▲ 697 ▼ Joe Rogan Slammed For Claiming Resurrection of Disability Slur Is 'One of the Greatest Cultural Victories' (www.latintimes.com) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 267 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) that's not how i use it, but if that's how you use it, than yeah sure. But i don't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago It is how you use it, even if you don't mean to. If you use 'gay' as an insult, that doesn't become OK if you only say it to straight people. It's still some massive drive by homophobia. The reason to stop using this as an insult isn't to protect the people you're insulting, it's to protect a third group which has a dark history with the word permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago It is how you use it, even if you don't mean to. If you use 'gay' as an insult, that doesn't become OK if you only say it to straight people. It's still some massive drive by homophobia. The reason to stop using this as an insult isn't to protect the people you're insulting, it's to protect a third group which has a dark history with the word permalink fedilink source parent