slothrop Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 The amount of gay content on cc.com has declined noticeably since Dwayner and Pope left. Maybe "*" just doesn't come up. There have been, how many, one or two black people to offend around here? Use of "Republican" has declined since they all left for assendscionist.com or after the last of their brains leaked out while watching FOX. "Wanker" has to be the most-used epithet, probably because pretty much all of us like to wank about climbing on the Intraweb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 " Often as not assholes hoist themselves on their own petards" That's pretty good OW. With your permission can that be my new signature? Seriously though, I appreciate your answer. It has alot to do with context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Stop being so sensitive. You fags are ruining our reputation. Shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Damn, you're right. Let me try again... Fuck you off white! and your Shakespeare spewing, pansy-assed, "thoughtful responses"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 off whitey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Feel the Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Well the gay jokes are offensive, it's just that some battles are not worth fighting. [sarcasm] Anyway, everyone knows that gays are the new black people. [/sarcasm] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 but when you put them out in the fields to pick cotton, they won't sing unless you give them a piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Tuff Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (Because it's more acceptable to be anti-gay than racist.) Ah, I don't think gay people as a group have historically suffered the degree or quantity of indignity that blacks have, either. At least I don't think the KKK was out rounding up queers to lynch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelfArrest Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Ah, I don't think gay people as a group have historically suffered the degree or quantity of indignity that blacks have, either. At least I don't think the KKK was out rounding up queers to lynch... Yes but the Nazi's were rounding them up under the "exterminate through work" campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual_chocolate Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Dudes, gays have been ostracized and killed through the ages! You still get killed in some countries for being gay. Yeah things have changed in western countries, but just the language that gets used at a climber's(!) site is pretty indicative of a level of discomfort that still exists with the idea of homosexuality. It's a phenomenon that I still find interesting, its history and reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 It's a good question, and the answer is fuzzy. I suppose it depends on a combination of context and the mood of any given moderator at the moment. Racial epithets are pretty clearly on the "over the top" list as is posting porn, pedophilia, and such. Strangely enough, sheep and goat sex is in bounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 what's wrong with spray???? threads are becoming LESS offensive and MORE thought-provoking by page 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Exactly What I'm Saying!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Exactly What I'm Saying!!! climbing news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Enough of this PC bullshit In reality a number of clients of mine are homosexual. I like thier money just as much as the money of my hetro clients. On the other hand the whole concept of gay sex is gross, and it's something I'd never do...unless I was forced to in prison. Therefore when I say something is, "gay," I mean it's something I'd never do unless forced to under extreme duress. What you PC people want me to do is spend my life typing instead of expressing myself in a three letter word Well here's a 4 and a 3 letter word Fuck You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I drop splats on you all from great heights: Did you get your "prison duress" on your ski traverse, Kurt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Nope, there were lots of furry animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griz Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Off White always does seem pretty clear headed and as a moderator I have a question for you...So I joined this thread by kidding griz about some chest beating and the retort involved the use of a familiar gay epithet. Anyway, not a big deal, I've been called alot worse. But it got me thinking...If "fag" is ok to use on this board what else is ok? Maybe I'll say something that someone will think defines me as African. Can I be "artnigger' then? Jewish? How about "artkike". Did I just cross a line? Off White... Mary Lou... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkyclimber Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Here are Dan Savage's thoughts on the issue (the use of the term "gay", not Off White, or climbers or any of the other drivel in this thread) from his February 22 column: Officially, FWFR? It's so not okay to use "gay" as a synonym for lame. When you use "gay" like that, you're reinforcing a cultural prejudice against gay people—I mean duh, right? You may not be a homophobe, but using that expression is homophobic, and when you use it you're helping to sustain the prejudice that deprives your gay friends of their civil rights and marriage rights. Unofficially, FWFR? I don't care what you do. Most of the gay people I know use "that's so gay" the same way you do, and the few times I've overheard strangers using the expression, people who may or may not have been gay, I had to concede the point: The thing they were tagging as so gay was, in fact, so gay. Finally, FWFR, a buddy who uploads a Phil Collins CD onto his computer isn't a dumbshit, he's a douchebag. Please make a note of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 WIPER OF OTHER PEOPLES' BOTTOMS! YOUR MOTHER SMELLS OF ELDERBERRIES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Those guys probably dont even know what beer pirates drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 They forgot to mention most of you weenies are also COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Those guys probably dont even know what beer pirates drink. PBArrrrrr ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Don't you feel sorry for the Commies? They lost the cold war and were subjected to humiliating things like capitalism and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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