I thought it was clever that the last guy thought enough to rhyme his insult. And what a terrible reason not to use "gay" in that context: "It's not creative."
I know gay people who use the term to mean this themselves. Yes we should try and avoid it but don't get too offended when it slips out. The intent of words are far more important than the literal meaning of them.
People need to stop playing dumb you know they mean when people are referring to your move are just gay and it's not happy...they are talking about homosexual. And it does make a different if they say your moves are so homosexual then just gay because they are still insulting gay people. Next time say your moves are so staight
I'm sick and tired of arrogance, especially the arrogance in these comments. Why don't you guys get educated on the subject of gay rights and then comment on this video. I am lesbian myself and take offense when someone uses the word gay in a derogatory statement. It is degrading to me and to every gay person out there. Just keep in mind that people commit suicide because of people like you. Think before you speak!
Wonderful and thanks for making it. It takes guts to make a public stand - I commend all involved. A recent study linked stupidity with hate and prejudice. That is clearly represented by some on this page.
You have the freedom of speech to say it, and we have the freedom of speech to ask you not to. We're not trying to pass any laws banning it, but just point out how uncool it is. I'm against saying words like retarded and the N word too of course. A lot of people get offended at them and there are plenty of alternative words you can use.
Many people who think there's no need for hate crime laws might change their minds after reading the comments to this video. For some people, there's no value that trumps their "right" to hate and denigrate others.
To the people here who think it's terribly clever and broad-minded to say 'it's just a word':
How many Polacks, beaners, jungle bunnies, honkies, ragheads and kikes do you know?
Do you think it's all right to call them that to their faces, or do you just do it behind their backs and tell yourself that when it comes to anti-gay slurs "it's different -- Those People don't count"? My guess is option #2.
I appreciate the sentiment. I'm gay. I get where they're going with this but if I hear someone say "that's gay" in reference to something, meaning that it's stupid or lame, I don't take offence. I know that it's not directed at me. However, if someone calls ME gay, or faggot or something like that to attack me...then it's a problem. We have to pick our battles. I don't think it hurts to point out to people that, well, it could hurt someone's feelings. But I got other stuff to worry about.
@mrjcimi OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN but you already know gay means homosexual (& happy) so why use the word negatively? It makes no sense. There is nothing negative about being homosexual or happy/merry. Is your vocabulary that small? Get an education perhaps? And for the record, just because there's "free speech" doesn't mean you should turn it into "stupid speech".
Not my comment but ur ignorant ass needs to read it
"You have the freedom of speech to say it, and we have the freedom of speech to ask you not to. We're not trying to pass any laws banning it, but just point out how uncool it is. I'm against saying words like retarded and the N word too of course. A lot of people get offended at them and there are plenty of alternative words you can use."
I used to be quite liberal with the usage of the word faggot and such... Not so much now, maybe only out of anger... But I have nothing but love for the gay community
ok i am going to sound mean but bare with me. a) it is a word, get over it. b) if people want tolerance for the homosexuals. then show US some tolerance and deal with what you hear. there are all kinds of things people do not like in the world. but you know what this is the world we live in, if peopel did not make a big deal out of this. It would have gone away. BUT people have to push the buttons.
@TheHatchetHacker We do tolerate with that word. Every day. It gets a little tiring. It's just like people not wanting to be called 'nigger'. It's offensive and demeaning.
@TheHatchetHacker Haha are you serious? We have to do you some favor just to be tolerated? Get real. And you got it wrong, if HOMOPHOBES didn't make homosexuality such a big deal, then this commercial wouldn't even exist because there'd be no relation to equating "gay" as something negative.
@TheHatchetHacker One can even find within Miss Manners etiquette books encouragement to look down on something one finds offensive either by requesting the person stop the offensive behavior, by asking "You thought that was funny?" or some other direct challenge. Enabling rudeness with silence doesn't work: the attention mongers just try to be more shocking to provoke a reaction. Give them an unimpressed reaction and they may think twice before stirring up the same sort of mess again.
@TheHatchetHacker You must not understand what it's like. Which is common for most people. If it helps, try imagining someone using a word that described you or someone you love. All it really takes is using another word. No big deal. The suicide rate amongst gays is high already. Why would you knowingly add onto the oppression they deal with everyday? Also, it's misleading to say people are being intolerant of you. You're not the one being hurt here.
almost everyone leaving comments on this video seems extremely ignorant. if you don't think homophobic remarks are offensive, then you have that right, but that doesn't mean you have to tell everyone who does think it's offensive to be quiet about it. even as someone who's straight, i know how wrong it is. obviously no one is smart enough to think before they speak.
@tashalovsyou Well put! I agree. Why add to the conflict when you can simply avoid it and create a better environment for yourself and others by just not saying it? Even if people don't understand why it is offensive, it's just really disrespectful to continue doing it.
