top republican announces he is gay - no one cares

[Sailor Steve]

Dowly, you're an old hand here. Are you pushing the asterisk rules on purpose, or just forgetful in your old age?

[tater]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

On the whole that which isn't will be from.

Notice the sentence ending in a preposition.

Still don't get it.

Particularly the part about refraction, since the blue sky is actually the disproportionate scattering of high-frequency light, and has nothing to do with refraction.

[AVGWarhawk]

I see where it's at.

Originally Posted by tater

Still don't get it.

Particularly the part about refraction, since the blue sky is actually the disproportionate scattering of high-frequency light, and has nothing to do with refraction.

get it you really don't.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Dowly, you're an old hand here. Are you pushing the asterisk rules on purpose, or just forgetful in your old age?

The alcohol made him do it.

[Ducimus]

top republican announces he is gay - no one cares

What? Another one coming out of the closet? Hardly surprising. Shock value wore off ages ago, at least on me.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Dowly, you're an old hand here. Are you pushing the asterisk rules on purpose, or just forgetful in your old age?

So are you, and I think this is the third or fourth time I say to you that the asterisk rule is for occasions when someone says f*ck or sh*t, for everything else, there's the filter.

Yes, I know it's not polite to say bad words, but what's the difference, the filter will censor them. And I like to use those words, like an habbit, they just come in, judge me all you want, the rules say "use language you'd use around your mother" and I sure as heck us the finnish equilevant of the f- word around her, she doesn't mind because she has gotten used to it.

What's with the sudden care about this issue? You've been here for a loong loong loong time, if it really would offend you, you'd been gone already.

This no attack against you or anything, you are one of the few I respect around here fully, but I just dont get this sudden thing with you and censored swear words.

Here, I quote the rules one more time:

Please use language that you would use around your mother. No vulgarities, obscenities, hate speech, or foul language. Do not use *******ing w*rds with aster*cks, that's the same thing as vulgar languge. Express yourself with respect to others.

Besides, in this case, it's a part of a joke, it's not like I'm saying "Hey, Steve, **** you you ****ing ****!" Joke! Not harming anyone!

[AVGWarhawk]

******! Also, *********! And another thing**********! Nuff said!

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

What? Another one coming out of the closet? Hardly surprising. Shock value wore off ages ago, at least on me.

I wonder why the media even reports it. That a gay man makes a public affair of him being gay is as strange as it would be if a heterosexual man would launch a press confernece to announce that he is a heterosexual.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

******! Also, *********! And another thing**********! Nuff said!

Was thinking of getting a shirt like that, but figured no one would get it.

clocks warm is apple's love worn envelope lovely.

Originally Posted by Skybird

I wonder why the media even reports it. That a gay man makes a public affair of him being gay is as strange as it would be if a heterosexual man would launch a press confernece to announce that he is a heterosexual.

Bingo.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I wonder why the media even reports it. That a gay man makes a public affair of him being gay is as strange as it would be if a heterosexual man would launch a press confernece to announce that he is a heterosexual.

If I remember correctly this guy was against gay marriage during the Bush administration. Now he claims he is gay. I guess the media felt it was news worth.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

If I remember correctly this guy was against gay marriage during the Bush administration. Now he claims he is gay. I guess the media felt it was news worth.

And perhaps that tells us something about the 'gay marraige' issue. Has he changed his mind on the policy? The story is mute on the subject, yet that could be the only reason to write the story.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I wonder why the media even reports it. That a gay man makes a public affair of him being gay is as strange as it would be if a heterosexual man would launch a press confernece to announce that he is a heterosexual.

Not quite, since gay-bashing is one of the preferred pasttimes of the social conservatives in the religious right, whose votes are of great importance to the GOP, which therefore makes a habit of either overtly pandering to their homophobia or at the very least not speaking out against it.

The less hostile and more tolerant the GOP is perceived to be towards the GLBT community, the less attractive it becomes to a portion of its base that it has counted on for several decades now.