Dear Randy,

This thread was started on Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni-...h-hitters.html

I found the OP offensive at that time, in that it repeated an offensive and negative stereotype about gay men.

I "report bad post"ed it Wednesday afternoon with an explanation. No action and no response.

I asked the OP to clarify why it was alright to perpetuate negative stereotypes in a derogatory manner about gay men, and whether he would say the same about Jews, blacks, or any other minority. No response.

Again this morning, I "reported bad post"ed the same thread, again being specific about my concerns and asked for a response from a moderator if they didn't agree with my assessment. Again, no response.

So at this point, after trying two times to contact moderators in OMNI/PR to address this and being ignored, I'm trying you.

I know that they read and address 'bad posts' more often than once every 4 days -- one of my posts was deleted less than an hour after making it. The offensive content? I asked someone if they had been asleep for 30 years. This apparently crosses the line in a way that homophobia does not.

As I said in the thread, and as I wrote in my 'rpb,' there is little doubt that if the OP had read something about Jews being cheap, it would have been reported, deleted, and perhaps the poster would have been disciplined. Same for negative and demeaning stereotypes about other racial or ethnic groups.

So, in light of this, does FT have an official policy favoring homophobia? Is it merely neutral on the subject, so that homophobes can post as they wish and those who are not bigots can respond in kind? Or is there some other possible explanation why an offensive post has not been addressed four days later?

Thanks for your time.