Freedom of speech includes a right to say things that you're not comfortable with.
If everyone truly "grew a pair", you'd probably get beaten to a pulp in a bar eventually. In the context of your comment, "grow a pair" means "put up with bigotry because I consider it more convenient."
This entire ad campaign is retarded. Gay's originally meant happy. People started to use it to mean homosexual. Now it is being used to mean stupid not as a way to refer to homosexuals. Why would you get offended at people using a word that originally had nothing to do with homosexuality. It's the word's meaning that is changing. Most people say it w/o any offense meant towards gays. Plus you could be using the money for this campaign on much more meaningful things.
I've just seen this commercial yesterday and I like it very much. It bothers me very much when individuals say, "That's so gay." It's very offensive and very derogatory. Yet, people continue to still use this offensive term today. I don't let negativity get to me at all because I know there are negative people who are against me for being openly gay, and they will continue to say negative and horrendous things behind your back (I also admit to having a very violent past, but it's behind me now).
Homosexuals account for a disproportionate number of hepatitis cases: 70-80% in San Francisco, 29% in Denver, 66% in New York City, 56% in Toronto, 42% in Montreal, and 26% in Melbourne (8)
Tyranny of the majority at its finest. Don't be fooled, the "tolerance" these "champions" fight for is nothing more than intolerance; intolerance against the intolerant. They're merely espousing one group of people and their ideas to assert theirs as dominant, terrified of the free-speech our forefathers blessed us with. Oh, how they would weep at the hypocrisy.
This is offensive, because not only is every person in the video black, but how I use my words is none of your business. If you're offended when I say something is gay then that's your choice. If you choose to identify your self as gay then so be it, but if I choose to use gay or goobleyfrock to identify something that sucks or is lame then I can do so. Unless I'm saying hey you're gay and you're lame and you're lame specifically because you are gay, well then that would be offensive.
@UrinationNation Your conviction fills my heart with pride. What would our forefathers say if they ever met these enemies of free-speech, who hide behind a false veil of humanitarianism? I'll tell ya what they'd say: down with political correctness! Your words are something that only you and you alone are master of. Our freedom is golden, yes, and we protect it by using it as often as possible.
wow, even the very first part of your comment is wrong. everyone in the video is not black. also, how they choose to do their commercial is none of your business anyways, since you said it's "none of your business" how you use your words. big contradiction, think about it.
I do not use that phrase, but when I hear it. I do not think that the term means "dumb or stupid". I would think that it would mean unnatural, wrong or non-masculine.
Funny how gay this "thinkb4youspeak" website thinks they can make a difference by making these ads. Its not going to do ANYTHING because people don't give a shit. The word "gay" has been defined by today's teen's as stupid, useless, worthless, garbage, and pointless. I don't think anyone is going to listen judging by it STILL continuing and people ignoring it. Gay people will forever be degraded by straight people like me. They just want to keep on trying a failed idea. 1+1=3? Compare it.
@266BULLDOG So gay people are garbage to you?! Fortunately, the majority of straight people don't define the value of a person based on their sexual orientation but by their actions and their personality. Maybe some day you will understand this "concept".
i went to the website and signed up for the pledge cuz i can admit i just aw this video to today and ive been saying hurtful things and its been said to me and theres a cute persn on the commercial
and i just want to stop i want it to stop finally a better site to go to
i went to the website and signed up for the pledge cuz i can admit i just aw this video to today and ive been saying hurtful things and its been said to me and theres a cute persn on the commercial
and i just want to stop i want it to stop finally a better site to go to
i went to the website and signed up for the pledge cuz i can admit i just aw this video to today and ive been saying hurtful things and its been said to me and theres a cute persn on the commercial
At the end of the ad, Phoenix Suns star Grant Hill says "It's not cool to use 'gay' - and you're better than that." Reading some of these comments, it's apparent he was overly optimistic.
Whoops! I just said, "I don't believe in god." It offended a religious person! Therefore, saying such things should be banned. Talking should be banned because someone could, potentially, be offended by what you say!
Good gosh people. Why don't we just teach kids not to say things that can hurt or degrade anyone at all? I hear fewer and fewer people even using the word gay. You know what's still being misused more than ever? Retarded. Honestly, those who misuse retarded all the time and yet still flip out whenever someone misuses gay, even for satirical purposes, are doing more damage to their cause than good. Just food for thoughts, kids.
They need a commercial like this for the word "nigga" or "nigger" (there is no difference regardless of what people say). But just as the word "nigger" has broaden itself in meaning, the word "gay" can also. That is how languages are. You can't stop it really. Just don't accept it when people say it in front of you.
