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

[bell]

I linked to that article because it's a quick reference to explain to what I meant; I did not mean to insult your intelligence. I do stand, however, by my point that you are derailing the discussion and I think you are continuing to do so. I respect your opinion that the post presented no problems; I also think that other people should also be say that they thought it could've been expressed better without being told to prioritize differently.

To Dee, and to try to return to the original conversation: I also felt that the wording in your post was abrupt/problematic and I think that the non-leading framing you'd intended was undone by the comments explaining your purpose. I also know it wasn't your intention to offend and I'm also interested to read the answers and think about what they say about perceptions/stereotypes.

[onewayfreak.livejournal.com]

Alright, fine, I'm officially done "derailing".

I agree that people should be allowed to voice their opinions, and I didn't set out to imply that anyone's views are invalid, and if I did that, I apologize. If semantics are to be argued, I can do that: If Dee's post could have been worded better and clarified, then so could the original comment. If the comment had simply said that the wording of the post was problematic, then that would have been fine. I wouldn't have even replied. Posing the thoughts in the form of such an open-ended question with what I thought to be a fairly obvious answer (since I took it at face value) made it sound as if the commenter was in some way offended by the post, rather than a little miffed and wishing to ask for a rephrasing.

[bell]

I agree that people should be allowed to voice their opinions, and I didn't set out to imply that anyone's views are invalid, and if I did that, I apologize.

Thank you.

I do not regret speaking up against what I was seeing as an attempt to silence a legitimate concern about problematic wording/framing; I do agree that there could've been better wording in the conversation, and I'm sorry I didn't use a better link/worded myself better. I'm glad you could understand my point of view.