Happy Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month

[Chad Feldheimer]

Celebrate diversity, eliminate discrimination, and come together as Americans!

Look at the difference Black History Month has made..

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

Goddammit children you've got to be kind.

How Goddammit is not filtered but the p word for male's reproductive organ is.

I get an infraction for the p word but goddammit is totally cool? Hypocrisy at it's best.

 

[One Brow]

Seriously, if you're so "ashamed" than you're a loser to be part of something you're "ashamed" of.

It's hard to be a force for change if you quit the playing field.

 

[Archie Moses]

It's hard to be a force for change if you quit the playing field.

Or it's better to not participate in something you're ashamed of.

 

[One Brow]

I think on the whole, there are much more advantages when given similar economic upbringing to being a minority than being white.

That's so easy to say when you are of European descent, and so obviously untrue when you are not. Although, it's probably less obvious to people in their 20s than to those in their 40s.

 

[sirkickyass]

Or it's better to not participate in something your ashamed of.

To borrow a phrase from a different time: it's a little like letting the terrorists win.

And trust me if I decide I hate this place enough to leave one day there will be an epic flameout. You all will know I've lost my ****. GVC will have seemed tame by comparison.

That's so easy to say when you are of European descent, and so obviously untrue when you are not. Although, it's probably less obvious to people in their 20s than to those in their 40s.

I think it's a particular bugaboo when you're in school. When I was in college I used to fixated on the issue. At one point when I was applying to law school I actually did an econometric analysis of admissions information compiled on lawschoolnumbers.com to figure out roughly how many LSAT points being a minority was worth at various schools (it's a shockingly high number, except at Duke where it's virtually no advantage at all). Needless to say I was seriously invested in the idea that I was getting screwed. My whole tune changed when I started focusing on employment outcomes rather than admissions.

 

[Archie Moses]

Nicolas Cage lost his ****. That's my favorite video on youtube by far. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend.

 

[Beantown]

So I take it you're backing off your position that any opinion is de facto not trolling. Too bad, I had something up my sleeve that would have really enraged you.

He's already received a warning in this thread for inappropriate, insulting, and demeaning content. He's continuing down the same line of thought that got him the warning. I'm not exactly way out on a limb.

This board's culture is so frequently socially regressive that I'm ashamed to be a part of it. But hey, I'm glad that every few months we can reliably have a "pick on transgendered persons" thread while the usual suspects rally around and argue that they have a legitimate opinion.

So Kicky, how many infractions or warning has Katie recieved? Because Katie has made specific threads about protesting the LDS church or just comments made by them. Im guessing if I or others made threads specifically about protesting gay and transgender events or other current events we would be getting infractions.

Just asking that you keep it fair if people are getting infractions for disagreeing with eachother.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

This thread is so gay.





There, I said it. Phew.

Expect an infraction for that.

 

[Sloanfeld]

No one's forcing you to stay. Just saying...

Don't worry, if there was nobody else here, kicky would just pull a hopper and argue himself with multiple accounts.

 

[PearlWatson]

I keep hoping that people will stop being close-minded and hateful. It's the last shred of optimism I have left.

Unfortunately so many on this website count those qualities among their positive traits. Hey it's just their opinion right?

Goddammit children you've got to be kind.

That's just your angelic innocence talking.

I think you even beat trout off the hateful line when I arrived.

 

[PearlWatson]

Trannie has the connotation of a male hooker dressed as a female, if I'm not mistaken. I'm pretty sure the word all together has a different intended meaning than transexual/transgender. I guess if you put it in context, calling a transgender/transexual person a trannie would be the social equivalent of calling a female a "whore". And like the term "whore" you don't just want to throw it around willy-nilly, probably want to save that one for a rainy day. Really cuts deep.

They had their pride day a bit ago.

 

[Jason]

This thread is closed - too many infraction requests that it's not worth continuing.