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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:49 AM Original message |
Straight DU'ers: Ever get bashed for sticking up for gays? |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah but I know some others who have it worse |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. well yeah, i can only imagine how gays have it |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I mean I know some other heteros out there like activists |
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Mr. Socko (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, I get called a "faggot lover." |
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BruinAlum (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, not bashed, but one of two things usually |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. CONSTANTLY. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. most of my friends are pretty open minded |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Fred Phelps called me a fag once for standing up for gays |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I would have been honored! |
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LDS Jock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. good for you |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. he used to have a pic of Matthew Shepard engulfed in flames |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. That is just pure evil |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. You are my hero! |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. maybe god hates right-wing lunatics |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-13-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. good for you. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-14-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. Tridim: |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not "bashed" but... |
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confusionisnext (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 08:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Thanks to all |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Sadly, in my early 20's I was a Republican and a borderline homophobe... |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Fuck yes! |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. nope, but got reamed for stickin' up for a black guy |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. oh yeah, a lot |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If you dont mind me askin |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. advertising/marketing |
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loudmouth_liberal (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. I avoid it altogether |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. Does being called a c#cksucker count? |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. All the time. |
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david_vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. Nope, but a guy I knew when I was in college |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, back in late 70's....... |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. yea... i do... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yep |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. I've been beaten up for supporting gay friends |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not bashed, but I have been on the receiving end of "concern." |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yep |
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Eumenides (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. High School |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah I get the "fag" and "flamer" insults thrown at me |
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BBradley (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. I get some crap from the ignorant |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. "you must be gay,too" |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. For all of you straight folks that have be bashed: |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Back in my ass-backwards Freeper-infested hometown of Coleman, WI |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. I haven't every really been bashed, but I have been asked,"Why bother?" |
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tigerbeat (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. well, i'm "mostly straight".... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. I appreciate all of you who do say something. It's easier not to. |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. I overcame my homphobia because of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-13-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Easier short term |
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waldenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. no |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yeah, but I don't care. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Oh yeah, and had a great time |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yeah, right here on DU |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
45. I wasn't bashed for sticking up for gays, but it made me feel like a hero |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. got in more than 1 fight defending my homosexual buddies in bars |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Not bashed, but harrassed big time; and of course, guys |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I loved the lady comic who said |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. HAH! So true--and... something to think about. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. some years ago I pledged 30 bucks for an AIDS walkathon |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yup, just last week in my adult developmental psych class |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Dannnng! One night and you're already at 100-something posts! |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I've been a-workin' |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Trying to hit the 700 club by mid-march eh? |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Maybe by the beginning of April |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Oh I have faith in ya - I think you'll be saved by March 18 |
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Interrobang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yes, in high school |
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screwfacecapone (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-12-04 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yeah, I've had it happen too. |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-14-04 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. It's happened to me |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-14-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. very few people will argue with me for some reason |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-14-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
67. Not yet, but maybe it's because I've lived in L.A. all my life... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-14-04 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
68. not bashed - but I've ended a lot of conversations speaking out |
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