| dtewi said: You're mad because the term gay is used to describe homosexuals instead of it being added to the plethora of insults that are floating around in this world? Gay has meant for decades homosexual. It's not incorrect usage of the term, that's what it means. And "gay" quite obviously refers to homosexuals. How about this. If a lawn was not cut and sprouting weeds, would you see a problem with me saying "This lawn is really mexican"? |
I'm mad? Hahaha, that sure surprises me. I'm not mad at all.
If anyone took the time to look up the history of the word gay, it originated as Happy, then became an insult for homosexuals with the term "gay cat" which was first used by authors in the 1800's. Then it somehow went from insult to the word of choice for homosexuals.
All I am saying is that I don't understand why this happened in the first place, and I just feel it would be easier and far more likely to accomplish something if they stopped using the word "gay" to refer to them.
If someone said "This lawn is really mexican" referring to mexican geology and landscape, I'd see nothing wrong with this at all. If they were referring to the official name of the people, I'd not approve.
@axum
I agree with what you posted. I'm more just interested in the history and how gay became the word of choice to begin with. Then I merely suggested a solution which I feel would be an easier and less dramatic change to stop the connection between "That's gay" and homosexuals.
