Gay is damaged, straight is normal

[jdr0918]

<<<In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." wrote:...Well, OK.  
But as the definition of "normal" explicitly states, "normal" 
and "abnormal" *do* have certain value-laden connotations to them.  
This is so even if *you* don't mean to make a value judgment...Either 
way, though, some people may think less of you for it... but why use 
a term that is going to cause misunderstanding and ill will when so 
many alternatives are available?...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

We're going to run out of alternatives if we don't get a grip. Terms 
like "retarded", "disabled", "handicapped", etc., began as 
euphemisms. Now we have to say things like "intellectually 
challenged" and "differently abled". Pooh. Doubleplus pooh. Besides, 
whenever I try to be --what, nice? normal? sweet? -- I get 
neurodermatitis and vapors and I vomit bile.

I *am* a bitch. Call me if you ever want to get rid of a clingy 
friend.

--JDR