Re: ADA To Change Thinking On Low Carb Diets?

In alt.support.diabetes on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:09:10 -0500 in Msg.#
<474ad389$0$27004$470ef3ce@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jackie Patti <jpatti@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

DonnaB shallotpeel wrote:
However, that statement is a lot like, 'I don't have anything against gay
people as long as they keep it to themselves.' And, if someone feels that
you have to be in the closet, then, ho, yes, that very well can be a sign of
homophobia. I'm not saying you are. I'm not saying you aren't. I don't know
whether you are or not. But, I've known many homophobes to make the
statement you just did.

Here I'd agree with you. Straight people "flaunt" heterosexuality all
the time, referring to their spouses, boyfriends and girlfriends, "hot"
celebrities, etc.

I'm remembering a particular job I had at a time when I identified as
lesbian (an identification that has ceased applying since I married a
male!)

One day, a bunch of women I worked with were chatting with me about Mel
Gibson's ass and how hot he was. Aside from absolutely *despising* the
man, there was no way to tell them I was squicked by discussing male
anatomy without outting myself.

Of course, had *I* outted myself, I'd have been discussing inappropriate
stuff at work, whereas their discussion of his ass was just normal
conversation. It's not "non-private" to be straight, but being queer is
too-much-information.

Oh, thank you, too!!! Yes, this is so well put. And, I agree about that
odious man, as well.

--
DonnaB shallotpeel, T2 since June 06, USA, last HbA1c 5.3

"Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei & Sophie
Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance & the boot that is gonna kick your
sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart. I am Death Incarnate & the
last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me. - Susan
Ivanova, B5
.

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