Word: faggot
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...would a man who had been frequently taunted with calls of "faggot" and "queer," who had been harassed because of his sexual preference, who feared being attacked by fellow sailors and who was soon to be released from military service make a homosexual advance on another naval officer...
...TALKIN' TO YOU, NIGGER," A voice hisses as the visitor walks through the gloomy passageway. "Faggot," taunts another. With every step comes a whispered insult, a mean murmur: "Loudmouthed kike! Lousy gook! Dumb Polack! Camel jockey! Red-neck bastard! Sexist pig! Goddam beaner! Get whitey!" A wolf whistle rings out and a leering voice calls, "Hey, baby." And with every message of hate, the feeling of alarm grows. "What you gonna do about...
...other extreme was the experience of Eliseo Martinez, a former Marine sergeant who came out of the closet halfway through his six-year tour at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in California. One day one of his men called another a "faggot." Martinez suggested to the name-caller that he seemed insecure about his own sexuality. Later, Martinez was called in by his commanding officer, who requested details of the clash, then asked if he could pose a question. "Are you gay?" he asked. "Yes, sir," Martinez replied. "Well," the commander said, "you're still doing a good...
More typically, matters are not confronted directly. Antigay servicemen single out targets, spreading rumors behind their back, carving butt pirate and die faggot on their lockers and spraying their beds with sexual lubricant. To avoid becoming a target, gay men sometimes play along, trying to mask their pain. They smirk gamely at gay jokes and go to lengths to cloak their true identity. Some invent girlfriends or wives, or even date women. Blatant lies about sexual orientation, however, risk perjury charges if a homosexual comes under investigation. Most, therefore, simply disclose nothing about their personal life. "The result...
These ideas are mild compared with those Robb expressed in the past. Before remaking his image, he castigated blacks and Jews, embraced Hitler and endorsed killing homosexuals, calling for "the death penalty to the faggot slime." His newspapers (the Torch and White Patriot) have featured racial slurs including a cartoon showing a hanging of a black man and a bigoted ditty, The Negro National Anthem. Despite his toned-down persona, he still hawks copies of Mein Kampf and swears the Holocaust is a hoax...