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If you have so many gay friends that you love so much, why does it bother you so much that "gay" and "fag" are insulting to them? Wouldn't their hurt feelings matter more to you than idiosyncratic concern over the changing semantic meaning of words?
you made the exact same argument because the mods "corrected" your post...
I highly doubt if I asked for a ****** of wood for the fire, he would be upset... but I'll check with him when he comes online tonite to be clear.
Discussing the use of the word in relation to slurs against gay people is entirely legitimate IMO, and it is clear that it isn't meant to be insulting.
why the hell wouldn't you just ask for a bundle of sticks?
All I am saying is that words often have more than one meaning, and its NOT the word... its the USE of that word.
Rather than circumvent the word by using symbols such as * and &, just type the word and the filter will catch it.
In a discussion of profanity and slurs, how is someone supposed to be able to figure out what we are talking about when all they can read is a bunch of ********'s?
Its the policy of the forum to just type the word. In some cases, the word in question will be self explainatory and in others, we'll have to use our imagination as to what the person typing it actually meant.
Yep! Imagination is good! :uhyeah:
Wait, are you really saying that it's offensive to call a gay person a gay person? :idunno:You didn't use the n-word either, but calling someone "gay" or "fag" is functionally equivalent to calling someone "n-word".
Wait, are you really saying that it's offensive to call a gay person a gay person? :idunno:
Wait, are you really saying that it's offensive to call a gay person a gay person? :idunno:
There are non-profane, non-offensive words that can be used to make clear the words one uses to avoid those which are caught by the filter; context can also be used to clarify what one means.In a discussion of profanity and slurs, how is someone supposed to be able to figure out what we are talking about when all they can read is a bunch of ********'s?