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minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoI wouldn’t order them like that tbh for lest to most offensive. I would put cunt in the middle.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s that it’s very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that’s not gay a <f slur> Faggot ? It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoFaggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn’t be too bothered by it’s usage
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThe point ain’t the word, it’s this: It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant. With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoAh, so it’s just that you’re a prick and a homophobic one too, fair
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoHomophobic gays is an interesting concept
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAh see that’s different then my gay brethren, we’re allowed to say it cause it applies to us.
I wouldn’t order them like that tbh for lest to most offensive. I would put cunt in the middle.
It’s that it’s very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that’s not gay a
<f slur>
Faggot
?
It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”
Faggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn’t be too bothered by it’s usage
The point ain’t the word, it’s this:
It’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.
With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.
Ah, so it’s just that you’re a prick and a homophobic one too, fair
Homophobic gays is an interesting concept
Ah see that’s different then my gay brethren, we’re allowed to say it cause it applies to us.