I vote we start using "No Bigot", after we backhand the living hell out of the ignorant. LOL... I'm a horrible person...
No you're not, sis! :3 You're a sweet, kind soul. And sometimes, force needs to be used. So ya. *skips away gleefully*
it's mildly irritating, like touching a stinging nettle. I've never heard anyone say it in real life though - it seems to be an internet thing.
No, you're not horrible; far from it. The way I see it, as quoted, we're in agreement here and you have every right to feel so.
I always imagine two men in bed, and one of them says "no homo". But seriously though, how can any straight person be so insecure about their sexuality that they have to remind everyone constantly how straight they are.
Just look up "no homo" on the Boondocks. There is a segment in that episode that is well... just youtube it.
I don't put those in the same category. But I have to say that, in the right context, "no woman" or "no ginger" could be pretty funny as well.
I've only heard it once among my friends and immediately after the guy said it, everyone looked at me really awkwardly. Then, I gave the guy a thumbs-up and said 'Super homo!' which made everyone crack up. I know it was a popular phrase for a little while, but I don't think very many people say it now, except maybe on the internet. My reaction most of the time is more of a 'Really? *raises eyebrow*' type thing rather than finding it insulting.
After complimenting, you say it assuring you're not attracted to them. We can use no-hetero when complimenting our lady friends
My friends have often joked about it, and I find it hilarious in a joke, but when people use it seriously, then it seems rather homophobic.
It doesn't bother me. Person doing this is feeling insecure about his feelings, that's why showing off any sort of emotion triggers the reaction like that.
Oh, I understand why people take offense I guess I just choose not to take offense in this instance. To be honest I generally choose not to personally take offense until that offense is intended. Most of the kind of comments that people come on here to complain about aren't really hateful they're just thoughtless and to me it seems that the only real response to that is to make people think. In my mind this one isn't at all like the F word or the N word in that generally speaking only people who are personally involved--i.e. LGBT themselves or close to someone who is--are going to be bothered. The solution in my mind, then, is to let people know that's you, let people know how it makes you feel--and, then, if they persist you can be hurt. So often with the homophobic comments we bend over backwards to make people think they don't apply to us--and then we're hurt that they don't act on knowledge we are consciously withholding from them. Now that I think about it that may be why I've never heard this one. I'm open and matter of fact with pretty much everyone and to be honest I've only heard a handful of homophobic comments in the last twenty years. Again, in my experience people are more thoughtless than hateful...
No, apart from the context of someone saying "[Homophobic comment quoted] why don't you just say no homo and get on with it." My lesbian friend was talking about it and said "no hetro" to take the mickey.
I don't mind it at all. I even say it as a joke sometimes. It just signifies that they're not gay (or, they're trying to cover it up).
