Why do frats hate gdi

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Welcome back. Sign in to comment to your favorite stories, participate in your community and interact with your friends. No account? Did anyone get what I was trying to say though? It wasn't used on my campus. Unaffiliated people were just that And we were all unaffiliated at some point : UMgirl has a point. There are independents who can take or leave the greek system, along with independents who are interested in becoming part of the greek system but it hasn't happened yet.

These folks should not have the GDI label applied to them unless they choose to apply it to themselves possibly tongue-in-cheek. Then there are those independents who, for whatever reason, take every opportunity to bash the greek system I have referred to my husband on a few occasions as a GDI. He is one of those people who can take or leave the greek system - it just wasn't for him. Originally posted by UMgirl No offense but I think you need to relax a little.

Seeing it used here, means to me I am just an average joe, and very happy with that. My Dad tells me that back in the early 60's the terminology was a little different. More of Fraternity life and less of Greek life. GDI was a general, humorous, and not unfriendly term that was often used to refer to non-Fraternity members who were friends of the house, as in, "Great party last Friday, we had the whole house there, a bunch of the usual GDIs, some guys from a couple of other houses, and the the girlfriends were here in force with lots of their friends.

The band was great and played past their contract time till about ! Even the Dean of Men had a blast, and he stayed real late with us" It was not seen as unfriendly or elitist. It probably started that way sixty or seventy years ago but had changed meaning by the s. My experience is similar in that GDI was used more as a joke than an insult and was not all that much used anyway. You might hear it in the context of a greek roommate to his nongreek roommate along the line of 'Hay, you get along real well with the guys and the guys think you are OK, so, when you going to quit being a GDI and rush XYZ?

Originally posted by dekeguy GDI was a general, humorous, and not unfriendly term that was often used to refer to non-Fraternity members who were friends of the house This is somewhat how I think of GDIs. To me, they're the people who claim to want to be independent but hang around Greeks. IMO, this can be an ironic but humourous nickname to those who are friends of the people in a specific GLO, or it can be a more of a put down to groupies and people who bash Greeks but want to hang out at their parties.

It's all in the context one uses it. I know on my campus, they use it to refer to locals My brother used to call me a GDI all the time and it would piss me off so much! It made me feel as though I was less of a greek than he was just cause I was in a local and he was in a national. I guess hearing how the term is used in the States makes it less annoying for me I've never heard it applied to locals before, Sisterplum, but I can see why if that's how it's used up there you wouldn't like it!

On my campus GDI was generally applied only to those few students who were very vocally anti-Greek - those who wouldn't go into a fraternity house if they were meeting a study partner who was a member. Not to someone who just was not a member. Ok I was going to respond in a PM, and not bother the rest of this board with my comments. You said you were once a GDI also, so does that mean that you were "close-minded and plain old Ignorant" and somehow are no longer?

Oh wait, you are still being close-minded, my bad. The point is not your personal definition, it is how you present it to others. I actually have not had the pleasure of meeting any in person. But generalizations are a sign of ignorance. The point is if I say that I am X, and you say that X is ignorant and close-minded, then I'm going to take it as you are saying I'm ignorant and close-minded.

The way you are being offensive is to give a negative connotation to something that many people are quite proud of. You were being elitist by expressing a negative view of a term that people quite proudly use for themselves. You are saying that because they are proud of the fact they are unaffiliated cause most GDIs are not the bashers that you like to portray them as, just not interested , they are ignorant and close-minded.

This is elitist because you are giving independents the view that the greek system feels they are lesser people due to their pride in things outside of GL. And thank you for trying to educate me on MY organization. Cause I'm obviously too ignorant to know on my own. That was a direct comment because of my affiliation, you would not have made that comment if I was in any other organization.

And as for ignorance, how bout this. Neither of the V's are GDIs. Psycho maybe, but definitely not independent. Remember Kristin sp? Second, since you are so aware of the situation, you should know that her mom is also affiliated. I forget which sorority, but that has been their argument all along, that her mother was never subjected to the same types of things while she was in her sorority in college.

So are they anti-greeks, or are they GDIs? Cause those are not synonymous. GDIs simply are proud of who and what they are, which happens to be independent.

And a final note. I am relaxed. Totally in fact. However perhaps you need to remember that your opinions can be very offensive and sometimes are better left unsaid. And overall the offensiveness lies in taking a term that is used with pride, and degrading it. You can all flame me all you would like. You can attack me for not agreeing. Go ahead. Have fun. I will not be returning to this thread. I have stated how I view this term which is the original purpose , I have now stated that your opinion is the first to ever make me feel offended hoping to open your eyes, but then you had to go and tell me to relax , and now I'm done.

Have a great day all. And I hope that I've been able to open someone's eyes about degrading terms. They did not consider it derogatory. When they are asked are you in a fraternity or sorority most will reply with "no, I'm a GDI". Originally posted by XOcrlstln Ok I was going to respond in a PM, and not bother the rest of this board with my comments.