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From the Ridiculous to the Sublime
ednbarby:
That's a very good point, Sarah. I suppose it's better than not acknowledging it at all and just going on about your merry gay-bashing way. It just makes me sad that we're still apparently at least several decades from it no longer being socially acceptable to admit it.
henrypie:
Speaking of "I'm not racist," I once babysat a little kid who stuck out her chest and defiantly said "I'm not racial!"
Lord, I don't remember exactly what we were talking about, but she was like a little baby poisonous snake, trying out her venom-glands on me. If she hadn't been so dangerous, she would have been cute.
Sheyne:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 24, 2006, 09:49:39 am ---That's what's so stunning about his acceptance of my answers - he's *totally* in the "But why?" stage. He's also doing this thing where he'll ask me what something is, I'll tell him, (e.g., "What's that animal on the TV, Mommy?" "It's a hippopotamus.") and he'll go, "No, it isn't." :P
--- End quote ---
*shudder*
My son's standard response to anything is: "do you know why it is?"
Like, he couldn't just sit pretty with "why" like every other kid. No, no, no.. Will's gotta go with the "do you know why it is?"
eg: "Mummy, this is a dodecagon." "Yes, Will." *pause*.... "Do you know why it is?" "Well, yeah, cause it's a shape that has 10 sides." *pause* you know it's coming... "Do you know why it is?"
*sheyne takes loooong sip of coffee*
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 24, 2006, 09:51:54 am --- I'd bet you a million dollars this same guy would *never* say "You know what a racist I am."
--- End quote ---
Nor would Jay Leno (or whoever) make racist jokes on TV.
David:
Things are getting better. A few decades ago if a black person and white person married it was scandalous. Today nobody looks twice. Eventually when a gay couple moves in to a neighborhood the other residents will be happy because most gay couples often fix up reglected neighborhoods.
There will always be isolated incidents of hate crimes. It is only when people are exposed to nice gay people that they realize that there is nothing to fear. It is when kids are raised in areas that have no gay role models that they often fall into the homophobic behavior of their parents.
But think of how far society has come in just the past 10 years. Thank goodness NBC aired Will & Grace. That opened the door to the closet. It is easy to spot the Jack McFarlands of the world, but there are alot of Will Trumans out there that are still invisable. Maybe that is why we love Jack & Ennis so much. They have not just broken the stereotype but broke our hearts.
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