No I'm not saying they're a faggot because gay people are stupid, don't presume you know the reasons for the way I speak to people.
Say my friend tells me he likes twilight and my response is "lol faggot" even though I don't have any kind of contempt for him or gay people. Am I wrong?
I realise that most people don't actually mean what they are saying but none the less the implication of saying someone is gay, a jew, etc... for doing something stupid is that the gay, jew etc... is stupid and thats why your calling them that.
being silly?
the only time I've heard anyone called a jew (when they're not) is either because they look like one, or because they're being tight with money. Neither of which are particularly inoffensive, but the biggest perpetrators seem to be jewish people anyway (in making jokes about their appearance and tightness with money)
True, but people also say things like, 'your such a jew' in the context of calling them stupid because the use of the phrase like 'gay' has gotten out of hand and people say it all the time not realising they are actually saying something offensive.
It isn't that everyone is homophobic, it is because most people say it because it sounds cool or they like it but don't realise that it was / is intended as a slanderous term against that group of people.
Anyways as someone else pointed out earlier in the thread, there is a widespread use of terms which aren't really acceptable on this forum without any consideration over who they might upset, and no one is moderating them because it is generally acceptable to be derogatory to certain groups, when in fact it is not acceptable to be derogatory to any group.
I am dipping out of these because I have said what I think and we won't all agree.
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