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October 02, 2006
"Queers" hated here?
I love it. For my sarcastic ridicule of Michael Marcavage (an offense I've repeated many times, BTW), I'm being called a "queer hating site." I'm hoping this is satire. (What, I should be hoping it isn't?) MORE: For readers who aren't interested in following links, Marcavage is a local (Philadelphia area) antigay bigot, who thinks homosexuals should be executed, and who enjoys getting himself arrested for disrupting gay events. I would hope that regular readers understand that my satire about him is not only not endorsement; it's precisely the opposite. UPDATE: It occurs to me that I might be jumping to conclusions, so it might be worth a close look at the full context of the apparent criticism: Here's a nice queer hating site talking about how talented he is. Of course, by talented they mean he's a bible baiting winger just as Jesse Jackson is a race baiter.First of all, that wasn't what I meant by "talented." I have long suspected Marcavage of being some sort of agent provocateur -- along the lines of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Such a thing requires talent, and if that's what he is, he is indeed talented, in the truest sense of the word. But now I'm thinking about the possible meaning of "nice queer hating site." That might mean that I'm a nice site that hates "queers." On the other hand it might mean that I only hate "nice queers." Context is everything. UPDATE: In a comment to his post, the author Dan says he was joking. No biggie. One of the problems with the Internet is that it's easy to miss sarcasm. (The busier I get, the more likely I am to miss it myself.) posted by Eric on 10.02.06 at 01:14 PM
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Very good! I hadn't thought of that, but it's another possible construction. Eric Scheie · October 2, 2006 08:55 PM |
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I notice that "queer hating" is not hyphenated. So it seems to mean that you're a nice queer site that hates.