Again, I don't see a problem with words having multiple meanings.we now have millions of children that connect bad to gay
Again, I don't see a problem with words having multiple meanings.we now have millions of children that connect bad to gay
Again, I don't see a problem with words having multiple meanings.
I disagree that there's an implied association any more than any of the other thousands of homonyms or homophones associate concept a with concept b. I feel like I'm going in loops here, so I'm just going to leave it at that.There is nothing wrong with words having multiple meanings. We have plenty of that in the English language. But slang is not an alternative meaning, and using the word gay as a pejorative is slang. Slang is a way of associating a word, or series of words, with a different concept, but without changing the meaning of the word. In this case, the use of the phrase "that's so gay" automatically associates the meaning of the word (homosexual) with a negative concept. It's implicit, even if not intentional. You can't just get away with using slang in casual conversation and expect everyone to instantly know that you mean no offense by it because its very use is offensive. It's understood to be offensive by a huge majority of people, including the people who say it. They're not stupid. They know exactly what they're saying, and what it implies. They just don't care or are too lazy to choose suitable language.
I disagree that there's an implied association any more than any of the other thousands of homonyms or homophones associate concept a with concept b. I feel like I'm going in loops here, so I'm just going to leave it at that.
I disagree that there's an implied association any more than any of the other thousands of homonyms or homophones associate concept a with concept b. I feel like I'm going in loops here, so I'm just going to leave it at that.
There are quite a few benders in this thread that need to calm down.
I suppose this is the most butthurt, up itself part of the forum. Infraction points for a clearly ironic post.
I'm truly sorry that you received infraction points, but the post you made was not ironic. It was offensive. You easily could have used language that was less offensive and still got your point across. Instead, you chose to use a derogatory term used to describe gays.
lol, without using a derogatory term it wouldn't have been an ironic post.
If you were hurt by a word that was fired with no intent then I really feel bad for you.
This is the world we live in now, I suppose. Muh political correctness.
Wow, I didn't know the word "bender" was derogatory.
Guess that means we should ban that word along with "bossy" now, huh? NO, I'm not even joking:
https://banbossy.com/
As pathetic as the No Cussing Club.
Did you not read the second part of my post? Stop being a *derogatory name for a homosexual*, m8.
All I see is you ignoring evidence and logic from personal experience and spamming words like ''rude'' and ''ignorant''.