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the people arguing here are missing the point. i'm not talking about colloquially using an derogatory ethnic or class-descriptive term. auswegian, myself, and probably many of us do that with our friends.
i'm talking about publicly using the word "gay" as a default term for "wuss." my problem is specifically that the target is (probably) not gay. you're generally redefining a word which, let's face it, has the blatantly obvious implication of homosexuality, whether you want to play the etymology game or not, everyone knows what is implied.
if every moron on usenet called each other "Australian" to mean "dickhead" do you think a lot of Australians would feel invited to those forums? i think the Australians would think the net was comprised of a bunch of idiots.
see Lebell's "kike" example above.
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