COMMENTATOR CALLS SELBST A "****ING LESBIAN" - Page 5 - Poker News

I find it pretty disturbing that so many are using it as an excuse to make marginally funny "gay jokes", particularly when the entire point of the thread was how someone was so out of line for calling a female professional player a "****ing lesbian".

and now, it matters, that she's a "female professional player", , nice, that's nice,

11-13-2011 , 03:39 PM

#102

SGT RJ

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I don't see anyone in the thread going bat**** crazy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeanieJ

and now, it matters, that she's a "female professional player", , nice, that's nice,

Given that this is a Poker News and Gossip forum, the fact that she's a female professional player seems relevant. Otherwise the thread would have been shut down long ago.

11-13-2011 , 03:40 PM

#103

FatDrunksky

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

This is ridiculous. You can't comprehend why someone who is gay might be offended when someone uses the word gay to describe something weak/silly/ectetera? Just because some people use it thoughtlessly as a random expression without any real ill intent doesn't mean that the term is innocent of any and all negative connotations.

So gays change "gay" from its proper usage, and that is ok with you, but any FURTHER change is not apparently.

I confess, no I don't understand your inconsistent hypocrisy, it looks like the very common strain of "i'm more politically correct than you" bandwagon jumping that is so common.

So, to be clear, the fact that I find the use of the word gay to mean homosexuals offensive means you've got my back when I take gays to task for using it incorrectly right?

11-13-2011 , 03:41 PM

#104

nsoshnikov

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This is USA's problem, not England's or ROW, as always they get themselves in this ****... i see no problem with "gay" if its common in England

11-13-2011 , 03:42 PM

#105

CRUDEFINDER

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

I don't see anyone in the thread going bat**** crazy.

Hmmm, calling people ******s and morons for just discussing a topic on the internet is business as usual for you? I think your meter must be tilted.

11-13-2011 , 03:44 PM

#106

Protential

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Originally Posted by CRUDEFINDER

Hmmm, calling people ******s and morons for just discussing a topic on the internet is business as usual for you? I think your meter must be tilted.

you are part of the plauge in subforums like NVG and BBV. -.-

11-13-2011 , 03:50 PM

#107

DCJ001

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GAH3

This is BS, isn't it? It sounds like the same way the term "gay" is often used in America. It has become interchangeable with any negative adjective be it bad, stupid, etc. That's not unique to English vernacular. While this is true and I catch myself saying it as well,

It might be common among younger people and those who are illiterate who are easily influenced into wanting to sound "cool." But it doesn't make sense to anyone of moral character or intelligence.

Maybe this one will make more sense to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nasp3...layer_embedded

11-13-2011 , 03:52 PM

#108

SGT RJ

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FatDrunksky

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

But if you're asking if I think it's okay for LGBT men to take others to task for calling stuff "gay" then do the same thing themselves, no, I don't think that's okay. I have the same problem with black people calling each other ******. If the term is offensive, it's offensive no matter who is using it, IMO. The whole "reclaiming" the word argument is pretty dumb, IMO.

And I'm also aware that gay, until relatively recently, meant happy. However, the number of times people actually use it this way nowadays, without trying to be funny or making a covert joke, is pretty rare from what I've seen. The meanings of words change over time, in this case changing such that the "happy" definition of gay has almost completely disappeared from common usage.

11-13-2011 , 03:52 PM

#109

Deuce2High

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vamooose

yeah, i typed, poasted but decided to delete

But we are here to serve the US so should ensure that Euro shows are made mainly for audiences from another continent

That's not to say I use the term myself thou', I just aware that we attach less of a stigma to the word - it has many other meanings

ya so ironic that i would expect people participating in a high profile international event to not be bigots to people they dont even know

11-13-2011 , 03:54 PM

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defyodds

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I think it was on a segment of High Stakes Poker when somehow the question was put to the players of what actor or actress they would like to have play them in a "poker" movie and she said Matt Damon. No one cracked a smile or said anything. Thats like asking Kirk Douglas to play Martin Luther King.

11-13-2011 , 04:25 PM

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BTW, the history of the term "gay bet" is pretty long on 2p2. Years ago it was coined as betting out of position into the raiser. People took offense to it and it changed to 'donk bet.'

