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over in the racial slurs thread we veered off a bit, so i'm bringing it over here.
cellophanediety said something about dykes, i said i wanna be a dyke,
she said "See, the word "dyke" can now have positive meaning too! "
and i said "when did it have a negative meaning? really, i'm 40 fucking years old, all my life i thought dyke just meant lesbian."
she said "I've just heard too many men use the word "dyke" in an intensely negative way. "
and that brought up an interesting point to me.
they were using a word that wasn't necessarily negative in an intensely negative way. enough to where some people think dyke can have a negative meaning.
so...what if i started using the word "Tall" in an intensely negative way? i hated that movie, it was so tall. that food sucked, it was tall. dude, quit being so tall about it. those pants look totally tall on you, i wouldn't wear them.
would suddenly the tall people get offended? and if they did get offended, would anyone care, or would most people say "oh cmon, it has nothing to do with your height"?
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onward to mayhem!
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