An Early AM Question

[deelaundry]

Do you think the male nurse House spoke to in episode 6-8 (the Thanksgiving ep) was gay? Why or why not?

I know some people on my f-list thought the male nurse House spoke to in episode 6-8 (the Thanksgiving ep) was gay. If you thought this, what specifically made you think it?

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Comments

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

I thought Zulu's question was very neutrally worded. It's true that Dee's question is framed in a rather binary way which makes it difficult to read intention.

[onewayfreak.livejournal.com]

Your opinion of Dee's question is a subjective thing. It's no more a fact that Dee's post was problematic than it is a fact that Zulu's question was problematic. You found Dee's question difficult to interpret and I felt the same way for Zulu's. Why does someone have to be wrong (why does one opinion get to be called fact while the other is just an opinion)?

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

I never said that you were wrong or that either of them were right or factual. I wondered why you seemed to take offense at Zulu turning the question around, when that's a technique often used in discussion to open up new avenues of inquiry. As a scholar, I also found Dee's phrasing interesting and wanted to know more about why she chose those words and what she wanted to discover. It's a fact that Dee's question was binary, allowing for a yes or no answer, and that her follow-up question did not reveal what sort of information she was interested in obtaining (which is obviously also valid - the respondent doesn't need total knowledge to respond, and that can make responses more interesting).

I found neither question difficult to interpret; I found intention ambiguous. I was pleased to read people's responses with their justification, and I was pleased to see that Dee's curiosity was well-informed by current linguistics project and interested to know the results.