|
Personally I find the term "retard" more iffy than "gay". The difference largely being that nowadays gay people can say "Yes. I'm gay. So what?". While retarded people don't have the same sources of self-esteem. I realize that the cruel use of a word like gay might still cause suffering, but I really think that its a relatively minor thing. Retarded people, IMHO, suffer more from casual cruelty in this day and age. Most gay people have bigger fish to fry than some stupid word (their own lives, maybe?)
But I disagree with Jimmy4, well I don't quite disagree but...its well its weird. It might be hypocritical that nigger is a taboo term while cracker isn't, but seriously who cares? If there's any subclass of people that deserves shit dumped on them its white males. We are crackers, the dickheads of history, we deserve all we get. Although I personally prefer Asian derogatory terms toward whites like "gwailoh" and " hakujin". But in all truth, 'cracker' simply does not have the same offensiveness as 'nigger' or 'faggot'. It's not even in the same league, its right down the bottom.
I do hope to end the debate on "gay" by instructing my gay friends to refer to everything they find crap as "fucking hetero". Should even things out nicely.
__________________
"Look, I'm pretty relaxed for a guy who just lost money on a rave. And who's currently speeding down the highway drunk off my tits. And I'm being chased by someone in a blue Corolla. Woohoo! I just ran a red light!"
|