Hallmark forced to apologize for miniature sweater Christmas ornament. They changed the word “gay” to “fun” and gay people were offended even though the word gay in “Deck the Halls” originally meant fun and therefore didn’t refer to gay people at all. Got that? So anyway, Hallmark apologized. For something. (We’re as confused as you are.)
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I don't know. Even without the words on front, I'm pretty sure that if I wore THAT around, people would think I was gay, anyway...As Strina said, it is a pretty fabulous looking sweater.
No gay person I know would be caught dead in that sweater!
Well, there is that. I would have to agree Rose. None of my gay friends would wear it either, but then, I don't know Richard Simmons.
You confront it, you're a homophobe; you try and be empathetic and sensitive, you're a homophobe. (That rule works with racist, sexist, Islamist, any old ist. It's an equal-opportunity phrase!) you just can't win for losing with the libtarts.
Really, what's the big deal? All the gays I knew in college preferred being called 'queer.'
They should change the ornament to "Don we now our queer apparel" just to see if the gays can muster a sense of humor.
I wouldn't hold my breath!
If they wear smoking jackets in England, can they sing "Don we now our fag apparel"?
don we now our abercrombie and fitch sodomizing wear?
They should apologize for apologizing too much.
Can we get the word gay back and also get the rainbow back?
Ralphie May says it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Hlsl7bPQg
Definitely NSFW!!!
HA HA HAWZ! He ain't fat, he's fluffy!
I typed my post above before reading this. I agree I hate that the rainbow represents such a minor group of people when it is a symbol for the whole world.
Yeah, the rainbow. Many many years ago, I married for the first time, bought my first house, and somehow convinced my wife to let me hang a giant piece of cheap rainbow art on the living room wall. Then, being a guy, I promptly forgot about it. As the years went by and I divorced my wife and raised my daughters, I never really thought about that giant rainbow looming over my living room until my older daughter reached her teenage years and informed me, "Dad, do you realize everyone in the neighborhood thinks you're gay?"
Did I mention the damn rainbow was clearly visible to anyone walking past on the sidewalk? Crap. No wonder I could never get anywhere with the cute lady at the end of the street.
You know, University of Hawaii actually changed their mascot from the Rainbow Warriors (or the 'Bows for short) to the Warriors a few years back because of this very thing?
I am sorry... but....
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
That's strange, all the gays I've met attract women like a magnet, us single straight guys, not so much.
No ladies tried to make you switch sides?
PURPLE!
I making it a goal to get purple back, screw the rainbow.
And Zima!
NO! We need purple AND the rainbow. There's probably a couple of other things that I don't even know are missing yet.
Sadly, that word will likely carry forever a homosexual taint.
/On the other hand, it seems to be pretty neutral and non-euphemistic now to say that someone is "musical" or "in musical theatre."
Sadly the rainbow will also carry the homosexual taint. I find that to be even more reprehensible.
Liberals/Progressives are great with changing symbols and words to match their agenda, and when people do nothing to stop them, the symbols and words become corrupted.
Sadly the rainbow will also carry the homosexual taint.
did you mean to do that?
also, it's sad, but for the majority of ppl it's true. they have no knowledge of Truth, nor what the rainbow ACTUALLY means.
Did I mean to do what?
Use the word "taint".
It has a pseudo-sexual meaning.
Really? :-/ I was just using the same word as Psycho. My understanding was that it means something alike to blemish.
taint 2
noun Slang: Vulgar.
the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
Also, t'aint.
Origin:
it ain’t (the one or the other), meaning it is the area in between
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Taint
Uhm Poppa just posted the meaning. It is not that big of a deal TD person. Seriously. Unless it is the nurse and perhaps the nurse doesn't like words like testicles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEUl127RspM
ahh KQ you're such a dear. :)
And all ths time I thught it meant to color someting with the tint of somthing else. Wow.
Right? It is such an innocent looking word...
Okay I took your word for it. I didn't need to read all of that early this morning as I am having my breakfast... :-/
I was thinking tainted which I think is a word...? Thinking about how the rainbow is blemished because of the Homosexual Agenda. Oh well... Thanks!
Sorry fo rruining your breakfast Kimmy!
Yes, tainted is a word, and has no other meanings.
This is what I had in mind when I used it:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taint
Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean for you to embarrass yourself with that. Yes, I DID slip in a little double entendre there...
Oh is fine. I am loosing my innocence little by little here. LOL. Is okay I am not embarrassed as my initial intentions still stand that the rainbow is stained or blemished by the gay agenda, still have some interesting english words to learn it seems :-)
It's FAAAAAAAABULOUSSSSSSS!
Yes it is, but gays aren't the only fabulous people in the world :-)
That's a lot better than:
"Don we now our perverted faggot apparel"
Just sayin.