Well, because the gay community does not take offense to the use of 'gay', and freely use it themselves.Recent episode of Law and Order revolved around the use of 'f...' (fairy) to describe a male homosexual. The speaker was blackmailed and the blackmailer was murdered. What puzzles me is that 'fairy' is bad, but 'gay' is OK?
Recent episode of Law and Order revolved around the use of 'f...' (fairy) to describe a male homosexual. The speaker was blackmailed and the blackmailer was murdered. What puzzles me is that 'fairy' is bad, but 'gay' is OK?
As if we didn't knowfairy is used as a pejorative and has been for decades.
its meaning is
weak idiot coward
In 1930s movies it was common enough to hear somebody say, "I'm feeling gay tonight," or "Let's be gay tonight."When I was at school "gay" meant "happy" ,I thought.
It can be hard to keep up with this sort of thing. Sometimes former terms of disapproval get taken up with gusto by the community that was originally disparaged. "Queer" for instance meant what we now call gay, back in the 1970s. Yet queer is now used with approval to denote some other form of non-standard sexual interaction - though I really can't be bothered to find out what exactly.Well, because the gay community does not take offense to the use of 'gay', and freely use it themselves.
Contrarily, 'fairy' is a term often applied to the gay community by haters as a disparagement.
As with another loosely-related thread, if I knew you well enough, I could surely come up with a term for you that is disparaging and call you that, instead of the term 'Mathman' you have asked to be called by. you would probably take offense if I kept calling you by the name I chose. If only because you know the connotations in my use of it.
Are you just acting the maggot,mouthman?A possible error on my part, the 'f' word was never said. I had assumed 'fairy', but it could have been 'faggot'.
Yeah, I wondered about what you meant.A possible error on my part, the 'f' word was never said. I had assumed 'fairy', but it could have been 'faggot'.
Holy Jeez man, you're really trusting in Poe's Law!Are you just acting the maggot,mouthman?
You just faggot?
Recent episode of Law and Order revolved around the use of 'f...' (fairy) to describe a male homosexual. The speaker was blackmailed and the blackmailer was murdered. What puzzles me is that 'fairy' is bad, but 'gay' is OK?
whether or not your ethnicity is or isn't of privileged status
My guess is that just about all of them have stories about being pulled over by a white cop who didn't recognize them.Black privilege
all those professional sports players who are millionaires.