When someone says "that's gay" or "your gay" or "thats queer" or something like that?
Please tell us why and if you do.
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When someone says "that's gay" or "your gay" or "thats queer" or something like that?
Please tell us why and if you do.
I'm not gay, but I don't see how you can use the word gay as an insult.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dentafrice
Put it this way:
If you call someone gay, there's 2 ways it can be taken. One is that, you are gay, so how can it be an insult because its a factual statement. The other was is it's not true, so if it's not true, how can it be an insult?
No, because I use those terms myself. It would be so petty in my opinion to start getting offended over the littlest things and naming everything as homophobia. Getting offended by that is gay.
so r u!!!!11Quote:
Originally Posted by Sammeth.
and lol. referring to them as GAYS (even though that's what they are) does sound harsh :D
"[Gays]" <-- SMOOTH!! lol
I wouldn't see how it is offensive tbh
I agree, i'm gay and i use it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sammeth.
I would say these terms aren't really seen as an inference of sexuality anymore, so calling someone gay doesn't have the same effect as it would have decades ago since its used so much by society that the word as an offence has lost meaning and can be seen as just a word used to imply 'I'm trying to offend you'.
Also, my friends and I use those terms as well, some of which are gay (including myself to some degree since I'm bi), and we don't take offence, or imply the very meaning of the word to the insult ;).
*I know, It's a bit long winded.*
i'm not gay, but tbf i find yr title slightly offensive, rofl. it's just a bit blunt. OI GAYZZZ?!?!?!?!
but yeah, i don't agree gay should have a negative connotation, but it does and it's so thoroughly used in modern society, i think many gay people have just come to terms with it. cause you're not gonna singlehandedly flush it out.
How can they take it as an insult since it's technically not their word anyway. I don't remember the Oxford just agreeing to hand over the common word for happy to a sexual preference...
that isn't the argument though, you could say that about any word in the english dictionary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Awfy
that's like calling someone a ******** and then saying "how can you be upset, it's not your word anyway."