Gay Commercial

flower

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by louti
http:///forum/post/3192161
How gay is this commercial, seriously?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS0GVOQPs0
I don't know if this is a new commercial, but I just saw it for the first time. Is this really what people are concerned about these days? I hate political correctness.

That was gay?? Don't they know that the word means happy and care free?

If a certain group of people want to associate themselves with a word, they should not be offended when it is used correctly to be happy and carefree, laughing at something silly looking, like a plastic chief...
 

cranberry

Active Member
When someone says "That statue is so gay", they aren't meaning happy. This has nothing to do with the double meaning of the word.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3192177
When someone says "That statue is so gay", they aren't meaning happy. This has nothing to do with the double meaning of the word.

I just want to say...that commercial was DUMB
 

reefraff

Active Member
The commercial would probably be a lot more effective if they didn't use a hypocrite like Wanda Sykes to put the message across. You ever hear the way she talks about people?
 

flower

Well-Known Member

All kidding aside...the word GAY is ridicules. I have known my fair share of same --- couples. One lady I know has got to be one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
It is like me getting offended by a dumb word like cracker to describe a white person..It is silly. A commercial showing offence at a dumb word is ridicules.
The young people were not making fun of a homosexual, they were making fun of a silly statue.
If the kids had said it was ugly and laughed, would every person with a low self esteem and sees themselves as ugly think they were being made fun of?
 

darthtang aw

Active Member
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3192194

I have known my fair share of same --- couples. One lady I know has got to be one of the sweetest people I ever knew.

Must remember...Family friendly site..........must hold back.......to easy............
 

cranberry

Active Member
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3192194
The young people were not making fun of a homosexual, they were making fun of a silly statue.
If the kids had said it was ugly and laughed, would every person with a low self esteem and sees themselves as ugly think they were being made fun of?
That's the whole point of the commercial. They were using a word that meant homosexual (not happy) to describe something they thought were stupid.
I don't think the word ugly compares. Everyone in this world is ugly and everyone in this world is not... it depends on whose eyes you're looking through.
Insert the word Jewish.....
 

flower

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3192221
That's the whole point of the commercial. They were using a word that meant homosexual (not happy) to describe something they thought were stupid.
I don't think the word ugly compares. Everyone in this world is ugly and everyone in this world is not... it depends on whose eyes you're looking through.
Insert the word Jewish.....

That is my point... the word gay, does not mean homosexual, anymore than cracker means stupid white person.
Those kids were laughing at a statue. The statue wasn't wearing a pink skirt, they were NOT calling the statue a homosexual. Nor did they indicate that they thought it looked like one.
The statue looked silly, and happy and frankly gay.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3192230
Actually, yes it does. Go look in the dictionary.
This is from Wikipedia

The term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637.[1]
The term later began to be used in reference to homosexuality, in particular, from the early 20th century, a usage that may have dated prior to the 19th century.[1] In modern English, gay has come to be used as an adjective, and occasionally as a noun, that refers to the people, practices, and culture associated with homosexuality. By the end of the 20th century the word gay was recommended by major style guides to describe people attracted to members of the same ---.[2][3] At about the same time, a new, pejorative use became prevalent in some parts of the world. In the Anglosphere, this connotation, among younger generations of speakers, has a derisive meaning equivalent to rubbish or stupid (as in "That's so gay."). In this use the word does not mean "homosexual", so that it can be used, for example, of an inanimate object or abstract concept of which one disapproves, but the extent to which it still retains connotations of homosexuality has been debated.[4][5]
 

meowzer

Moderator
Answers.com
adj., gay·er, gay·est.
1.Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same ---.
2.Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
3.Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.
4.Given to social pleasures.
5.Dissolute; licentious.
n.
1.A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same ---.
2.A man whose sexual orientation is to men: an alliance of gays and lesbians.
[Middle English gai, lighthearted, brightly colored, from Old French, possibly of Germanic origin.]
gayness gay'ness n.
USAGE NOTE The word gay is now standard in its use to refer to people whose orientation is to the same ---, in large part because it is the term that most gay people prefer in referring to themselves. Gay is distinguished from homosexual primarily by the emphasis it places on the cultural and social aspects of homosexuality as opposed to sexual practice. Many writers reserve gay for males, but the word is also used to refer to both sexes; when the intended meaning is not clear in the context, the phrase gay and lesbian may be used. Gay is often considered objectionable when used as a noun to refer to particular individuals, as in There were two gays on the panel; here phrasing such as Two members of the panel were gay should be used instead. But there is no objection to the use of the noun in the plural to refer collectively either to gay men or to gay men and lesbians, so long as it is clear whether men alone or both men and women are being discussed. See Usage Notes at homosexual.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Dictionary.com
gay definition gay (gā)
adjective
1.joyous and lively; merry; happy; lighthearted
2.bright; brilliant gay colors
3.given to social life and pleasures a gay life
4.wanton; licentious a gay dog
5.☆
a.homosexual: now often used specif. of male homosexuals
b.of, for, or relating to homosexuals, often, specif., male homosexuals gay liberation
 

flower

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3192236
Dictionary.com
gay definition gay (gā)
adjective
1.joyous and lively; merry; happy; lighthearted
2.bright; brilliant gay colors
3.given to social life and pleasures a gay life
4.wanton; licentious a gay dog
5.☆
a.homosexual: now often used specif. of male homosexuals
b.of, for, or relating to homosexuals, often, specif., male homosexuals gay liberation

LOL...the cook statue matches the number 1 explanation....
I must admit I was surprised to see the #5..My dictionary is old like me...new world we live in.
 

reefraff

Active Member
What she is is a hypocrite for appearing in that commercial. You ever hear some of the crap she says about people. If mean people suck she'd make a hell of a vacuum.
 
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