Yeah, I realize there’s an awful lot of crap going on with discrimination and prejudice, and the last thing that needs to be said is that people don’t need as much defense as they get (such as gays, blacks, Asians, Mexicans, immigrants, what have you), but honestly, sometimes people (not everyone) need to just relax a bit.  No, that offhand comment was not a subtle insult of your black wife’s backside.  No, that snide remark about the guy wearing pastels was not a knock on homosexuals.  I guess it could be taken that way, but honestly?  It’s pretty clear when someone’s insulting someone or not or insulting a stereotype or not (ok, maybe not sometimes).  I could comment on the fucking weather and how dreary it looks and somehow someone could probably could connect it to me insulting fat people.

example: “Oh, the clouds look fat…looks like it’s going to rain.”
“Are you insulting fat people and how they have a low self-esteem?”
“No, you dumb idiot, you’re the one insulting them by even thinking that all fat people have a low self-esteem.”

You catch my drift.  This situation arose on facebook a few minutes ago when my friend was commenting on the spandex shorts that another cross country team wears.  His comment read, “whats with ____'s “mandex” shorts? seriously?”  Another friend replied, “lets uh get rid of the knock on people with a different sexual orientation.”  Ok, that’s great that you care about people with a different sexual orientation.  I’m happy you defend them and I would too… if there was something to defend them about.  How on earth is the word “mandex” which, according to the reliable jackpot of definitions urbandictionary means, “Spandex typically worn by men for such activities as clubbing, exercising or cycling,” anything derogatorily homosexual at all? 

Beats me.  Thanks for feeding another stereotype.