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- From: mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Homosexuals raising children
- Message-ID: <mattm-191192114828@mcmelmon.apple.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:04:45 GMT
- References: <25848@sybase.sybase.com> <BxxH8E.D2t@scd.hp.com> <michaelh.722199500@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article <michaelh.722199500@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>,
- michaelh@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Mike Hennahane) wrote:
-
-
- > i don't think that many young kids who play smear the queer really know
- > or think twice about what the name means, so maybe it instills a
- > homophobia of ignorance where they mean no harm, but their words can
- > be hurtful to someone to whom they apply.
-
- As I recall, we (vicious little white middle class brats who would
- pounce upon hapless passers by and do unspeakable things to them)
- used 'Smear the Queer' to mean essentially 'Smear the Geek.' I did
- not equate the word 'queer' with homosexuality until relatively
- recently. I still think it's an ugly word, and don't use it to
- mean 'gay' or 'homosexual.'
-
- When we (vicious little white middle class brats) wanted to
- communicate 'homosexual' in a negative way, we used 'homo' or
- 'faggot' - thus the game would have been 'Smear the Faggot.'
-
- And it should be noted that 'Smear the Queer' was not a particularly
- vicious sport (at least to my circle of vicious white middle class
- brats). It typically involved poking, tickling, grabbing, rubbing...
- oohhh, I'm getting all hot and bothered... and was not a sport
- designed to cause serious physical harm. Equating in to 'gay-bashing'
- is silly.
-
- *X*
-