I'm glad you all took SOO much from this video. I won't use the words in the post, but what if every derogatory word used for A Jewish person, a black person, an asian person etc were substituted for "bad" "ugly" or "stupid"? Or,what if you heard another country was substituting your own country (ie, "Thats so AMERICAN") to mean "Thats so dumb"? You wouldn't be very happy, now WOULD you? The issue isn't and SHOULDN'T be what the word used to mean. It doesn't mean that anymore. Classic plays and books with the word "gay"(then meaning "happy", as someone pointed out) are being edited constantly to remove these words which now make people chuckle (or sadly, disgusted). When homosexuality started to take a stand for its rights, closed minded opposers adopted the word "gay" to mean stupid, linking the association to what they thought of the group as a whole- stupid and worthless. Also, in case anyone was wondering about the word "fag", try to tell me this is harmless: in the 1800's (I am not 100% that thats the right time frame) homosexuals, like witches, we're often burned at the stake. The stake was called a fag... the place t burn things people considered evil. To everyone who made fun of this ad: open your minds and grow up. Think before you speak. Rock on, Hillary.
I won't use the words in the post, but what if every derogatory word used for A Jewish person, a black person, an asian person etc were substituted for "bad" "ugly" or "stupid"?
Or,what if you heard another country was substituting your own country (ie, "Thats so AMERICAN") to mean "Thats so dumb"?
You wouldn't be very happy, now WOULD you?
The issue isn't and SHOULDN'T be what the word used to mean.
It doesn't mean that anymore. Classic plays and books with the word "gay"(then meaning "happy", as someone pointed out) are being edited constantly to remove these words which now make people chuckle (or sadly, disgusted).
When homosexuality started to take a stand for its rights, closed minded opposers adopted the word "gay" to mean stupid, linking the association to what they thought of the group as a whole- stupid and worthless.
Also, in case anyone was wondering about the word "fag", try to tell me this is harmless: in the 1800's (I am not 100% that thats the right time frame) homosexuals, like witches, we're often burned at the stake. The stake was called a fag... the place t burn things people considered evil.
To everyone who made fun of this ad: open your minds and grow up.
Think before you speak.
Rock on, Hillary.