When I was young calling someone ‘queer’ was insulting. Even those who were didn’t use that term normally. Now the GLBT community call themselves that – and it’s PC to do so.
When I was young calling someone ‘queer’ was insulting. Even those who were didn’t use that term normally. Now the GLBT community call themselves that – and it’s PC to do so.
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Yep! Times they are a changing.
No slight on you Rodney but I have always found the phrase ‘Times are a changing’ a bit weak as a response. If I think it’s rude and insulting to call someone queer, I’m not going to. In fact the GLBT community (which is still a label whether accepted or not) are imposing their views on my view that calling someone queer is to be insulting. You just can’t win in on this planet.
Times they are a changing comes from a song. It was the battle cry for change back in the hippy era. A whole generation of long hairs grew up with it. Yep! I was a Bob Dylan fan. I have never called anyone queer nor do I intend to. Not sure what you mean by you just can’t win in on this planet, Glenn. Sounds a bit defeatist. Not really understanding you.
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Bob Dylan
Come gather around people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
And if your breath to you is worth saving
Then you better start swimming or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changing
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no telling who that it’s naming
For the loser now will be later to win
Cause the times they are a-changing
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s the battle outside raging
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changing
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
Cause the times they are a-changing
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slowest now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fading
And the first one now will later be last
Cause the times they are a-changing
Songwriters: Bob Dylan