I found a silly little blog post that tried to compare the poster controversy to Clarkson University hockey games. The writer says that the poster incident has nothing to do with homophobia and that it's like yelling "You suck!" to the other team at hockey games. S/he says that while both are protected legally by free speech, "It’s inconsiderate to use those words around people who may feel uncomfortable with that type of language."
While Butch Jamie is cited as one of the offensive film titles along with the movie Itty Bitty Titty Committee, the writer only uses "titty" as an example of "coarse" and "disrespectful" language. How Butch Jamie fits into this coarse language where s/he tries to argue that "much of the objection [is not because of] homosexual issues," is not addressed.
I hadn't seen the poster before today and I did find the word "dyke" in the description of the movie which probably didn't go over too well either, although there's been no mention of it.
Here's a link to a brief article about the response to the poster incident from the New York affiliate of the ACLU.
However, I do have to admit - the fact that Butch Jamie is involved in a mini controversy over free speech is an interesting sort of honor.
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