From: Jacob Whitehill, Graduate Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UCSD.
Title: "No, it's not ok to ridicule fags"
Dear Editor [of UCSD Guardian],
I consider it an achievement of America today that it is generally considered unacceptable to maliciously ridicule or intimidate an entire ethnicity in public. Expressing disgust of gays, on the other hand, is merely considered "controversial"; though it may (rarely) raise an eyebrow, it will almost never trigger anyone to object to the speaker's message.
This evening at the RIMAC gym, while changing my clothes in the Men's Locker Room after working out, I overheard a rowdy group of 3-4 guys in the aisle next to me talking. At some point their conversation went as follows:
Person 1: "... is a homo."
Person 2: "Hey, what you got against gay people?" (apparently setting up the joke)
Person 1: "A lot! Hahahah!..." (punchline). Malicious laughter ensues.
To these dear gentlemen:
As perverted, aberrant, and pansy you may think us to be, no, you still can't use homophobic speech in public. Not in general society, and especially not at UCSD. If you replace the word "homo" with any racial epithet, I'm confident that even you would find it unacceptable to make that same joke.
Sincerely,
Jacob Whitehill
Grad student
PS: slamming the lockers unnecessarily is annoying as well.
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