On May 10 2011 20:30 deathly rat wrote:
Hating gay people is indefensible.
As far as I can tell the purpose of this thread is to discuss how young people use the word ""gay" to describe anything rubbish. Although it's an unfortunate development, the word "gay" was firstly misappropriated to mean "homosexual" rather than "Happy". Therefore I find the whole thing ironic. Fred Flintstone hasn't been able to have a "gay old time" without sniggers from the back for quite a while.
Agreed. On a related note, it is analogous to the misappropriation of the term faggot as well, as least in colloquial usage. Though when this started is beyond me.
on topic though, it's nice to see mckellen making rounds like this. I would imagine its only a matter of time before people start to realize homosexuality is in no way adverse or contagious (as some people seem to believe =[ ). Awareness is the start to understanding!