The Fifth Flatiron wrote:
As usual, you people are babbling idiots.
This has nothing to do with liberals in general or the citizenry of Boulder. It was started by one Mardi Moore, apparently a member of Out Boulder, who then presumably alerted local media. Anyone can start a petition on change.org -- I could start one right now calling for hackers to take out this miserable message board and erase all traces of it, and I bet it would get more signatures than the one under discussion.
If you walking cumshots had actually read either the Denver Post article or the petition itself, you would know that even though Out Boulder represents LGBTQ interests, its complaint in this case had nothing to do with homosexuality:
"The word [sissy] is used to (demean) traits that are problematically and stereotypically associated with women ... Traits that all genders have but are not valued because they are associated with women ... That word continues the incorrect thinking that having emotions or expressing something in a stereotypically female way is somehow wrong in society."
The bolded words should serve as a clue.
What's more, the race organizers have no plans to change the slogan. This came up a few years ago and it's a dead issue. So in a nutshell you're all bitching about one woman representing a traditionally discriminated-against body of people using their right to free speech. Classy.
How about this? Imagine that some freewheeling billionaire for some reason hated runners and running and launched a "Running is for Unathletic Thimble-Dicks" campaign, and that he offered free T-shirts and $25 to anyone who would show evidence of wearing one in public. Everyone here would complain about it...well, maybe not. I'd actually get one myself and wear it proudly because it's usually true, at least compared to sprinters such as myself (black, background in many sports, hung like a stallion).
So jeez. Lighten up, y'all.