>I'm with you here, but I
>would hope that someone who
>was trying to be "conscious"
>would be able to understand
>homosexuality, rather than hate or
>fear it.
Com never said he hated or feared



>I agree that Eminem's use of
>derogatory language towards gays is
>much much worse than Com's.
> I don't think that's
>at issue.

My point in bringing up eminem was not showing who's worse than whom. I used eminem to show that com's use of the word fag is ambiguous and never makes any direct reference to homosexuality;
considering that the word faggot was used for other meanings and conotations long before it came to mean homosexual.

>But that leads to another point:
>
>How do you think using "fag"
>or "faggot" as the ultimate
>derogatory affects homosexuals?
>How, specifically, do you think it
>affects closeted homosexuals?
>You have to be responsible both
>for the intent and the
>effects of your actions.
>If I throw a football
>in a china store, some
>shit's going to get broken
>-- it doesn't matter that
>I was just trying to
>get it to my buddy.

agreed

>>C) if you really don't like
>>it,
>>DON'T LISTEN
>>its like going to a KKK
>>rally and then complaining about
>>rascist
>>comments. Ultimately homosexuality is a behavior,
>>some people like it some
>>don't.
>
>Wrong.
about??

i guess the whole KKK example was a bit confusing.
The point is that no one kidnaps you, straps you in a chair and makes you listen to common.
just like i don't get invited to KKK rallys; so if i exercise my own free will and go to one, i can exercise that same free and leave if i don't like what their saying.