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January 2, 2010
GLSEN Fags Don't Get South Park
Posted by Gregory of Yardale at January 2, 2010 9:59 AM
A friend alerts me to a poll that the fags at GLSEN have put up after an episode of South Park offended them by using the word "Fags." The poll asks the question, "Do you think it is ever ok to use the word fag, even when referring to someone who is not gay?"
So far, almost 6,000 fags have voted in the poll, and "Yes" is winning by about 67%. I don't think this is the outcome the fags at GLSEN wanted.
I don't know why the agendized elites are always so far behind the times. The use of the word "fag" meaning something other than "flaming queer" was common when I was in high school... which is longer ago than I wish it were. The marching band referred to themselves as "band fags." Kids who took orders at Dominos wore the title "Phone Fag." Even teh ghey kids used it like that.
Also, I think the wording of the poll question is pretty gay.
I have other ideas for GLSEN polls. How about, "Do you think it is ever okay to promote fisting to middle school kids?" Or, "Do teachers have a responsibility to report it to authorities when an underage boy is being molested by a dirty old man he met in a bus station bathroom?"
Seriously though, there is kind of a right-left angle here. The left is all worried about words and symbolism. You can be an absolutely terrible person, but if you mouth the right platitudes and use politically correct speech, you'll still be adored on the left. Michael Moore trumpets his support for the working man, but treats his own employees like dirt according to everyone who has worked with him. Ruth Bader Ginsburg votes for Affirmative Action, but never hired a single African-American to clerk for her when she practiced in a predominately African-American urban area. Bill Maher and Bill Clinton embrace feminism, but treat actual women like disposable Kleenex. The left doesn't care about the bad things these people do, because their professed allegiance to political correctness trumps how they actually behave.
Whereas Rush Limbaugh's radio producer is African-American, and he still gets called a racist. Back in the 1980's, there was a Republican governor of Arizona, Evan Meacham, who was forced out of office because he used an archaic word that the Racial Grievance community found offensive. Later, the woman that cleaned his offices remembered him as a man who was kind to her and always asked about her family when she came in to work. The Democrat woman who succeeded him as Governor never even spoke to her.
We, on the right, are more like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. We don't think the language a person uses, or the jokes a person tells, are nearly as important as his character and how he actually treats those around him.