11-13-2011 , 04:29 PM

#112

kazzzz

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11-13-2011 , 04:35 PM

#113

Sentenzza

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SiMor29

I thought she was though? A lesbian I mean. If someone called me a ****ing straight guy, I'd really struggle to be offended by it, much less find the comment 'inexcusable'(lolol)

such a ******ed post
made me lol

11-13-2011 , 04:39 PM

#114

defyodds

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MidWestSide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYt3e...611180832F1E75

skip to 2:30 I believe this explains lesbians about prefect

this is really funny watched 5 or six vids before coming back to forum

11-13-2011 , 04:49 PM

#115

boohaa12

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grunch:
g-bets or "gay-bets" the term has been around since like 2008.
No more strat in NVG plz!!!! ,,,,

(just skimmed page 2 and i see Gobo mentioned the same^),,,, Also the LBGT and and moral implications in thread look strong,,,zzz,,,,movingon,

If u wanna be pc just say "Geee-Bet" i guess

11-13-2011 , 04:56 PM

#116

duh

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It's ghey not gay.

11-13-2011 , 05:01 PM

#117

raven byrne

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IN BRITIAN,,,GAY ORGIONALLY MEANT,,HAPPY,,IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SEXUALITY,,,SO THE USE HAS BE CHANGED,,,

SO IF IN OUR COUNTRY WE CAN SAY GAYBET,AND ITS NOT A HOMOPHOBIC THING

ITS JUST THE WAY IT IS,,IN AMERICA IS DIFFERENT,,,

CALLING HER A "****ING LESBIAN"WAS BAD THO,EVEN THO IT WAS TOUGUE IN CHEEK

11-13-2011 , 05:08 PM

#118

VladyKGB

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CRUDEFINDER

It's on twitter. The broadcaster apologised on twitter and said it was a Brit term. She didn't respond. I don't think it was all that from what I read. Wait till she hears what they call a cigarette.

Loled

11-13-2011 , 05:13 PM

#119

airwave16

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didn't the crazy psych prof that tried to scientifically prove that white women were more attractive than black women also come from the UK?

11-13-2011 , 05:23 PM

#120

Kingandtheduck

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Quote:

Originally Posted by raven byrne

Do you like fish sticks??

11-13-2011 , 05:38 PM

#121

pizdec

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gobbo

BTW, the history of the term "gay bet" is pretty long on 2p2. Years ago it was coined as betting out of position into the raiser. People took offense to it and it changed to 'donk bet.'

That's not true. Before 2+2 existed it was called a gay bet in the UK.

Any bet to build a pot or that is small is a gay bet. Nothing to do with position. Gay as in "everyone will be happy to call this bet".

A strong percentage of well known English players are LGBT, they say it too. Has nothing to do with homosexuality. You could call it a Brighton (gay capital of UK) bet if you wanted to make a joke about its second entendre.

11-13-2011 , 05:39 PM

#122

dwayman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SiMor29

I thought she was though? A lesbian I mean. If someone called me a ****ing straight guy, I'd really struggle to be offended by it, much less find the comment 'inexcusable'(lolol)

Try randomly calling a black person on the street "a XXXXing black guy", shrug your shoulders and explain yourself. This also works with Polish, Catholics, Germans, Italians and some Women too.

Please report back with your results. We will need a large sample across a broad spectrum.

11-13-2011 , 05:42 PM

#123

SharkBaitAA

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Maybe there is an interesting story in there somewhere but how annoying it was to read that made me miss it completely

11-13-2011 , 05:46 PM

#124

Morris King

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

But if you're asking if I think it's okay for LGBT men to take others to task for calling stuff "gay" then do the same thing themselves, no, I don't think that's okay. I have the same problem with black people calling each other ******. If the term is offensive, it's offensive no matter who is using it, IMO. The whole "reclaiming" the word argument is pretty dumb, IMO.

Do you feel the same way about promiscuous feminist women reclaiming the word "slut"?

11-13-2011 , 05:55 PM

#125

AstonMartinDB9

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Wow..

Really cannot comprehend at all getting the slightest bit worked up by 'gay bet'. Sheesh, really, so many other things in life to give a damn about. Also, I hate the gay 'championing' in this thread. Just wow.

Oh and before any gay people decide to give me crap...

I'm a ****ing lesbian. True story.

Last edited by AstonMartinDB9; 11-13-2011 at 05:56 PM. Reason: btw, loved Enid Blytons beginnings to books 'it was a gay day and something queer was happening....lolz'

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