Apr 26, 2011 4:42 AM GMT
Using it like this for an example.."Hey that movie we just seen was so gay".. do you get offended when people throw the word around like that?
jayyp15 saidLanguage is power, and the more you let people have that power over you the more you ruin the equality we're all looking for.+millions
bazungu saidI only have a problem with it as it has negative connotations. If it wasnt negative I would care in the slightest!
andrew_111 saidbazungu saidI only have a problem with it as it has negative connotations. If it wasnt negative I would care in the slightest!
Yea i agree.. but the thing is with me.. is when they say something is gay but it rele has nothing to do with it.. what do they mean by it.. i get rele confused there..
rosco87 saidandrew_111 saidbazungu saidI only have a problem with it as it has negative connotations. If it wasnt negative I would care in the slightest!
Yea i agree.. but the thing is with me.. is when they say something is gay but it rele has nothing to do with it.. what do they mean by it.. i get rele confused there..
well, they started saying it because they didn't like gay people, then they didn't want to be the unaccepting type so they claimed it was 2 different things. it's kind of like if you just started going "that's jewish...." to everything you didn't like than when it gets common enough you can say "it just means shitty or penny-pinching-like, i love jews"
biisurfer saidwho cares, its only a word. surely there are better things to worry about in the world than worrying if someone is using the word gay in the wrong context. most people i know who use it to describe something do not mean anything discrimatory or offensive by it. my advice is stop taking yourself so seriously.
jayyp15 saidFirst off, I know a ton of guys in here who are going to say they don't care. They even use the word themselves, etcetc...
Fuck those guys.
The use of gay like that still perpetuates that we are associated with words like stupid/dumb/lame/shitty/bad. It may prove awkward/suck to call your friend, family or co-worker out for using discriminatory language, but you gotta fight the good fight for equality in language. Language is power, and the more you let people have that power over you the more you ruin the equality we're all looking for.
And yes, some of you, you don't have to worry about equality, blah blah you're masculine and you don't come across as gay and you pride yourself in it - but please remember that you're only a half of the gay population, and the other half, the perhaps "noticeably gay" half doesn't need to be made fun of by anyone, especially fellow gay guys.
Sorry...today I had to argue with GAY guys about this issue...and I was the only gay person in FAVOR of trying to stop this word from being used in a discriminatory way. -_________-
biisurfer saidwho cares, its only a word. surely there are better things to worry about in the world than worrying if someone is using the word gay in the wrong context. most people i know who use it to describe something do not mean anything discrimatory or offensive by it. my advice is stop taking yourself so seriously.
Honeydew saidNot in the least bit. I guess I am broken. Then again I tend to call people vaginas when they are whining.
andrew_111 said Using it like this for an example.."Hey that movie we just seen was so gay".. do you get offended when people throw the word around like that?
swimguychicago saidbiisurfer saidwho cares, its only a word. surely there are better things to worry about in the world than worrying if someone is using the word gay in the wrong context. most people i know who use it to describe something do not mean anything discrimatory or offensive by it. my advice is stop taking yourself so seriously.
Well if it's "only a word," how does sound. That movie was just for niggers.
iHavok saidNaw...
Don't have the time or energy to waste on anything that minor.