Let's Climb Mountains Together [part 1]

The following is my first blog on an actual issue pertaining to real problems and my opinions on them. So for my first post on this new streak of opinions, I decided to go to the one opinion that I feel most strongly about: homosexuality.

Recently, Ad Council has released and array of ads targeted specifically against the usage of the term "that's so gay." I highly support this campaign. This has nothing to do with me being pro gay rights either. It's the fact that it's such a derogatory statement. I understand that the word "gay" used to be happy. That I am perfectly fine with. However, society already deteriorated enough when switching it's meaning to homosexual. So, I think that for the sake of the minds of mine and the next generations, we should stop it from deteriorating further. The term is now being used to call something stupid. I mean, if you want to call something stupid, why not just say stupid? Are a few more letters going to be that much of a waste of air to you? What if someone said "that's so straight"? Wouldn't you feel offended? I mean, if people would just take the 1/2 of a second to think before they speak, then we wouldn't run into situations like this. I mean, statistics show that 90% of homosexuals and bisexuals our age get verbally abused by their peers. That's not how you want to make people feel, is it? And when you say hurtful words like that, it makes you appear uneducated. When I hear people say the phrase "that's so gay", I can't help but feel that they're not worth my time if that's the frame of thought that they choose to be in. Well, I have to go now because I have band camp to go to tomorrow, but I hope I left someone out there with one good parting thought.