really struggling to figure out who that person is

I cannot believe I did not catch this earlier...well done.

Boo, didn't realize both were acceptable spellings. Carry on, I stupid.

OP you're making a big deal out of very little.
Please don't do this. Please prioritize teaching your kid to think for himself and have opinions of his own, and not pressuring him into being the typical pro-gay, pro-minorities, etc robot.

It's shameful just how shielded people are from different values and points of view these days. Impossible to have an intelligent discussion with the average university student, because they're 20+ years old and their convictions have never been challenged. They hold strong positions regarding controversial topics such as immigration, gender, and so on but are seldom able to do much but resort to name-calling or censorship attempts when their position is challenged.

Maybe I'm going too far with my rant. I strongly feel that if this overly PC environment is accomplishing anything, it's making people dumber. Asking that no offensive jokes be made around young kids is reasonable, but I just think it isn't that big of a deal and the better approach is telling your kids how you feel about the issue (homosexuality in this case).

I grew up in a pretty PC environment and am a total bigot who makes fun of all kinds of minorities, so from my point of view, intelligent people don't grow up to emulate what they heard as a kid. The opposite can happen. Trying to force values into kids doesn't seem like a good approach.

just my 2 cents, but i admit i never really thought about something like this before and am sure that some will totally disagree - whatever.

edit : kids present or not, i would definitely lol at some gay figure skater. I'd much rather have my son grow up to become a bigot than some ***, so maybe that explains why.

Bigots are everywhere, you better get used to it, you have to teach your son or he'll learn it in the school yard

you're such a free thinker, brah

I was playing nickle, dime, quarter seven card stud with my dad and my grandpa when I was 8. The actually hand hand history went something like this:

Grandpa: $1.80
Dad: $2.50
Tapow: $1.70

All players ante $0.05
Total pot: $0.15

Tapow dealt [3c 5d] 8h
Dad dealt [x x] Kc
Grandpa dealt [x x] Th

Dad checks, Grandpa bets $0.05, Tapow folds, Grandpa says "Stop being such a k***, Tapow!," Dad screams "YOU DON'T SAY THAT WORD AROUND MY BOY!", Grandpa gets offended and yells, "WELL...IF HE WAS MY BOY, WE WOULDN'T BE PLAYING FOR REAL MONEY. WHAT KIND OF MAN TEACHES HIS 8 YEAR OLD TO PLAY POKER FOR REAL MONEY?!," Dad has left the table, Dad has timed out, Dad folds

Grandpa wins and collects $0.20


At the time, I didn't even know that the word my grandpa used was a Jewish slur, but I clearly remember the hand. Looking back now, it's kind of funny story, but when you are a kid, it makes a weird impression on you when you watch your dad and grandpa start screaming at each other.

I guess what I'm saying is that I would say something to your dad now. It definitely beats waiting until your dad really offends you in front of your kid and starts a yelling match that sticks with your kid for the next twenty years.

The worst part of the whole thing is that "Johnny Weird" isn't even remotely witty or funny. I remember back in the day when people used to call the best diver in history Greg Looseanus. That one still makes me chuckle although I wouldn't tolerate anything being said around my kids.

"thinking for yourself" means subscribing to the hetero-normative paradigm? stop acting like your way of life is being restricted by some "pro-gay, pro-minority" agenda. equality != oppression.

He probably rolled halfway over in his grave when you married Kyleb.

potw

So the common wisdom of OOT seems to be, roughly, "You are stupid and your kid probably is too, for not liking the fact that your father is getting off making fun of gay people in front of your 6 year old." Cool. Obviously a lot of parents contributing to this thread.

I guess the only thing I can add to what you've already been told is you should probably let your kid hang out in strip clubs. Don't be such a politically correct nit. It's part of life, and if you don't take him, ultimately someone else will teach him about degradation and depravity, and then you're not doing your job as a dad.

Also, punch him in the face -- he's got to learn about being punched in the face sooner or later, and it might as well be you, and it might as well be when he is six years old.

hahahaha A+ level

hint: you're very likely a bigot. Equality isn't an "argument" over which you can "discuss" and "debate". And the US isn't anywhere near being a PC environment.

Obviously if you were as hood as you say you are you would've been the one doing the mugging and stabbing, white boy.

someobody's son is gonna be gay

pretty much prefect response imo

I don't think he equates actual Japanese people he knows in real life with whomever he imagines as these Japs. LOL old people.

So...my joke would have worked better if your grandpa had actually already passed.

<crickets>

lol nevermind.

This just in: figure skating is gay.

i vote s

Fagure sgayting is gay.

meh, old people are weird. My parents will tell you they hate black people, but they like every black person they associate with (at work, the bank etc..). The same applies to Asians (south and east), hispanics etc...

It's almost like being racist is the default position for them.

That's great because it's basically the opposite of the average person who, when consciously thinking about it, claims to not be a bigot, but then holds a variety of bigoted opinions based on their interactions.

I don't understand White Guilt. White people who publicly act like they are all for the advancement of black people.

Ask them if they'd be happy to see black people moving in next door. Nearly 100% would say no.

Also when someone sells their home they urge them to not sell to a "blockbuster" black family. None of these people wants to see their property value plummet. Yet publicly they put this BS facade up like they are enlightened and feel the pain of black people. STFU you people with White Guilt.