Comments on: “That’s So Gay” http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:17:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649/comment-page-1#comment-7885 John Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:51:15 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649#comment-7885 Wow, this is an interesting statistic! Actually, is "gay" the #1 insult in America? I read the BBC article and it seemed the statistic is based on a survey of British schoolteachers. Am I reading it wrong? Wow, this is an interesting statistic!

Actually, is “gay” the #1 insult in America? I read the BBC article and it seemed the statistic is based on a survey of British schoolteachers. Am I reading it wrong?

]]> By: howller http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649/comment-page-1#comment-7808 howller Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:56:49 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649#comment-7808 Not only is "Gay" first on the list, but 8 out of the 11 most commonly used insults are derogatory slang terms for homosexual people. If that doesn't describe a suspect class, I don't know how much more evidence one would need. Not only is “Gay” first on the list, but 8 out of the 11 most commonly used insults are derogatory slang terms for homosexual people. If that doesn’t describe a suspect class, I don’t know how much more evidence one would need.

]]> By: Mombian » Blog Archive » Survival of the Tolerant http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649/comment-page-1#comment-7780 Mombian » Blog Archive » Survival of the Tolerant Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:19:16 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/18/1649#comment-7780 [...] of the term in a pejorative sense, and an interesting read for language geeks as well. (Thanks to Box Turtle Bulletin for the [...] [...] of the term in a pejorative sense, and an interesting read for language geeks as well. (Thanks to Box Turtle Bulletin for the [...]

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