It's so funny that people spent money on this campaign. As many have stated, "Gays" took the word from something else.. It's ok for words to have double meaning. And I'm going to still say that's gay, I have a gay friend so it's ok. This is just retarded.
The video would have been more powerful at the end if instead of saying "it is offensive to gay people" it said "it is offensive to people". Who someone chooses to love should not be a descriptor.
Just to clarify he said 'using gay to mean dumb or stupid is offensive'; his use of gay simply describes one's sexual preferences.
While I selectively use my words in order not to offend anyone I care about, as someone with an interest in linguistics, I don't agree with the Ad because it attempts to prescribe the way we should use our language.
All words are tools we employ to express ourselves, and supressing them only serves to silence, not solve the 'big' issues.
Lighten up, the word "gay" is used as slang. The original meaning was happy. Now, I'm not sure as to how we drew the connection between happy to homosexual, but obviously there was a mistake. Now it is used as dumb, stupid. Get over it. That happens with languages.
I have so many problems with this commercial. In order:
- Grant Hill and his teammates act like they've never blurted out a homesexual slur before. I find it hard to believe that they are angels when they have people fouling them every game.
- Alright, if you personally feel offended by the NBA for having a few players slip up. Then here's a thought, don't watch it.
- If you think someone is harassing you in school then fight them these commercials are sending the wrong message here.
In all honesty what might be a better idea is if homosexuals stop referring to themselves as 'gay'. Not really sure where it started but let's be real. The term is a slang and as in most cultures the meanings of slangs change in meaning and usage. Assert yourselves as what you are and stop resorting to slang words. Next time someone asks if you're gay, so no, I'm homosexual.
The word "gay" became a slang after the word "gay" became an identifier for the homosexual community. The word homosexual was too scientific. Like if you actually say you're heterosexual to identify yourself. You say you're straight. Last time I check, you stole that word, too. People started to use gay as a slang after it already meant an individual attracted to the same sex and was used as a derogatory comment.
Its subjective. I have gay friends that say it themselves. On the other hand, I'm sure some find it offensive. The idea to stop getting people to say it altogether is nice, however, I feel that this will be met with the same "success" as the NAACP used trying to "Bury the N-Word".
haha this commercial was only made in response to kobe bryant's gay slur to the referee. If the lakers were still in the playoffs best believe this commercial would not be playing.....
Why dont gay people just tell people to shut the fuck up? -.-
I mean i dont think its right that people are verbally ATTACKING them, but i mean for gods sake STICK UP FOR YOURSELF! What is with these "discrimination" commercials? Were all equal as human beings and should be treated as such. But if you listen to those around you and take what they say to heart, your bound to become a depressed and lonely person if not angry. What im saying is that its never going to stop and dont think it will.
@Icantrytoshuffle its easier said than done. many times people dont want to lower themselves to that standard, or their scared, or dont want to be mean or rude to anyone.
you know, the NBA can make all the pretty commercials they want.
it won't change anything though if they continue to let players trash talk on the court where everyone can hear them. and you know they will, because they don't have the guts to tell multi-million dollar players to stop. all they can do is fine them, and the fines they hand out are pocket change to these guys.
@BigCM06 What would you prefer? I'm pretty sure it is explicitly written somewhere in the standard players contract that conduct detrimental to the league, its teams and its fans is not tolerated. What would you do instead of fining? Suspend them for a game? I don't think that's necessary; look at Noah, who screwed up, and at the first chance he got, rectified it through a sincere apology. Everyone screws up at some point in their life. Commercials like this are aimed at NBA fans; not players.
Getting used to saying things like "that's gay", you never think about the fact that it could hurt people but if you're faced with that fact early on, you might still think before you speak. (Sorry I had to comment twice but I couldn't shorten my comment enough to make it fit)
I hope most homosexual folks have thick skin. To all of those whose shame of their prenatal determined uniqueness is weighing them down. I ask you to - just hold on. You're time for acceptance and equality is so close. Ignore the bigots and the indoctrinated. You are human. You are sentient. You are respected and loved by most. The fringe groups may remain for some time, but your courage will prevail in the end.
Being a lesbian, close friends saying "That's gay" doesn't bother me because I know that they are gay-friendly. At the same time I told the kids in my theater group (mainly age 13-15) not to use gay as an insult because I think that there's still a point in trying to educate them and that most of them haven't thought about the subject yet.
No one can speak for others. But minorities who refuse or ignore support from the majority, whether they're uneducated or educated jocks is foolish. Embrace support., even if intentions may be suspicious or self-serving.
@richard833 How is it possible that anybody is stupid enough to write "matter of fact, it doesnt bother any gay person." ??? So you have asked EVERY gay person? People have difference experiences/opinions, have you lived in a bubble? You only speak for yourself. All gay people are not sheep with one unanimous opinion.
