Sparky wrote:
> linda wrote:
>
>> Sparky wrote:
>>
>>> Big Bill wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:36:09 GMT, Sparky > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Big Bill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:30:32 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, indago wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 041108 2142 - Wound Up posted:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Homosexuality does not serve as an acceptable excuse for being the
>>>>>>>>> target of hatred
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, then, maybe derision???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Maybe"...? Y'think?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Turn on your TV set during primetime any night of the week.
>>>>>>> Scarcely a
>>>>>>> sitcom episode goes by without they don't make clunky, hamhanded
>>>>>>> innuendo
>>>>>>> or outright laughtrack-enhanced punchlines at the expense of
>>>>>>> cardigan-wearing, mincing, oh-so-coiffed fag-stereotypes, and entire
>>>>>>> series are built on same, e.g. "Will and Grace" or "Queer Eye for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> Straight Guy" or "Queer as Folk".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One doesn't have to work very hard to imagine how black people
>>>>>>> felt when
>>>>>>> they saw such as "What's Happenin?" on television. Hollywood, for
>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>> part, is glibly contrite for years of making money off black
>>>>>>> stereotypes,
>>>>>>> but they evidently have zero problem doing the selfsame thing
>>>>>>> with gays
>>>>>>> right now, today.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gandhi said of social change: "First they ignore you, then they
>>>>>>> ridicule
>>>>>>> and denounce you, then they debate you, then you win."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -DS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's a group that come in for much more derision than homosexuals
>>>>>> on TV - the white male.
>>>>>> All you need to do to see this is to watch sitcoms and
>>>>>> advertisements.
>>>>>> The poor bumbling white guy is the butt of so many jokes it's obvious
>>>>>> to anyone who watches.
>>>>>> But it's OK, because, after all, they are just, well, there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Feeling sorry for yourself, BB?
>>>>>
>>>>> Adult white guys still seem to be running things across the USA.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So you don't think what I say is right?
>>>> Have you watched TV lately?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some. I think you're confusing fiction with reality.
>>>
>>> Are you saying adult white guys *aren't* running things across the USA?
>>
>>
>>
>> You know, I love men. i love one man in particular (no, not you
>> Matt!!! i know it breaks your heart!!!)... and i have no scientific
>> proof -; , but l think you misspelled a word.. instead of "running"
>> you should have said "ruining"....
>
>
> LOL, that works, too.


thanks! i appreciate your LOL.. haven't got much of that on this NG...