There is a very thin line between good manners and political correctness. It is my personal belief that each of us already knows the difference, but for some reason has forgotten that words can hurt. Why is it necessary to degrade a group of people or a person in order to make a legitimate point? If some thing is stupid, as this article states, then why not call it for what it is,,,,,stupid. Why do we have to refer to it as gay? Since when has gay become a synonym for dumb, stupid, foolish, etc?

The English language has myriad words to describe almost anything we wish to describe. I personally have no particular problem with so called "curse" words, as the words themselves are perfectly harmless. But to use any kind of word for the sole purpose of making someone else the butt of a mean-spirited joke, for example, just makes no sense to me.

Profanity is used to express emotions such as anger, surprise, frustration, and annoyance. I don't think profanity is "bad" in that sense, but only in the sense that one doesn't use one's mind as well to express themselves. I've only heard the term "that's so gay" used by straight ignorant for whom the phrase is so ubiquitous that it has lost it's meaning. People just don't realize they are saying a slur until called upon it. Thanks for pointing this out Zazel.

The word "people"should be after straight ignorant

I know, my dad says it all the time; it seriously pisses me off. I expect people in my school to be close minded, but not my dad...