tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post4313731417862309861..comments2021-04-20T11:28:19.872-04:00Comments on Melted Faces: Hillary Duff - Voice of a GenerationTJSundayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17565202585107751851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post-44035922540265597792009-02-14T18:48:00.000-05:002009-02-14T18:48:00.000-05:00Anonymous: Your own link supports the idea that t...Anonymous: Your own link supports the idea that this word has come to refer to homosexuals of both genders over the last century and a half. I stand by my belief that those who appropriate the word for a negative connotation do so BECAUSE of what it has come to mean of late. And that is what's so mean-spirited about it. It is the "no one matters but me" attitude that offends.TJSundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565202585107751851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post-44108719667676584852009-02-14T13:43:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:43:00.000-05:00Gay means "light, happy" Its misused a lot, for a...Gay means "light, happy" Its misused a lot, for a whole history of reasons. I dont think its worth getting upset over though, since anyone using the term today to refer to homosexual men is already misusing the term ;)<BR/><BR/>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_the_word_gay_start_to_mean_homosexualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post-35743456043444718642009-02-12T14:35:00.000-05:002009-02-12T14:35:00.000-05:00While I agree the use of gay is annoying and slang...While I agree the use of gay is annoying and slang, I don't agree that it is not synonymous with lame.<BR/>Language changes, sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse. Talk to your grandparents or maybe great grandparents and they will tell you gay means happy and cheerful, but it certainly doesn't mean that to my generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post-55081670039949470752009-02-12T12:51:00.000-05:002009-02-12T12:51:00.000-05:00Nice post T. I was impressed as well when I saw t...Nice post T. I was impressed as well when I saw that PSA. <BR/><BR/>I hear ya Mitch. To me it's something like the situation of the "N" word and its decade-old counterpart in which the "...er" at the end has been replaced with an "...a"<BR/><BR/>Some of us who are old enough to have lived through a time when decent people of all races were trying to see the original eradicated from common use. As offensive a term as could be found, deeply charged with centuries of hate, abuse, anger and frustration. <BR/><BR/>And now it has come full circle, the almost-the-same word used with great frequency but now with a new social ruleset and meaning. <BR/><BR/>I personally cringe at the fact that this is the case, but understand that each half-generation that moves from childhood to adulthood develops its own standards of slang. The commonly-understood meanings of words do change over time, despite those of us who remember what they "used to mean" and the battles we rage around that.<BR/><BR/>So I guess you have to find a balance between standing up for what you deeply feel to be right and against the ignorance of others, but tempered with a lot of deep-breath-taking and acceptance that most of us are banging our heads against that wall of morons and assholes :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post-25036942104767524192009-02-12T09:04:00.000-05:002009-02-12T09:04:00.000-05:00"For once and for all, people, 'gay' ..."For once and for all, people, 'gay' is NOT synonymous with 'lame.'"<BR/><BR/>Sadly in a lot of the nation's vernacular it IS synonymous with lame. Does that make it right? No. But I know growing up I used to use it all the time. Now I'm 26 and have a much firmer grasp of reality and am mature enough to control myself, but it will come out now and again.<BR/><BR/>Even my gay WoW friend says it now and again >.>Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319274326354800966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024214054825838944.post-25587837977685661282009-02-12T02:27:00.000-05:002009-02-12T02:27:00.000-05:00Hear! Hear!/applaudand AMEN!Hear! Hear!<BR/><BR/>/applaud<BR/><BR/>and AMEN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com