07-17-2008, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by katiegrrl0
Another word that now is used more and more as a negative is the word GAY. I'm gay it's not easy to hear that. I understand that people saying are not refering specifically to me but to have what you are used in that way stinks.
i.e. I think these shoes are gay. This movie is gay. That shirt looks gay on you. What we did last night was really gay.
What are those statements and references saying? They say to me that if it's gay it's bad. It is the negative. Replace the word gay with dumb. I think these shoes are dumb. Gay is a term for what i am society seems to make it acceptable for others to use that term to make a statement for bad or less then good.
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Originally Posted by Lackluster
I think it has to do with coopting a hurtful term in order to neuter it.
I see the word "queer" in much the same way. "We're here, we're queer", etc., in that using a term that is derogatory when applied by others becomes something like a badge when self-applied.
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What do you gays, I mean guys, think about freedom of speech? 
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