The first one was crap.... 86.2% got picked on at high school? 44% got physical? What are the stats for straight people? Everyone gets picked on in high school.

"That's so gay."? Really? That's so offensive? Jesus, wait til you get in the real world! Walk around with a skin that thin and you won't last a month.... the comments aren't directed at gay people, it's just a phrase that's evolving.

Like 'gay' used to mean 'happy' and 'merry'... it evolved.

The second one was funny - gay guy hitting a bigot with a pie... does that count as a physical attack? The woman was quick with the 'At least it was a fruit pie.' line.

I disagree with you, EB. If it is not directed to gay people then DO NOT use the word Gay!. It's utterly offensive. Gay used to mean happy. But Gay nowaday does NOT mean lame or stupid. It has a bigotry negative connotation attached. When you encourage saying something like that it sets back our cultures backward, not forward. Let you say "that's so jew", "that's so ******" or "That's so ******". Let's see if you would get 'at least it's a pie' in your face.

If the words are not offensive, how come I never hear a single gay person says it ?

- Unfortunately, being gay is often viewed as a negative thing. As a result, terms used to put down gay people have slipped into everyday speech and are used as a way to demonstrate just how bad the person using the phrase thinks the "gay" thing is.

If a phrase is repeated enough, its origins may be forgotten. Because it is so common to hear, "that's so gay'" plenty of people don't link the phrase to an insult against gay people. Calling someone out for using this slur can be all it takes for the person using it to understand that it isn't simply a harmless expression. -

http://gayteens.about.com/od/safetytips/a/thatssogay.htm

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. - Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister.