tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15275986.post6720579091825895323..comments2023-10-18T09:23:13.050-05:00Comments on QueerToday.com: Isaiah Washington Being Framed?Mark D. Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12508873047127283895noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15275986.post-44582073802174578212007-01-22T13:42:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:42:00.000-05:00hehe. Looks like he probably did call the guy a f...hehe. Looks like he probably did call the guy a fag in some context. The reaction has just been a little odd perhaps. Interesting discussion tho.Mark D. Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508873047127283895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15275986.post-48984246508817564762007-01-22T11:28:00.000-05:002007-01-22T11:28:00.000-05:00I didn't call him a faggot...I didn't call him a faggot...Trevor Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488644272003433666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15275986.post-45138927450064559762007-01-20T11:40:00.000-05:002007-01-20T11:40:00.000-05:00Again, I have a problem if he is mocking gays, and...Again, I have a problem if he is mocking gays, and if he is saying faggot towards gays. But why are people upset because he used the word in the sentence " i did not call...faggot." That is a slippery slope I think...Mark D. Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508873047127283895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15275986.post-58562712112707346982007-01-19T23:10:00.000-05:002007-01-19T23:10:00.000-05:00Washington called a fellow actor who is gay a fagg...Washington called a fellow actor who is gay a faggot. At the award ceremony the other day he was saying shit like "oh, I want to be gay, I wish I was gay, blah blah blah" mockingly. Then he used the word faggot again to say he never said it, which he did.<br /><br />He's not being framed.Boston Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15275986.post-56405004387138820492007-01-19T23:07:00.000-05:002007-01-19T23:07:00.000-05:00Can't really comment without having heard how "fag...Can't really comment without having heard how "faggot" was used. Context is everything. As for the term faggot being forbidden, uh, where do you get that? I took what Washington said to mean he understands it is unacceptable for (phobic?) heteros to sling the term around in a negative way. Like non blacks using nigger. Only by permission. But LGBTQIP folks - we have free use of any LGBTQIP term we want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com