Aircraft of Imfamy - Page 3

glatt · 01-29-2007, 01:24 PM

It's a standard practice of conservatives to refer to their opposition in effeminate and emasculating terms. Can't get too much more feminine that "hysterical."

Elspode · 01-29-2007, 01:36 PM

I do look nice in a dress. And I'm very much in touch with my feminine side. Perhaps I should join The Republican Alternative Sexuality Caucus? I mean, it isn't like the meetings would be real crowded or anything...

Deuce · 01-29-2007, 05:14 PM

Eonist, Elspode?

Elspode · 01-30-2007, 10:06 AM

Like Milton Berle and Monty Python, only when it is funny.

MaggieL · 01-31-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It's a standard practice of conservatives to refer to their opposition in effeminate and emasculating terms. Can't get too much more feminine that "hysterical."

Only if you are guided by the Greek etymology of the word, which has been obsolete since we stopped believing that wombs cause panic attacks. We also no longer believe the moon causes "lunacy".

What other word would you prefer to denote "behavior exhibiting overwhelming fear or emotional excess" that you would consider nonsexist? (Not that I care to buy into your tacit premise that hysteria is a female trait; I've seen lots of behavior from men that I consider "hysterical".)

How about "Rabid"?

MaggieL · 01-31-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I do look nice in a dress. And I'm very much in touch with my feminine side. Perhaps I should join The Republican Alternative Sexuality Caucus? I mean, it isn't like the meetings would be real crowded or anything...

There's more of us than you might expect. Gay conservatives in general aren't very prominent because too many queer folks have been buffaloed into beleiveing that Liberals Are Your Only Friends. Which is hogwash...and probably has a lot to do with Log Cabin Republicans being the joke it is today.

Stop by http://www.gaypatriot.org sometime; there's blogroll there you may find instructive.

Because I had have a residuum of unusable frequent flier miles, I agreed to accept a subscription to The Advocate in partial payment.

After reading two issues I'm sorry I did; while it cost me nothing it does encourage them.

monster · 01-31-2007, 04:16 PM

Isn't it possible to be gay, patriotic and liberal? Or does Patriotic nave a new meaning too?

[pedant]
and the word is iNfamy as in "infamy, infamy, they've all got it in fer me"
could just be a typo...
[/pedant]

glatt · 01-31-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

What other word would you prefer to denote "behavior exhibiting overwhelming fear or emotional excess" that you would consider nonsexist?

So now you are stating that Elspode was exhibiting overwhelming fear or emotional excess? Where exactly?

Flint · 01-31-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Where exactly?

I believe I can field this one. The answer is: "because."

richlevy · 01-31-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

Which is hogwash...and probably has a lot to do with Log Cabin Republicans being the joke it is today.

Or it could simply have lot to do with using the term 'log cabin' for a gay men's group.

When any group of minorities feels let down by Democrats, we can always point to the Log Cabin Republicans and say 'yeah, but we didn't f**k you over anywhere near as bad as the GOP did those guys'.

Elspode · 02-01-2007, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Isn't it possible to be gay, patriotic and liberal? Or does Patriotic nave a new meaning too?

Yes. Actually, it should, in my mind, be possible to be gay and *anything* else you want, since gayness/transgender/etc does not render you nonhuman.

Now, can you be a gay Republican? Sure, but why would you want to be automatically marginalized and seen as an aberration? That's what I can't figure out.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-02-2007, 12:59 AM

Elsp, I tend to like the Log Cabin Republicans. They do a good job of unscrewing a stereotype.

Elspode · 02-02-2007, 09:09 AM

They're a brave lot, I'll give 'em that. I mean, they aren't taken seriously by their own party, the main voter base of which is absolutely certain that they're all going to burn in Hell. It must be tough to be a Republican candidate. You want the votes from a gay constituency, but at the same time you revile them and all their lifestyles stand for. I think there's a word for that...now what is it? Hmmm.

Oh, I know. Hypocrisy.

01-29-2007, 01:36 PM	#32
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I do look nice in a dress. And I'm very much in touch with my feminine side. Perhaps I should join The Republican Alternative Sexuality Caucus? I mean, it isn't like the meetings would be real crowded or anything... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-30-2007, 10:06 AM	#34
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Like Milton Berle and Monty Python, only when it is funny. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-31-2007, 04:16 PM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Isn't it possible to be gay, patriotic and liberal? Or does Patriotic nave a new meaning too? [pedant] and the word is iNfamy as in "infamy, infamy, they've all got it in fer me" could just be a typo... [/pedant] __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-02-2007, 09:09 AM	#43
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	They're a brave lot, I'll give 'em that. I mean, they aren't taken seriously by their own party, the main voter base of which is absolutely certain that they're all going to burn in Hell. It must be tough to be a Republican candidate. You want the votes from a gay constituency, but at the same time you revile them and all their lifestyles stand for. I think there's a word for that...now what is it? Hmmm. Oh, I know. Hypocrisy. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-29-2007, 01:24 PM	#31
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's a standard practice of conservatives to refer to their opposition in effeminate and emasculating terms. Can't get too much more feminine that "hysterical."

01-29-2007, 05:14 PM	#33
Deuce Pesky Pugalist [sp] Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 191	Eonist, Elspode?

02-02-2007, 12:59 AM	#42
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Elsp, I tend to like the Log Cabin Republicans. They do a good job of unscrewing a stereotype.

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