I don't remember disrespecting you whenever you began insinuating I was a lesbian with Annella, mocking my name, and saying I pretend to be smarter than I am.
***sigh*** No Mack, I was not insinuating any kind of homosexual relationship. I was using the "humping her leg" metaphor in relation to what appeared to me of you fawning all over her and making posts simply to win her admiration. I thought you would recognize that.....you know, with your superior intelligence and all........
Funny how I never claimed superior intelligence haha, but allright. "sigh" I'm talking about how you said it should be against my religion to have the name Mack in my screen name. and that by having it i was a dyke, and that too was against my religion
Really now, Mack......let's examine what I reallysaid.....
From: http://www.fusioncash.net/forum.php?topic=18034.225
Quote from myself: "
What I find a bit ignorant is a female christion referring to them self with a masculine screen name, considering the pervasiveness of homophobic and patriarchal ideologies in your chosen form of spirituality."
Now where in this statement any where do I call you homosexual? Your term for a lesbian is very offensive BTW, you might consider trying on some of that respect you guys are always harping about.
So yeah, as you told another member here recently, feel free to think before you post, Mack.
I don't consider dyke a derogatory name for a lesbian, I consider it the term for a masculine woman in a relationship with another woman, so sorry if I offended anyone.
Furthermore, you never explained how I have a masculine screen name, so feel free to think before you speak.
Wow. I agree 100% with Walks on the derogatory usage of that word. Hate to break it to you, mack, but just as you can't categorize heterosexual's couples elements neither can you do so with lesbian couples.
Thinking there is always 1 masculine and 1 feminine is a stereotype in and of itself. My suggestion is that if you don't want to be offensive or disrespectful, don't use words that are meant to incite.
Using the word dyke to refer to a lesbian, if you are not one, is the same as using the word 'n****r' to refer to a black person when you are not black. You have no business doing it because you have no clue about living it. I know you mentioned in another thread that "you have lesbian/gay friends" - NOT an exact quote, but I think you know what I am referring to. I would say you might be an
acquaintance of some gay people, but they are not friends, huge difference, at least in my opinion. My true 'friends' are those who know my entire life, my way of thinking, accept me for who I am, and people I know I can count on if I need them no matter what time it is or how busy they might be. I have many real friends who are gay. My best friend has been with her partner for 18 years and they just adopted a 2 year old little girl. I highly doubt these gay friends of your's fall into that category. I could very well be dead wrong on that, but I doubt that also. There are many males and females who declare themselves gay at a young age because it somehow makes them feel cool to say it and especially at your age and while at college. They in fact have NO idea what it is or the struggles true gays who are older have had to go through just to live in a relatively 'normal' way. Throw around the word dyke in a large city, a gay bar, etc., and you will quickly find out just how 'dyke' they can be - after they have face planted you on the floor.
Also, just because someone happens to fit a stereotype (which does happen, stereotypes are created for a reason) it does not justify calling them by a degrading name. I doubt when you see a black person eating chicken you think it's justifiable to use the stereotypical and degrading word that has been used in the past by ignorant generations. I have to wonder if you would have the audacity to refer to a more feminine homosexual male as a 'fairy' or a 'queen'?
It is amazing to me with so much knowledge and information at our finger tips, people still fail to explore any subject on their own and defend their actions or words without any substantive exploration.
edited to add: For the record, if a gay man wants to insult a lesbian, guess what he calls her? A 'dyke'.....