I haven't said "gay" in that way since I was maybe a sophomore in high school. When I said it then, it wasn't intended as a slight against homosexuals any more than repeating rap lyrics with "nigga" in them was intended as a slight against black people. Still, I can understand why homosexual people would be offended by it, and if I was caught in a restaurant with a thin mustache calling a funny little racist statue "gay", I'd apologize. I may not think Wanda Sykes is funny, but I wouldn't really mean to disparage her for her sexual preference.
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