Honestly, the idea that you speak for everybody is more annoying than the subject matter itself and would be whatever the assumption was about.
@richard833 dude really? it doesn't bother any gay person? who died and made you leader of the gay mafia?
I get offended by it on a daily bases. but i shut my mouth most of the time. my friends say it. but i correct them. i've had ex girlfriends say it - and its a matter of the area you live in and your generation. but seriously im a lesbian. and that DOES bother me
I thought it was clever that the last guy thought enough to rhyme his insult. And what a terrible reason not to use "gay" in that context: "It's not creative."
EspStinkBeatles 2 days ago
Hey does anybody know if this commercial is nationwide or just in phoenix??
chachodude 2 days ago
I know gay people who use the term to mean this themselves. Yes we should try and avoid it but don't get too offended when it slips out. The intent of words are far more important than the literal meaning of them.
PaddyMacNasty 1 week ago
People need to stop playing dumb you know they mean when people are referring to your move are just gay and it's not happy...they are talking about homosexual. And it does make a different if they say your moves are so homosexual then just gay because they are still insulting gay people. Next time say your moves are so staight
uraine7626 2 weeks ago
I'm sick and tired of arrogance, especially the arrogance in these comments. Why don't you guys get educated on the subject of gay rights and then comment on this video. I am lesbian myself and take offense when someone uses the word gay in a derogatory statement. It is degrading to me and to every gay person out there. Just keep in mind that people commit suicide because of people like you. Think before you speak!
fifernutter969 2 weeks ago
Wonderful and thanks for making it. It takes guts to make a public stand - I commend all involved. A recent study linked stupidity with hate and prejudice. That is clearly represented by some on this page.
Trittydi 3 weeks ago
I'm really glad with this video!!! Here in Holland kids are saying that as well, even gay kids, without even thinking about what they are saying!
SStroexCarr 3 weeks ago
Almost 90%? I think you mean 100%
ExclGamingProduction 3 weeks ago
awesome
MermaidKels2 3 weeks ago
Gay means happy.
kiki1326 3 weeks ago
You have the freedom of speech to say it, and we have the freedom of speech to ask you not to. We're not trying to pass any laws banning it, but just point out how uncool it is. I'm against saying words like retarded and the N word too of course. A lot of people get offended at them and there are plenty of alternative words you can use.
johnriccardi 3 weeks ago 21
Freedom of speech, don't mean, freedom of hurt someone. Be human!!!
bluepicis 3 weeks ago
Many people who think there's no need for hate crime laws might change their minds after reading the comments to this video. For some people, there's no value that trumps their "right" to hate and denigrate others.
talkstocoyotes 3 weeks ago
To the people here who think it's terribly clever and broad-minded to say 'it's just a word':
How many Polacks, beaners, jungle bunnies, honkies, ragheads and kikes do you know?
Do you think it's all right to call them that to their faces, or do you just do it behind their backs and tell yourself that when it comes to anti-gay slurs "it's different -- Those People don't count"? My guess is option #2.
talkstocoyotes 3 weeks ago
I appreciate the sentiment. I'm gay. I get where they're going with this but if I hear someone say "that's gay" in reference to something, meaning that it's stupid or lame, I don't take offence. I know that it's not directed at me. However, if someone calls ME gay, or faggot or something like that to attack me...then it's a problem. We have to pick our battles. I don't think it hurts to point out to people that, well, it could hurt someone's feelings. But I got other stuff to worry about.
suvariboy 3 weeks ago
A GREAT idea, ten thumbs up!!! jasonjdotbizDOTwordpressDOTcom
GodsSonJasonJ 3 weeks ago
CANT EVEN USE FREE SPEECH ON HERE
mrjcimi 3 weeks ago
@mrjcimi OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN but you already know gay means homosexual (& happy) so why use the word negatively? It makes no sense. There is nothing negative about being homosexual or happy/merry. Is your vocabulary that small? Get an education perhaps? And for the record, just because there's "free speech" doesn't mean you should turn it into "stupid speech".
Sebizzar 3 weeks ago
@mrjcimi
Not my comment but ur ignorant ass needs to read it
"You have the freedom of speech to say it, and we have the freedom of speech to ask you not to. We're not trying to pass any laws banning it, but just point out how uncool it is. I'm against saying words like retarded and the N word too of course. A lot of people get offended at them and there are plenty of alternative words you can use."
egghead268 3 weeks ago
JK
comachi100 4 weeks ago
What is the song called in the commercial?
sk8rdude394 1 month ago
I used to be quite liberal with the usage of the word faggot and such... Not so much now, maybe only out of anger... But I have nothing but love for the gay community
whoozthaboss 1 month ago 3
ok i am going to sound mean but bare with me. a) it is a word, get over it. b) if people want tolerance for the homosexuals. then show US some tolerance and deal with what you hear. there are all kinds of things people do not like in the world. but you know what this is the world we live in, if peopel did not make a big deal out of this. It would have gone away. BUT people have to push the buttons.
