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Contents:
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * something in the way gay *
How do you feel about g the word "Gay" to scribe somethg? A few weeks ago a -worker of me got his work schle, when he noticed he was workg all 6 days wh 8 hour shifts he said a low voice "aw man, thats gay". One of the women I work for (not gay or anyone workg at my office is) reported him the HR pt.
Long story short, do you e the word gay to scribe anythg other than gay people? There was a recent high profile story the news about an 11-year-old boy who mted suici, apparently bee he uld no longer tolerate beg lled “gay. The most mon sult among kids today is “gay.
" Kids get mad when they are lled gay and they sometim get to fights. I have great passn for gays.
THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?
* something in the way gay *
What is one to do when lled gay? Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns. If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear.
One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. The tth is that society has e a long way recent s toward rcg hatred and discrimatn agast gays.
However, will be a while–if ever–before anti-gay sentiment disappears pletely. So what is one to do when lled gay? Usg laws to punish people for g “gay” as an sult is not likely to solve the problem, eher.