3Gs (God, Guns, Gays)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Everyone probably knows this, but a Reagan era bumper sticker proclaimed,  "God, Guts & Guns Built America: Let's Keep All Three!"

  Incredibly, I find just *one* Internet in billions and billions of pages.

  JL

  Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
  ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
Sender: American Dialect Society
Poster: Laurence Horn
Subject: Re: 3Gs (God, Guns, Gays)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>3GS + GOD + GUNS + GAYS--615 Google hits
>...
>...
>Anybody know about the "three Gs"--God, Guns, and Gays?
>...
>...

I don't suppose one can be a three-Gs voter if one doesn't much care
for the first two Gs but endorses the third. But for the same reason
the slogan for the intended meaning would be more explicit if given
as "God, Guns, and Gay-bashing".

LH

>...
>http://urbanelephants.com/nyc/node/3776#comment
>it's about "values"
>Submitted by nikhil on Thu, 04/27/2006 - 2:26pm.
>I've said it before: Giuliani is known in the Midwest for two
>things: cleaning up crime and leading the city on 9/11. He's not a
>saint by any means, and voters will eventually learn about stances
>that will turn off the 3G voters* in droves. I don't mind Rudy
>myself, but I've met said voters and can see the train wreck from
>here. The question is whether he can survive that. I'm guessing not.
>Pataki may be a gentleman and a scholar--I've never had the
>pleasure, unfortunately. But I see it hard for him to excite anyone
>over his run. This is to say nothing of his actual policies. The
>silver lining, though, is I never have to fear a "Dean scream" from
>George Pataki.
>* God, guns, and gays, in no particular order
>...
>...
>Women & Guns One is, "If it bleeds, it leads," another is "Man Bites
>Dog," and then there are the "3Gs" of broadcasting-the "Gs" stand
>for "God," "Guns" and "Gays"-all ...
>www.womenshooters.com/ archive/old0305issue/peggy0305.html - 10k -
>Cached - Similar pages
>
>...
>...
>World Affairs Board - Saudi Clerics Call For American Blood To Be
>... ... It will be a field day for the Islamists These rather
>provocative reasons of 3Gs (God, guns and gays) and the rise of
>evangalists and all that being given ...
>www.worldaffairsboard.com/ showthread.php?t=3564&page=1 - 101k -
>Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
>...
>...
>...
>(GOOGLE GROUPS)
>...
>Limiting Troop Size - Why?
>... O, if you want to talk about the 3Gs take it to issues :) I ...
>this than politics or
>the 4 G's (we now have Guns, in addition to gays, girls, and God). ...
>rec.scouting.usa - Aug 23 2000, 11:11 am by John Holladay - 12
>messages - 9 authors
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



---------------------------------
Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do.  Get it on your phone.

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org