TheHatchetHacker 1 month ago
@TheHatchetHacker
First, what you posted is the general defense of bigotry: 'it's a fact of life, get over it [unless it affects ME, ME, ME].'
Second, the word is "bear", not "bare." "Bare with me" means let's both get naked.
talkstocoyotes 3 weeks ago
@TheHatchetHacker ... your comments are SO breeder
lafemmefatalle 3 weeks ago
@TheHatchetHacker We do tolerate with that word. Every day. It gets a little tiring. It's just like people not wanting to be called 'nigger'. It's offensive and demeaning.
ZmeyCares 3 weeks ago
@TheHatchetHacker Haha are you serious? We have to do you some favor just to be tolerated? Get real. And you got it wrong, if HOMOPHOBES didn't make homosexuality such a big deal, then this commercial wouldn't even exist because there'd be no relation to equating "gay" as something negative.
Sebizzar 3 weeks ago 3
@TheHatchetHacker One can even find within Miss Manners etiquette books encouragement to look down on something one finds offensive either by requesting the person stop the offensive behavior, by asking "You thought that was funny?" or some other direct challenge. Enabling rudeness with silence doesn't work: the attention mongers just try to be more shocking to provoke a reaction. Give them an unimpressed reaction and they may think twice before stirring up the same sort of mess again.
wyrdbyrd 3 weeks ago
@TheHatchetHacker You must not understand what it's like. Which is common for most people. If it helps, try imagining someone using a word that described you or someone you love. All it really takes is using another word. No big deal. The suicide rate amongst gays is high already. Why would you knowingly add onto the oppression they deal with everyday? Also, it's misleading to say people are being intolerant of you. You're not the one being hurt here.
TheTrueDefinition 3 weeks ago
@TheHatchetHacker You just don't get it do you?
RuckalltheFules 3 weeks ago
almost everyone leaving comments on this video seems extremely ignorant. if you don't think homophobic remarks are offensive, then you have that right, but that doesn't mean you have to tell everyone who does think it's offensive to be quiet about it. even as someone who's straight, i know how wrong it is. obviously no one is smart enough to think before they speak.
tashalovsyou 2 months ago 12
@tashalovsyou Well put! I agree. Why add to the conflict when you can simply avoid it and create a better environment for yourself and others by just not saying it? Even if people don't understand why it is offensive, it's just really disrespectful to continue doing it.
TheTrueDefinition 3 weeks ago
This is stupid.
LakersChicken 2 months ago
I'm so sick of everyone complaining about how every little thing is offensive. Can't everyone just grow a pair...it's freedom of speech.
TickMiester95 2 months ago
@TickMiester95
Freedom of speech includes a right to say things that you're not comfortable with.
If everyone truly "grew a pair", you'd probably get beaten to a pulp in a bar eventually. In the context of your comment, "grow a pair" means "put up with bigotry because I consider it more convenient."
talkstocoyotes 3 weeks ago
Tony1013 Well put!
Levord1980 2 months ago
Can anyone tell whose "music" is used as background?
25soraya02 2 months ago
I stop saying ghey when everybody stops saying the "N" word.
Tony01013 2 months ago
Welcome to the United States of the Offended.
clmabry 2 months ago
This is creepy. You're going to tell me what I can say?
yuppyguitar1 2 months ago
@yuppyguitar1 How stupid. No one's telling you what you can say; they're exercising their own freedom of speech. Grow up.
talkstocoyotes 3 weeks ago
So can I use the word retarded now? No ad council commercials about that.
robertjohnson5181 2 months ago
This entire ad campaign is retarded. Gay's originally meant happy. People started to use it to mean homosexual. Now it is being used to mean stupid not as a way to refer to homosexuals. Why would you get offended at people using a word that originally had nothing to do with homosexuality. It's the word's meaning that is changing. Most people say it w/o any offense meant towards gays. Plus you could be using the money for this campaign on much more meaningful things.
