"Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay ‘Cure’"

[MagisterCultuum]

It is not the people who don't see a problem with gay marriage but don't care enough to vote specifically for that who vote against it. They just don't vote, leaving those who oppose gay marriage as a majority of those who decide the outcome.

 

[MobBoss]

It is not the people who don't see a problem with gay marriage but don't care enough to vote specifically for that who vote against it. They just don't vote, leaving those who oppose gay marriage as a majority of those who decide the outcome.

Or, as mentioned earlier, they say one thing to a pollster, but remain against SSM when in the privacy of the voting booth.

 

[LucyDuke]

The people that aren't against it and don't go to vote... go to vote against it. That makes sense?

 

[MobBoss]

The people that aren't against it and don't go to vote... go to vote against it. That makes sense?

Well, if you are for something, but never go vote for it to come to realization - how much are you actually 'for' it?

 

[LucyDuke]

I don't see what that has to do with this.

 

[cardgame]

There is a difference between not voting for something and voting against it. There are three options, not two.

It's not a slur, f***t is a slur.

Since when was 'fruit' a slur?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Since when was 'fruit' a slur?

Don't give him a reason to be disappointed in Kentucky, he's riding high right now.

 

[MobBoss]

There is a difference between not voting for something and voting against it.

Not really, no. Either choice has the same effect.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Not really, no. Either choice has the same effect.

But the motives behind those actions are different. Person A abstains from voting because he has a bad case of flu so he can't bother to go and vote, person B votes against gay marriages because he thinks gay people are icky.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Since when was 'fruit' a slur?

Fruit is kind of pejorative. I don't know if I'd say it's a slur, but it definitely has a negative connotation.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Fruit is kind of pejorative. I don't know if I'd say it's a slur, but it definitely has a negative connotation.

You are totally bananas

 

[Leonel]

You are totally bananas

Hey, let's not compare apples to oranges here.

 

[madviking]

Fruit is kind of pejorative. I don't know if I'd say it's a slur, but it definitely has a negative connotation.

Not like vegetable.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

How is fruit not in the slightest bit insulting? It's like saying fairy or poof.

 

[madviking]

How is fruit not in the slightest bit insulting? It's like saying fairy or poof.

If you are willing to accept any word as having a negative connotation due to how some people, unbeknownst to me, use it, I can't stop you.

I've never heard 'fruit' used as any negative.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Really? Maybe it's a bit antiquated, but I've never heard fruit used to describe a person used positively.

EDIT: See definition five.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Yep. You used to hear it all the time.

 

[madviking]

Really? Maybe it's a bit antiquated, but I've never heard fruit used to describe a person used positively.

EDIT: See definition five.

Colloquial. Dated. Not much currency.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

It says dated but I still hear people use it and I never said it wasn't colloquial.

 

[madviking]

It says dated but I still hear people use it and I never said it wasn't colloquial.

The colloquial and dated from the Wiktionary entry. And like I said, I've never heard it.