Are ya ready? My father's name is Gaylan - my sister is named after him and hence her name is Amy Gay. I'd spent a good portion of my life listening to people calling my dad "Gay," "Uncle Gay," etc. thought nothing of it - it IS a happy word!
(In my house, saying "that is so Gay" generally referred to something akin to rocket science as Dad is an engineer.)
Then one day (and probably sooner than for most because I grew up in the San Fran Bay Area), Bam! My sister starts to go by Amy G. (move over Kenny) and people damn near get whiplash when my cousins say, "Hey, Uncle Gay!"
Yup, I remember the good old days when a faggot was "just" a piece of wood.
Oh, and one's sexual orientation doesn't bother me in the slightest - I have friends of all persuasions whom I dearly love - it's just a bummer that we have to be so bloody careful about using a word that used to mean something else! THAT is lame!
Desert Rat: You have summed up with your last sentence (the bloody careful thing) what I will be discussing tomorrow. Hell's fire, I feel like a professor giving a lecture series!! Thanks again, for the "porn", Hot Stuff. Cheers!!
Why was gay chosen as the word for homosexuals? I'm sure it wasn't because they were so happy to be considered different from the norm and ridiculed as well as discriminated against. How about 3dollarbill? Too wordy? we could abriviate it to throb no that doesn't trip lightly off the tongue. Hey maybe that is why they chose the word gay because it skips off the tongue when spoken. Actually I like the word homosexual. I like the way it sounds when spoken, same goes for heterosexual but I pronounce it hetrosexual. Blah blah blah I could go on but why HA!
Lu: As a student of language, I have found that many words take the most circuitous routes to their present day destinations. Oh well...what do you expect when humans are involved? Cheers Lu!!
everyone should sit down and listen to the words to Merle Haggards song..."are the good times really over for good"...it has many variations of word defenitions...and a great tune to go with it..
Also I am bitter that being Greek leaves me no good one liners like Deserts or the possibility of footwear insults.
All I got is sheep fucking =(
Words are only words..The intentions of the person speaking is the only thing we need to concern ourselves with.
I've been admonished several times for using 'hurtful and racially insensitive language on my blog.
Why should I have to change my vocabulary to suit the PC police? I think my actions speak louder than words.
there are two words that I detest, the N word and the C word. I am sure it comes from some dark repressed childhood issue. I don't like those words so I don't type them out, it has nothing to do with one being worse than the other.
Teamster: Merel rocks...in spite of his right bent on politics. Cheers!!
Starr: Jealous and having gay envy is no way to go through life. Cheers!!
Hammer: And that, my good man, is all you need worry yourself about. I mean, if you need worry about anything. Cheers!!
Snugs: Ha...If that's the case, don't bother reading my post tomorrow. Cheers!!
Aww Matt are you gonna rock the C or N ;)
Most importantly...I thought you trashed all the pictures on your computer? OH wait, the unimportant pictures...not the pictures of your secret gay crush which makes you retarded in your normal life because you dream of having your limp mick d**k in between my tight Dago bu**cheeks....
Did I miss the point of this post somehow? Now let's go smoke some faggots
NO, I am not advocating the drive-by shooting of the people outside The Blue Angel...faggot is a cigarette...in England
Wow - Starr is ethnically one-liner envious of me? How'd I manage that?
Yeah but at least I get to toss a little bestiality into the mix ;)
Starr: You'll see my dear. Cheers!!
Bond: Ha. Good One. I did dump them but can always go back and get them from previous posts. Cheers Vinny!!
Songbird: Write this day down. Cheers!!
Starr: Bah Bah Bah. Cheers!!
Look at Bond all cute with short hair.
It's not the words it's the meaning as you know my witty friend
TB: He's such a princess. Cheers TB!!
I am soooo late coming to this party, but do agree with your, "I am much more concerned as to the context and tenor in which a word or phrase is used," however, I think it's always good to err on the side of caution when using any emotionally charged word.
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