And1Li 3 months ago
@And1Li It used to be common to refer to something shoddy and flimsy as "n****r-rigged." Would you be okay with that?
talkstocoyotes 3 weeks ago
this is promoting censorship
cheekorawr 4 months ago
How could you "like" this video?
podskizee 4 months ago
@podskizee I'm sure that if you replace gay with Jewish or the N word everybody (even you) would understand)
lukebrux 3 weeks ago
Gay means lame, it has always meant that and it always will. Stop being little babies.
podskizee 4 months ago
@podskizee uhm. gay originally meant carefree and happy.
i don't know what word you're talking about.
you're about as smart as a baby, congrats.
tashalovsyou 2 months ago
I've just seen this commercial yesterday and I like it very much. It bothers me very much when individuals say, "That's so gay." It's very offensive and very derogatory. Yet, people continue to still use this offensive term today. I don't let negativity get to me at all because I know there are negative people who are against me for being openly gay, and they will continue to say negative and horrendous things behind your back (I also admit to having a very violent past, but it's behind me now).
protectorofillinois3 5 months ago 35
Homosexuals account for a disproportionate number of hepatitis cases: 70-80% in San Francisco, 29% in Denver, 66% in New York City, 56% in Toronto, 42% in Montreal, and 26% in Melbourne (8)
alan933 6 months ago
Tyranny of the majority at its finest. Don't be fooled, the "tolerance" these "champions" fight for is nothing more than intolerance; intolerance against the intolerant. They're merely espousing one group of people and their ideas to assert theirs as dominant, terrified of the free-speech our forefathers blessed us with. Oh, how they would weep at the hypocrisy.
Everyman1337 6 months ago
This is offensive, because not only is every person in the video black, but how I use my words is none of your business. If you're offended when I say something is gay then that's your choice. If you choose to identify your self as gay then so be it, but if I choose to use gay or goobleyfrock to identify something that sucks or is lame then I can do so. Unless I'm saying hey you're gay and you're lame and you're lame specifically because you are gay, well then that would be offensive.
UrinationNation 6 months ago
@UrinationNation Your conviction fills my heart with pride. What would our forefathers say if they ever met these enemies of free-speech, who hide behind a false veil of humanitarianism? I'll tell ya what they'd say: down with political correctness! Your words are something that only you and you alone are master of. Our freedom is golden, yes, and we protect it by using it as often as possible.
Everyman1337 6 months ago
@UrinationNation
wow, even the very first part of your comment is wrong. everyone in the video is not black. also, how they choose to do their commercial is none of your business anyways, since you said it's "none of your business" how you use your words. big contradiction, think about it.
tashalovsyou 2 months ago
I do not use that phrase, but when I hear it. I do not think that the term means "dumb or stupid". I would think that it would mean unnatural, wrong or non-masculine.
TheGrayman1234 6 months ago
you should not use words like gay to insult ppl! you might offend real homos so it is importatnt to be sensitive. peace
lovekawakawaii 6 months ago 2
Funny how gay this "thinkb4youspeak" website thinks they can make a difference by making these ads. Its not going to do ANYTHING because people don't give a shit. The word "gay" has been defined by today's teen's as stupid, useless, worthless, garbage, and pointless. I don't think anyone is going to listen judging by it STILL continuing and people ignoring it. Gay people will forever be degraded by straight people like me. They just want to keep on trying a failed idea. 1+1=3? Compare it.
266BULLDOG 6 months ago
@266BULLDOG So gay people are garbage to you?! Fortunately, the majority of straight people don't define the value of a person based on their sexual orientation but by their actions and their personality. Maybe some day you will understand this "concept".
lionjake72 3 weeks ago
i went to the website and signed up for the pledge cuz i can admit i just aw this video to today and ive been saying hurtful things and its been said to me and theres a cute persn on the commercial
and i just want to stop i want it to stop finally a better site to go to
oh its funny in the commercial when they scream
coolgirl802 7 months ago
i went to the website and signed up for the pledge cuz i can admit i just aw this video to today and ive been saying hurtful things and its been said to me and theres a cute persn on the commercial
and i just want to stop i want it to stop finally a better site to go to
coolgirl802 7 months ago
@coolgirl802 you sound really smart... just sayin
podskizee 4 months ago
i went to the website and signed up for the pledge cuz i can admit i just aw this video to today and ive been saying hurtful things and its been said to me and theres a cute persn on the commercial
coolgirl802 7 months ago
This comment is bound to offend someone.
volbox 7 months ago
@snoozproductioners Yeah. saying stupid or dumb, could offend stupid people or people who can't speak.
cjracer1000 8 months ago
i like the court the first guy is on.
mega1343 8 months ago
At the end of the ad, Phoenix Suns star Grant Hill says "It's not cool to use 'gay' - and you're better than that." Reading some of these comments, it's apparent he was overly optimistic.
Toronado2008 8 months ago 3
So it's OK to make obliquely make fun of fat people ("the only triple double you get, come with fries") but not gay people...I see.
DeuceNQuota 8 months ago 2
I've used gay since I was a little kid and will continue to do so. :)
KirbyPwnz13 8 months ago
Whoops! I just said, "I don't believe in god." It offended a religious person! Therefore, saying such things should be banned. Talking should be banned because someone could, potentially, be offended by what you say!
