tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post1239595093945416785..comments2023-09-16T04:45:50.404-05:00Comments on Sleeping with The Devil: WND's Subtle (Or Not So Subtle) Bigotry Of Placing Quotes Around "Gay"Dervish Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-79984859326078548172015-08-28T10:01:48.165-05:002015-08-28T10:01:48.165-05:00stasisonline: So perhaps WND are not rejecting the...<i>stasisonline: So perhaps WND are not rejecting the concept of 'gay', but rather of a "gay Christian" and of "same-sex marriage".</i><br /><br />No. They reject the idea that anyone is acutally gay. WND believes being gay is a choice.<br /><br />A Google on search for "WND" + "Gay" returns the following results of the word "gay" being in quotes as a stand-alone word...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/major-u-s-companies-push-sweeping-gay-rights-bill/" rel="nofollow">WND Exclusive: Major U.S. companies go nuts for 'gay' rights</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/drastic-measure-taken-on-gay-marriage/" rel="nofollow">Alabama begins marrying 'gay' couples</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/08/gay-history-thrusted-into-u-s-classrooms/" rel="nofollow">WND EXCLUSIVE 'Gay' history thrust into U.S. classrooms</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/08/defiant-clerk-denies-gay-marriage-license-for-3rd-time/" rel="nofollow">Marriage clerk revolts, locks out 'gays'</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/federal-gay-mania-sparks-push-for-civil-disobedience/" rel="nofollow">Federal 'gay' mania sparks push for civil disobedience</a>.<br /><br />I am not the only one to notice this, btw. According to the <a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/WND#And_that.27s_not_all" rel="nofollow">rational wiki</a> "Whenever WND uses the word gay, they employ scare quotes". <a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Scare_quotes" rel="nofollow">Scare quotes</a> are "quotes put around a proposition because it is unreliable. They are the written equivalent of air quote. In general, scare-quotes are among the cheapest of cheap rhetorical tactics, and used in excess they tend to detract from a text's credibility by suggesting that the writer is unable to resort to more substantial maneuvers".Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-56732885331946013742015-08-28T07:18:37.011-05:002015-08-28T07:18:37.011-05:00In your lengthy quote from WND, there is no instan...In your lengthy quote from WND, there is no instance of the word 'gay' being in quotes as a stand-alone word. Rather the quotes are used when a phrase is used, eg "gay Christian". So perhaps WND are not rejecting the concept of 'gay', but rather of a "gay Christian" and of "same-sex marriage".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com