"spesh" "retard" "gay"

[Casper_Fading]

What Amy said!!!!

[charlieglasgow]

so gay has gone from meaning homosexual to dumb. hm. interesting. and it has NOTHING to do with the fact that homophobics use the term to mean that's so gay as in homosexual as in gay.

right.

in the real world? doesn't fly.

the words already are reportable on this site when used in the discriminatory concept.

but i get what you're saying - and thats why i said the gay movement needs to reclaim 'that's so gay' like they did 'queer'. queer was once an insult, and now it's a statement made with pride.

how awesome if we could reclaim that with 'that's so gay.'

[Dreaming.]

Gay still means homosexual, there's no need, surely, to 'reclaim' it?
I'm really struggling to understand why it's so bad to have a word with two different meanings?

[Voldemort]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreaming.

Gay still means homosexual, there's no need, surely, to 'reclaim' it?
I'm really struggling to understand why it's so bad to have a word with two different meanings?

This.

Words are not intrinsically bad or wrong or offensive. It's how they are used, said and phrased. Words do not belong to people, groups or ogranisations. They are not 'owned' by anyone. They are simply used in different ways and mean different things.

Wicked means evil, or cruel, and it can also mean good and ace. It's how it's used, and who's using it that matters.

Even if a homophobe goes 'that's stupid and gay', I STILL doubt that it's a slight about homosexuals...because they simply don't factor into it, at all! Homophobe or not, they are not comparing the wall/object/rule to a homosexual person, they are simply branding it silly.

[squirrelspit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieglasgow

so gay has gone from meaning homosexual to dumb.

didnt dumb originally mean mute/unable to speak?

and now it mean silly or stupid.

oh noes.. one word thats evolved into slang over time to have two meanings.

[OutOfTheWoods11]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voldemort

This.

Words are not intrinsically bad or wrong or offensive. It's how they are used, said and phrased. Words do not belong to people, groups or ogranisations. They are not 'owned' by anyone. They are simply used in different ways and mean different things.

Wicked means evil, or cruel, and it can also mean good and ace. It's how it's used, and who's using it that matters.

Even if a homophobe goes 'that's stupid and gay', I STILL doubt that it's a slight about homosexuals...because they simply don't factor into it, at all! Homophobe or not, they are not comparing the wall/object/rule to a homosexual person, they are simply branding it silly.

Amy you have now become one of my favourite people to quote =]