UltimateAVGN 8 months ago
Of course the last guy is black/and is in the ghetto......rasist
sept240 8 months ago
Lovin' the Beastie Boys music in the background
hsephilly200 8 months ago
im not better than that haha
Bobby61189 8 months ago
Good gosh people. Why don't we just teach kids not to say things that can hurt or degrade anyone at all? I hear fewer and fewer people even using the word gay. You know what's still being misused more than ever? Retarded. Honestly, those who misuse retarded all the time and yet still flip out whenever someone misuses gay, even for satirical purposes, are doing more damage to their cause than good. Just food for thoughts, kids.
puddinfellow 8 months ago 2
They need a commercial like this for the word "nigga" or "nigger" (there is no difference regardless of what people say). But just as the word "nigger" has broaden itself in meaning, the word "gay" can also. That is how languages are. You can't stop it really. Just don't accept it when people say it in front of you.
Juwar1974 8 months ago
It's so funny that people spent money on this campaign. As many have stated, "Gays" took the word from something else.. It's ok for words to have double meaning. And I'm going to still say that's gay, I have a gay friend so it's ok. This is just retarded.
p00p13f4c3 8 months ago
People say stuff way more retarded than calling somebody "gay."
iceboardin 8 months ago
@iceboardin Oh, the irony! I have an autistic son and you just insulted him. You'll be hearing from my lawyer ;-)
TinyDancer500 8 months ago
The video would have been more powerful at the end if instead of saying "it is offensive to gay people" it said "it is offensive to people". Who someone chooses to love should not be a descriptor.
LivingAwakeInc 9 months ago
i love how hes just like "its offensive to gay people" i mean, didn't you just say the word gay was offensive? lol
Georgegeorgiegeorge 9 months ago
@Georgegeorgiegeorge
Just to clarify he said 'using gay to mean dumb or stupid is offensive'; his use of gay simply describes one's sexual preferences.
While I selectively use my words in order not to offend anyone I care about, as someone with an interest in linguistics, I don't agree with the Ad because it attempts to prescribe the way we should use our language.
All words are tools we employ to express ourselves, and supressing them only serves to silence, not solve the 'big' issues.
Asahi122 8 months ago
this commercial is just going to have the opposite effect, nobody wants to be told what they can and can't say
and i can't take anybody who gets offended by a word seriously anyway
GreatDinkino1 9 months ago
Lighten up, the word "gay" is used as slang. The original meaning was happy. Now, I'm not sure as to how we drew the connection between happy to homosexual, but obviously there was a mistake. Now it is used as dumb, stupid. Get over it. That happens with languages.
ghostofluda 9 months ago
I can guarantee that most people after watching this commercial said, "That was gay."
enriquefication 9 months ago 5
@enriquefication I'm sure that if you replace "gay" with Jewish or the N word, nobody would use it.
lukebrux 3 weeks ago
of coarse the black guy says it
blink182nembh 9 months ago
Wow... moderated comments so everything down here is biased and my comment isn't even going to show up probably...
GeekHead1000 9 months ago
I have so many problems with this commercial. In order:
- Grant Hill and his teammates act like they've never blurted out a homesexual slur before. I find it hard to believe that they are angels when they have people fouling them every game.
- Alright, if you personally feel offended by the NBA for having a few players slip up. Then here's a thought, don't watch it.
- If you think someone is harassing you in school then fight them these commercials are sending the wrong message here.
NoName1325 9 months ago
I can't believe some people are taking this so lightly. I am gay and I find this EXTREMELY offensive.
wolfheart19891 9 months ago 2
In all honesty what might be a better idea is if homosexuals stop referring to themselves as 'gay'. Not really sure where it started but let's be real. The term is a slang and as in most cultures the meanings of slangs change in meaning and usage. Assert yourselves as what you are and stop resorting to slang words. Next time someone asks if you're gay, so no, I'm homosexual.
bighead2000 9 months ago 5
@bighead2000 THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT I HAVE READ ON THE TOPIC TO DATE.
YashaDenson 9 months ago
@bighead2000
The word "gay" became a slang after the word "gay" became an identifier for the homosexual community. The word homosexual was too scientific. Like if you actually say you're heterosexual to identify yourself. You say you're straight. Last time I check, you stole that word, too. People started to use gay as a slang after it already meant an individual attracted to the same sex and was used as a derogatory comment.
isaiasnaruto 8 months ago
Yumadthough?
ohemgeewtfwow 9 months ago
Its subjective. I have gay friends that say it themselves. On the other hand, I'm sure some find it offensive. The idea to stop getting people to say it altogether is nice, however, I feel that this will be met with the same "success" as the NAACP used trying to "Bury the N-Word".
whoozthaboss 9 months ago
Who's in this commercial??
Goodgirl2611 9 months ago
haha this commercial was only made in response to kobe bryant's gay slur to the referee. If the lakers were still in the playoffs best believe this commercial would not be playing.....
