She goes on to explain that the AP title is misleading. The title of the AP article is "Joe the Plumber calls gays 'queer'". He goes on to educate us on the dictionary definition of "queer"; "
"Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do - what man and woman are for."Fair enough. I understand that to some, homosexuality is strange and unusual. But, he also tells us what he really thinks:
"I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing."So, there's a couple things wrong here. The AP article never says he called homosexuals "queers"...not in the title and not in the text. Second, she claims "he is not gay bashing just saying it like it is." So, I had to comment:
Just a couple comments. The article doesn't say he called them "queers"...not in the title nor in the text. Your title is the only place it appears. There's a huge grammatical difference between calling someone "a queer" vs saying something or someone "is queer"...not to mention that the latter [Joe's explanation] is seldom used in today's vernacular. Oh, since Joe's reading the dictionary, he might also want to make note of the slang reference in most dictionary definitions...and possibly choose a different word. Unless, of course, he's simply looking for publicity. But, that doesn't sound like Joe.
As to whether he's "gay bashing"; I guess it depends on your definition of bashing. Indicating that you won't allow your children around an individual isn't exactly a term of endearment. If I said, "I don't believe people should be closed minded, fraudulent, media sponges. I wouldn't let my children around Joe", am I bashing Joe, or just "telling it like it is"
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