Talk:Fag bomb

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Feel free to expand this article; I'm in the midst of wedding preparations, and can't stick around to "gloss it up" past stub form. Shem(talk) 19:26, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Distinctly dubious about the encylopaedic worth of this. What's the importance of some random graffiti? --Khendon 19:17, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Because the AP yanked the photo from circulation; again, I hadn't had time to explain it yet. To the LGBT community, it was quite significant. If you think it not important, put it up for a VfD, and we'll see if it survives. Shem(talk) 21:47, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
For what's its worth (and, in keeping with the US military's spirit), I pre-emptively express support for keeping this article, as I remember reading of the controversy in the NYT (which article I will work to find somewhere free). Xoloz 05:29, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

It'd be silly to put it up for VfD before I've understood. Can I ask; do you think anybody will think about this again in, say, five years time; or is it just a passing news item? --Khendon 07:11, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, speaking as trained (if somewhat dumb) historian, wars often serve as lenses through which social historians reflect on the tensions in a society. The "fag bomb" is very likely to deserve mention in any account of the war's homefront perception, especially given that a major theme in American political science of the early 21st century seems to be the stark, geographically-pronounced, relatively equal contrast between "red America" and "blue America." Besides the GLBT community, the "fag bomb" made more press (and raised more alarm) among liberal Northeasterners, and actually received support from some midwesterners and Southerners -- and I know because I was living in "red America" at the time. So yes, the incident is likely to be recalled as a small indicator of a big cultural difference. Xoloz 15:52, 30 August 2005 (UTC)