It's OK to be Takei
May. 20th, 2011 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleI kind of love George Takei.
First, in light of the bill in Tennessee that would prohibit teachers from saying the word "Gay" in the classroom, he offers his name to the cause, saying people should simply say "Takei" instead.
And, of course, George Takei should be Spiderman.
First, in light of the bill in Tennessee that would prohibit teachers from saying the word "Gay" in the classroom, he offers his name to the cause, saying people should simply say "Takei" instead.
And, of course, George Takei should be Spiderman.
Yes...
Date: 2011-05-20 08:15 pm (UTC)Laws move slowly; language can evolve at the speed of thought. You do the math.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2011-05-20 08:23 pm (UTC)And some part of me is fascinated by the idea of taking a slur and replacing it with a man's name by his own request as a way to defang the slur.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2011-05-20 08:45 pm (UTC)True. I am equally fascinated by its tendency to behave like quicksilver and its tendency to behave like amber.
>>And some part of me is fascinated by the idea of taking a slur and replacing it with a man's name by his own request as a way to defang the slur.<<
Yes. It's a perfect storm.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2011-05-22 06:40 am (UTC)