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2018 Winter Olympics PyeongChang
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:03:06 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
1 day ago - (CNN)Gay US Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon turned down a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence I'm sure this is fake news, there are no Gay male figure skaters. How silly.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:20:01 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
What do you expect, when he idolizes a sorry excuse for a human being whose only contribution will take place after he dies and his constituent elements serve as manure for weeds. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:29:18 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | Foxnews executive vice president John Moody wrote an op-ed in which he criticized the U.S. Olympic team and their diversity “Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger.’ It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to ‘Darker, Gayer, Different.’ If your goal is to win medals, that won’t work," WTF Yea we have athletes of color on the team Yea we have gays on the team Yea some athletes are in their 30's Every single one earned their spot on the team That's the way it works. You earn your way onto the team. Fox took down the op-ed http://www.complex.com/sports/2018/02/fox-news-deletes-own-vice-president-op-ed-targeting-darker-gayer-olympics http://deadline.com/2018/02/fox-news-darker-gayer-olympics-column-pulled-john-moody-1202283434/ http://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-usa-olympics-column-removed-2018-2 Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:35:35 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Interesting how you capitalized the word "gay." Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:39:30 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12531 |
He always does. Shows a lot of respect for the gays! “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:44:19 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Just google gay ninja warrior... "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| February 9th, 2018 at 5:44:23 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It's frequently capitalized when you want to make it clear you are referring to a homosexual, and not someone who is 'lighthearted and carefree', the other definition of gay. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 9th, 2018 at 6:08:34 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Jesse Owens, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis, Greg Louganis. Just to name four. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| February 9th, 2018 at 9:09:22 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I did not know this. I haven't heard the latter definition since the early 1960's. Okay, to be fair, I wasn't born then, but I'm going off of TV shows like I Love Lucy, which did use the latter usage. I can't remember ever hearing it on color TV. Not that one source confirms or denies your stance, but I checked just one, the Log Cabin Republicans, and they use the lower case:
Source Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| February 9th, 2018 at 9:21:19 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
This writer prefers the capital G, but he implies that the idea is not universally accepted. http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2014/01/making_the_case_for_the_uppercase_gay.php He also likes "the Gay population" instead of "the Gay community" because he believes a community is too easily dismissed. The association with (male) homosexuality likely got a boost from the term "gay cat", used as far back as 1893 in American English for "young hobo," one who is new on the road, also one who sometimes does jobs. Since some of these hobos were also homosexual. But the word didn't appear in psychological writings until the late 1940s, evidently picked up from gay slang. The "Dictionary of American Slang" reports that "gay" was used by homosexuals, among themselves, in this sense at least since 1920. |