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louiedog · 04-28-2003, 07:33 AM

I don't use the words gay and fag as insults but I see it the way I call someone stupid. I don't mean my friends are below normal intelligence when I say they're dumb, its just word. Likewise, i don't even know what a fuckwad is but I've heard that get thrown around. I know people from other cultures that see dumb as a much greater insult than my culture sees it and i dont use it around them.

ebpaintball · 05-09-2003, 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by Ashton
Guy's say gay, fag, homo and the like because the thought of a man with a man sickens them.... I understand because I really don't like men, not as friends or (excuse me as I gag) lovers... All my close friends are women, I love women..... even though they take atvantage of my kindness and generosity, I don't care.... I still love them. I guess that makes me stupid and a fool but I can't help the way I feel.... I'll always be a floor mat for women, being kind and loving is a curse.

/just shoot me

Ashton im exactlly the same way! thats wierd!

HiThereDear · 05-10-2003, 06:17 AM

unfortunately, I grew up using gay not as an insult to homosexuals, but to call something lame. Now, although I have no prejudice against homosexuality, I find that I still use gay in the same way, and although I don't want it to offend anyone, I find that it perfectly connotes that sense of lameness. Maybe this common usage will leave the derogatory aspect of the word behind, like "you suck" no longer explicitly means "you suck d__k".

04-28-2003, 07:33 AM	#41 (permalink)
louiedog Crazy	I don't use the words gay and fag as insults but I see it the way I call someone stupid. I don't mean my friends are below normal intelligence when I say they're dumb, its just word. Likewise, i don't even know what a fuckwad is but I've heard that get thrown around. I know people from other cultures that see dumb as a much greater insult than my culture sees it and i dont use it around them.

05-10-2003, 06:17 AM	#43 (permalink)
HiThereDear Insane	unfortunately, I grew up using gay not as an insult to homosexuals, but to call something lame. Now, although I have no prejudice against homosexuality, I find that I still use gay in the same way, and although I don't want it to offend anyone, I find that it perfectly connotes that sense of lameness. Maybe this common usage will leave the derogatory aspect of the word behind, like "you suck" no longer explicitly means "you suck d__k".