What Do You Say to "That's So Gay"?

In this excerpt from "Not In Our School: Palo Alto, CA," Gunn High School students in Roni Habib's "Facing History and Ourselves" class challenge the saying "That's So Gay."

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• NIOT
• The Working Group
• gunn high school
• palo alto

[GuineaPigsRule123]

I am in total shock when someone says that's so gay because I am bii and it offends me

[TheKp639]

hahahah people are dumb to get ofended wen some 1 says "thats so gay" couse i am mexican and people make fun of my culture many times so i dont care

stop wining for "thats so gay couse people u got to learn to ignore things they soon fall out of stile, they wont if u pay atention to it

[SleepyR3PTILE]

@TheKp639 But stand up to it and fight it. Dont let it happen.

[xxEoExx]

@spikeycullen1 "use some grammer" You spelled grammar wrong bro.

[IamtheJunkee]

Personally, I can see why homosexual people would get offended by me reffering to something as "gay" because that's what the word USED to mean. In today's slang, "gay" just means something is unpleasant, completely unrelated now to homosexuals. Same with saying "faggot", it's just something I would say to someone who is being a dick (not an actual penis, but just making me dislike them). It's part of my vocabulary to use these words as slang, because they mean different things now-a-days

[spikeycullen1]

Looking through all the comments its pretty sad to see how when people are proving their points they cant even spell half of their words right. Seriously people get a brain if you are trying to make a point, use some grammer and hitch up your big kid pants and learn that people who are different are put through hell almost everyday and you guys are justifying this. In my 9th year I was threatened countless times and all I was told was "You deserve it." How was it my fault that Im gay??

[pierceys234]

@TheKp639 not everyone is like that...if someone calls me a faggot it's just amusing

[TheGravyBoat42]

@GuineaPigsRule123 I don't think that it is relevant that you are bi. It's offensive to any intelligent person. xX

[poolerboy0077]

@GuineaPigsRule123 So what? Be offended. Vegans get offended when you and I eat meat. I get offended when I see boy bands for chrissake.

[xLIMPxWRISTx]

@TheKp639 High five brah! Dude im gay and mexican. I say thats gay all the time lol.

[sovietyam]

I was in this class (the guy with kinda orange hair and the WPI shirt) and i have to say, out of all the classes i took while in high school, this was the most interesting class. The teacher, Mr. Habib was amazing and really had a way of getting us all to talk and have deep meaningful conversations with each other.