Harassed my wife and I(and our kids) at grocery store....

[CAP1]

We like to shop at Wild Oats (mainly for fish since they have a great selection) from time to time.. 
In all honestly, my opinion of gays is that as long as they keep to themselves and not try to push their
agenda on my family and I, I'm cool with it..  However, my stance on this has changed since our experience
yesterday evening..  Now that I've had some time to think about it, I'm royally pissed off..

Early yesterday evening, myself, my wife, and our 2 boys (1 and 4) were shopping there(Wild Oats)..
We strolled passed to guys holding hands..  Whatever..  That stuff doesn't phase me anymore..
Suddenly I hear these two guys start staring at us and then giggling like two little school girls in grade 1..
Then I hear the word "breeder" come from one of their mouths....  So, I go up to the guy and ask him what he said...
He starts to put on his "Diva" attitude and tells me "Yeah honey...You guys are breeders..."  So, I ask what's it mean and
is it meant to be offensive...?  He tells me it means that people such as my wife and myself are what are destroying
society as well as the Earth by having so many children..  So, I answer back with:
"well, friend....if there weren't breeders, there wouldn't be any of you around to admire each other..  so, yeah, maybe we
should ban breeders for awhile so no more of you are made...."   

I'm sure he was expecting a completely different response or possibly a physical confrontation..
Anyone else experience anything like this???? 

their orientation is irrelevant. it sounds as if they were pissed about something, and regsrdless of such, they'd have had something to say to anyone that walked by.

 in all honesty, your best response would've been to simply ignore them. all you did was give them a little pleasure by letting them see that they upset you......

[CAP1]

A punch in the face would've landed me in jail for a hate crime....  Walking away wasn't really acceptable to me either as these two bufoons were obviously part of the
militant homosexual movement that I read about a few months ago on Drudge.. 
By the way...  I still don't understand how militant and homosexual can be used with one another...?? 

because not all gays are pansies?


there very probably are gays around you that you have no clue are gay........

[Anodizer]

because not all gays are pansies?


there very probably are gays around you that you have no clue are gay........

Good.....I would rather not know......

[Delirium]

See Rule #6

[Demetrious]

I can't believe this is being taken so seriously.  "Breeders" is a joke (one that is not meant to be offensive).  It hardly sounds like you were harassed, more like the guy was being sarcastic and ribbing you... but in fairness, I wasn't there and didn't hear how it went down.

Sadly, lunatics like these exist and are quite serious about it. (link, click text.)

[1pLUs44]

What have those guys accomplished for the human species?

Pissing off Anodizer at a grocery store?

[Nilsen]

Ive had uncomfortable encounters with gay people, but 99% of them are cool. One of my best friends from school is gay and we are still good friends. Ive also had uncomfortable encounters with straight wimmin but that does not make me dislike straight wimmin.

They are people whatever they prefer as partners and they are good and bad just as us regular boring straight people. I bet some day Anodizer you will meet a woman who think people have too many kids and it wont turn you against straight wimmin  Maybe those two gay people you met really was jealous and actually want to have a kid too, but cant and use what they told you as a defence mechanism to protect themselves from the harsh reality of never becoming a parent.

[Delirium]

See Rule #6

[Skyeho]

See Rule #6

Ouch!!!!

[allaire]

I used to be a bouncer at a gay bar, was a nice job, loved the fact that I didn't have to really worry about fights, people breaking bottles on tables and/or other people.  I got hit on a couple of times but a quick "I'm straight but thanks anyway" and you were generally left alone.  Now when I went over the other club in the building that was owned by the same gentleman and was mixed leaning toward more heteros.  Woo buddy look out.  People breaking bottles and sticking people with them, folks smuggling knives in and trying to cut folks, fights breaking out because so and so was looking at my girl.  It was just disgusting behaviour coming from the dregs of society.

[Anodizer]

See Rule #6

 
 

 

[-tronski-]

Wow...I bet if you measured all the incidents that will ever occur in your life, being heckled by gay people will probably not even top 1%...

Alot to get all riled up about I'd say mate

 Tronsky

[WilldCrd]

their orientation is irrelevant. it sounds as if they were pissed about something, and regsrdless of such, they'd have had something to say to anyone that walked by.

 in all honesty, your best response would've been to simply ignore them. all you did was give them a little pleasure by letting them see that they upset you......

I'm sorry but whenever someone gives the " your response should have been - or- what you should have done" always bugs me.
 I find his response to have been appropriate given the situation. He didnt over-react, didn't get physical.
When some "person" makes a comment especially when my wife or kids are involved like the ones made to Anodizer I would want to know what he/she/it said and to clarify.
Why should these gay guys be allowed to make comments, insults, jokes whatever and everyone should just "walk away" ? To me your sending the wrong signal and basically saying that they can say whatever they want with no repercussions or consequences. In my experience when people are allowed to do this then they soon get it in their head that they can do "other" things without consequences which ussually get things escalated in a bad way.

I'm not saying anyone should escalate things but, when a guy gay or not makes a comment to or about my wife I'm going to put them in check, not necessarily in a physical sense but IMNSHO it is NOT OK to make insults or disparaging comments or jokes about my family   . People should not be allowed to get away with saying or doing this stuff and if people dont let them know it then they will continue and possibly do worse.
Whether a guy is gay or straight you do not make comments about another mans wife just because a guy is gay doesnt absolve him of still showing respect.

sorry for the rant but I can not and will not fall into the PC/barney version of do nothing and let some A-hole say or do whatever they want because we shouldn't be confrontational and they have the right to say or do things while I should just "walk away".

I'll stop now cause this really does irritate the hell outta me.

and Cap1 im not in any way directing this at you. It just seems here lately I have been hearing more and more that people should walk away when some punk makes comments or insults to a stranger and we sould all just be understanding and walk away.

[SEraider]

Breeders????

Their right!  OctoMom ruined it for all of us. Now we're screwed! 

[SEraider]

I don't hate them. I dislike when they talk and act as if they have higher rights then someone or do more than someone else.

-FYB

Funny you should say that.  They self belief in higher rights made them believe that their cause of "rights" equate it to the civil rights movement. 

That is so flat out wrong.  They have rights like everyone else and more.  They have full retirement entitlements like everybody else, they have no problems getting employed and high paying jobs as well, they own property, ect....

I don't believe before the civil right movement, blacks were able to get these entitlements. So they can't equate one with the other. 

Please, Gay marriage is not a civil rights issue.