Why I don't use the term "gay"

I've been twittering (?) for 6-8 weeks now.  It's often fun, it gives you a chance to correspond with the rich and/or famous (Charlie Daniels is a very nice man), and sometimes sadly it's an interesting cross-section of Internet humanity.  Recently I had an experience that reminded me of why I refuse to call homosexuals "gay".

I saw an exchange of tweets between +KillerBunnyFooFoo (one of my favorites) and a self-professed homosexual man.  Unsurprisingly, if you know our Bunny, they had a disagreement.  Instead of meeting her on the intellectual fields of battle, he made it clear that he wanted to call her ... the 4 letter c-word that is not in the vocabulary of decent people.  Bunny responded that homosexual men have often called her that illogical, unspeakable word.  Being in a cheerful humor that night, I chipped in with my doubts that a homosexual man would not recognize one of the items he had referred to if he saw one.  (Actually, the fact that he called Bunny one is proof positive that he knows not of what he speaks.)  Looking back, I should have taken the clod's handle off of my response.  Another mistake, I guess.

Most people, when they have been called out for being obnoxious, will back out of trouble with as much good grace as they can muster.  Not our zero, though.  He wrote "Your picture is a good start."

Now, the picture I use for my Twitter account is of one of my heroes, Marshal Josef Pilsudski, the hero of the Second Polish Republic.  In fact, it is this photo:



... and boy genius called this picture a good start at understanding what one of "those" looks like. 

That's too often the case with outspoken homosexuals.  They are reflexively and venomously hostile to anyone and everyone who declines to celebrate their sexual disorientation.  I would refuse to use the term "gay" anyway, because it is a smoke-screen meant to deceive instead of an accuracy meant to describe.  However, my resolution is made far easier by the nasty, brutish way that certain homosexuals allow their reflexive hate overwhelm their desire to be persuasive or even logical. 

Theories abound as to why homosexuals are so hostile to everyone who doesn't condone their behavior.  My personal theory is that deep down, instinctively and without any regard for their protestations to the contrary, they know that there is something deeply wrong with them, no matter what the culture tells them. 

If they wantto be treated with compassion (and most of us do), they could try being civil.  That might help.