Tufts OTR: There Are Homophobic People at Tufts?

There Are Homophobic People at Tufts?

Posted by The Misanthropist 04/15/2008 10:13 AM
Category: Tags: stupid people, bigotry, Bacow

Seeing as Tufts is more or less 3/4 gay, it's surprising to see that people would still write things like this.

True, it's not that bad. But still it's not something that I'd like to see happen at Tufts. Especially seeing as today is the Day of Silence, a day devoted to recognizing the discrimination faced by queer people around the world.

The Misanthropist thinks the Task Force on Freedom of Expression should sick Jumbo on the culprit.

+ 10 comments

Anonymous says,

3/4 Gay? You're 3/4 intelligent...

That said, the graffiti was still stupid. Posted 04/15/2008 10:30 AMReply

Street13 says,

ah tufts, how i love thee.

oh yeah, shit, we're all supposed to be wearing red and showing our solidarity. oops. Posted 04/15/2008 11:34 AMReply

Anonymous says,

This post is gay. Posted 04/15/2008 2:40 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Who says "Giant Man is gay," has to be an insult? If you ignore every previous instance of the phrase "... is gay"'s use, it is possible that this graffiti is, in fact, in honor of Day of Silence. Maybe we're taking the negative connotations out of that phrase. And I mean "we" as a society, because I'm not gay.

Giant Man is gay, and there's nothing wrong with that. Posted 04/15/2008 4:39 PMReply

Anonymous says,

who the hell is giant man? Posted 04/15/2008 6:02 PMReply

Anonymous says,

it's oversensitive pricks like Misanthropist that confuse me. i can't tell if this post is serious or not. Posted 04/15/2008 8:09 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I actually suspect the graffiti was done in support of the Day of Silence.

For example, on Coming Out Day last fall, QSA students proclaimed with chalk that "This tree is gay," "This step is gay," "Jumbo is gay," etc., in an exercise in reclaiming "gay" as a positive affirmation of identity. Posted 04/15/2008 9:53 PMReply

Anonymous says,

you've got to be kidding me. not another gay OTR blogger! Posted 04/16/2008 07:09 AMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous:

hi -

i actually organized the day of silence and reported this to Beat Bias. I guarantee you this had nothing to do with the day of silence - we didn't even do any chalking.

and im ashamed that some of you can be so insensitive. We go to tufts. And just because you can post anonymously here doesn't mean you can be **** like the primary source. Posted 04/16/2008 07:10 AMReply

The Misanthropist says,