MidWestBalla218 9 months ago
Funny commercial, I can't stop laughing at it.
atlcardcollector 9 months ago 5
@atlcardcollector lol i hear that
thisfuckinsucks1 9 months ago
I SUPPORT gay people, but I still say That's gay and I don't know why they get offended
repenphx 9 months ago
Why dont gay people just tell people to shut the fuck up? -.-
I mean i dont think its right that people are verbally ATTACKING them, but i mean for gods sake STICK UP FOR YOURSELF! What is with these "discrimination" commercials? Were all equal as human beings and should be treated as such. But if you listen to those around you and take what they say to heart, your bound to become a depressed and lonely person if not angry. What im saying is that its never going to stop and dont think it will.
Icantrytoshuffle 9 months ago
@Icantrytoshuffle its easier said than done. many times people dont want to lower themselves to that standard, or their scared, or dont want to be mean or rude to anyone.
lancebasslover99 9 months ago
@Icantrytoshuffle Does that work for you?
shenadoa 3 weeks ago
nice.
lisabuttface 9 months ago
FTW. Great ad.
JacRab25 9 months ago
you know, the NBA can make all the pretty commercials they want.
it won't change anything though if they continue to let players trash talk on the court where everyone can hear them. and you know they will, because they don't have the guts to tell multi-million dollar players to stop. all they can do is fine them, and the fines they hand out are pocket change to these guys.
BigCM06 9 months ago
@BigCM06 What would you prefer? I'm pretty sure it is explicitly written somewhere in the standard players contract that conduct detrimental to the league, its teams and its fans is not tolerated. What would you do instead of fining? Suspend them for a game? I don't think that's necessary; look at Noah, who screwed up, and at the first chance he got, rectified it through a sincere apology. Everyone screws up at some point in their life. Commercials like this are aimed at NBA fans; not players.
Andrewwascool 8 months ago
0:07 that girl looks like Russell Westbrook!!
scottbigboi 9 months ago
not cool!
wafflewhorre 9 months ago
very inspiring.
AlixWii 9 months ago 3
PEOPLE DON"T WANT POLITICS IN SPORTS!
coliwood 9 months ago
Maybe he meant Gay as in Rudy Gay.
"I can do this all day, your moves are just Rudy Gay."
He's obviously dissin Rudy! :o
mrbeety 9 months ago 2
Getting used to saying things like "that's gay", you never think about the fact that it could hurt people but if you're faced with that fact early on, you might still think before you speak. (Sorry I had to comment twice but I couldn't shorten my comment enough to make it fit)
BrideOfAPirate 9 months ago
@BrideOfAPirate
I hope most homosexual folks have thick skin. To all of those whose shame of their prenatal determined uniqueness is weighing them down. I ask you to - just hold on. You're time for acceptance and equality is so close. Ignore the bigots and the indoctrinated. You are human. You are sentient. You are respected and loved by most. The fringe groups may remain for some time, but your courage will prevail in the end.
falang78 9 months ago 3
Being a lesbian, close friends saying "That's gay" doesn't bother me because I know that they are gay-friendly. At the same time I told the kids in my theater group (mainly age 13-15) not to use gay as an insult because I think that there's still a point in trying to educate them and that most of them haven't thought about the subject yet.
BrideOfAPirate 9 months ago
hi, i'm gay and this doesnt bother me.
matter of fact, it doesnt bother any gay person.
richard833 9 months ago
@richard833 hi, i'm gay and it does bother me.
matter of fact, you don't speak for all gay people.
moirariordan 9 months ago 29
@moirariordan
Bothers me too. Who wants a word that describes who they are used as an insult.
spacefan123 9 months ago
@moirariordan
No one can speak for others. But minorities who refuse or ignore support from the majority, whether they're uneducated or educated jocks is foolish. Embrace support., even if intentions may be suspicious or self-serving.
falang78 9 months ago
@moirariordan swag
foshiz95 9 months ago
@richard833 boy are you off the mark..
CrisVangel 9 months ago
@richard833 How is it possible that anybody is stupid enough to write "matter of fact, it doesnt bother any gay person." ??? So you have asked EVERY gay person? People have difference experiences/opinions, have you lived in a bubble? You only speak for yourself. All gay people are not sheep with one unanimous opinion.
Honestly, the idea that you speak for everybody is more annoying than the subject matter itself and would be whatever the assumption was about.
moogle301 9 months ago 2
@richard833 dude really? it doesn't bother any gay person? who died and made you leader of the gay mafia?
I get offended by it on a daily bases. but i shut my mouth most of the time. my friends say it. but i correct them. i've had ex girlfriends say it - and its a matter of the area you live in and your generation. but seriously im a lesbian. and that DOES bother me
xxmanicmylesxx 9 months ago