Current Events > "No homo," what are CE's thoughts about this phrase?

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I have tried to teach a lot of you that saying something, "sucks," is a sexist/homophobic thing to say, but nobody believes me. But what about this? Men are so afraid of coming off as gay because they admire somebody of the same gender as them [Bro, I love Johnny Depp, no homo."] that they have to include this because being gay is sooooo [/sarcasm] horrible, right? Go fuck yourselves,

So, have you ever said this? I love [blank], no homo

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Something a teenager would say.
Like I did when I was a teenager.


A real grown-ass man has no problem saying he loves another dude.
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You only really hear immature people saying it. That's should tell you everything you need to know.

It grossly oversimplifies the concept of homosexuality and weighs it against the assumption that any gay man would be interested in the person saying it.

Though I do like the idea of gay mean saying "mucho homo". That would be fun.

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As far as "sucks" starting as a homophobic thing can we just accept that it isn't now? Like why do we have to accept that innocuous things getting coopted by shitty people to turn them in to hate symbols but things that started out as hateful can't be coopted by the general public to become non-hateful things?

As for "no homo" my philosophy on everything thing is "something is only gay if you're gay." So if someone tells me no homo I ask them if they are gay and if they are not then they don't have to remind me they are not gay because there is nothing wrong with being gay.

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IfGodCouldDie posted...

As far as "sucks" starting as a homophobic thing can we just accept that it isn't now?

Not at all, imo. That is a lot of the meaning of the phrase, the other is sexist. If you disagree with that, saying it's not the same anymore, that's a bunch of bull shit. Well, it's a bunch of bull shit if you think saying outdated things against certain races was just, "starting off," that way

IfGodCouldDie posted...

As for "no homo" my philosophy on everything thing is "something is only gay if you're gay." So if someone tells me no homo I ask them if they are gay and if they are not then they don't have to remind me they are not gay because there is nothing wrong with being gay.

Yeah, I don't agree with you at all here.

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im gay so i try to end everything i say with full homo

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DeathDeathSong posted...

im gay so i try to end everything i say with full homo

Fucking wrecked

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I think its great !!

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This topic sucks

no homo

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Bad_Mojo posted...

Not at all, imo. That is a lot of the meaning of the phrase, the other is sexist. If you disagree with that, saying it's not the same anymore, that's a bunch of bull shit. Well, it's a bunch of bull shit if you think saying outdated things against certain races was just, "starting off," that way

Why not address the rest of what I said?

Yeah, I don't agree with you at all here.

You don't agree with me when I say there is nothing wrong with being gay? That's pretty shitty of you.

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Romulox28 posted...

I think its great !!

You've got to explain a bit more, buddy, lol

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IfGodCouldDie posted...

don't agree with me when I say there is nothing wrong with being gay? That's pretty shitty of you.

What?! My whole point is that a lot of people on CE are homophobic still in 2020. I see it all the time.

IfGodCouldDie posted...

hy not address the rest of what I said?

Yeah, I agree with you, buddy

Edit - I mis-read your original post. Sorry

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Straight people are nothing but lucky dogs. Can have all the gay sex in the world and still be considered straight if they just say the words no homo. If a gay person has straight sex, they're considered at least bi. Crazy world we live in these days
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Bad_Mojo posted...

What?! My whole point is that a lot of people on CE are homophobic still in 2020. I see it all the time.

And in the part you quoted I said there is nothing wrong with being gay and you had said that you don't agree with me at all.

Bad_Mojo posted...

Yeah, I agree with you, buddy

Listen, you obviously are just willing to let hate win so there doesn't seem to be a point in even having a discussion with you but I'm going to lay out my feelings on the whole subject about the power of words anyway.

In my opinion love is a much stronger force than hate. When we allow hateful people to take words or symbols that mean nothing in the grand scheme of things and turn them in to symbols of hate we allow them to win. Now obviously there come times when that cannot be helped, such as the swastika. A vile, evil entity such as the nazis taking the swastika and turning it into the symbol of hate that it is now. (Granted it is still used in it's intended form in the areas it originated, which is good.) If instead of saying, "oh noes neo-nazis are using the ok hand symbol as a symbol of hate there is nothing we can do to stop them," we could instead say, "what they are doing is childish and asinine, I refuse to allow them to warp and demean something to fit their goals." It's not hard to fight hate, it just requires an actual effort.

As for "sucks" my point is if hateful people can take words and twist their meanings to suit their agenda why can't everyone else take things that started out hateful and twist their meanings to be that of an afterthought. When I hear someone says "sucks" my first thought isn't :this person is a homophobic or sexist piece of shit" and it shouldn't be, if that term started out as a sexist or homophobic term I don't agree that it still is. Language is ever evolving and we as a society and as individuals have a duty to steer our language in the direction we want it to go. If you are ok with words being coopted by hate groups and refusing to strip hateful words of their power that's on you.

Edit- I didnt see your edit before I posted this and instead of rewriting it I am just throwing this edit in to let you know I now see it.

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I feel like you guys are massively overthinking and overreacting to a dumb term
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I don't really hear "no homo" like that these days. Seems like that's mostly a teenager thing

Haven't heard that in like a decade

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I just heard it on a podcast right before I made this topic. I hear it often still

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I stopped using it years ago. Now it's whatever if people think Im bisexual or gay. Your guess is as good as mine at this point.

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It is so damn stupid.

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Unnecessary. Shows slight homophobia.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4W3oc0f8bo

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This reminds me of Boondocks
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I think its fine if a guy compliments how another guy looks, regardless of everyones sexuality involved.

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I just heard it on a podcast right before I made this topic. I hear it often still

what podcast?

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I have tried to teach a lot of you that saying something, "sucks," is a sexist/homophobic thing to say

lol

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juvenile, insecure, and most of the time it does the opposite of what its trying to do. i would never have assumed something you were saying was gay, until you said it.

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If I saw a dick big enough, I'd suck it.

>_____>

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pauIie posted...

i would never have assumed something you were saying was gay, until you said it.

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TheoryzC posted...

what podcast?

Tru Heel Heat, a Wrestling review channel on YouTube.

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Usually, when a guy uses the "no homo" phrase, I assume they're grappling with their latent homosexual desires surfacing.

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That and other variations of it have been around forever so I usually just figure a joke is about to happen or the person is saying it to have a laugh.

Lot of football fans and people not liking the Cowboys were using Romo in place of it, I remember that a bunch

Lil Wayne had mentioned it a bunch I remember too

If I say anything like that Ill usually pull a quote from the movie Orgazmo

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