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Originally Posted by Halx
The gay people I know call themselves fags. However it is considered derogatory if you are not gay and call them one. Same way black people call themselves "niggas" but you're a racist if you're not black and you call them one.
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I agree with this. I also think that anyone wishing to maintain respect should never use derogatory words to describe themselves. I'm fine with gay and lesbian....homosexual. Anything else or using "gay" to describe a something other than a joyful event - is harmful to the cause of mutual respect and understanding.
You can't use harmful words in non-harmful ways - it requires looking into someone's soul and judging their intent. That's is impossible to do in the time that your instincts will react to the word from our conditioning. It didn't work for black people, and it won't work for the gay community. I certainly hope you don't think calling each other fags is going to make bigoted straight people stop using the word in a derogatory way. All it's going to do is encourage them.
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