using the word 'gay' as an insult

[Kasz216]

highwaystar101 said:

zexen_lowe said:

stof said:
I can think of no greater barometer of a person's immaturity than their use of the word gay as an insult. Find someone who says "that's gay" and low and behold, they are incredibly immature.

I agree, it's not like it's increidibly insulting, it's just that there's no reason at all to use it and you have a thousand of other words you can perfectly use without having to misuse a word. Even if gay before meant happy, now it does not. Words change meaning all the time, it happens.

 

Now, if anyone says "that's so gay", I'm not gonna call people with burning torches saying "he's homophobe, burn him!", but I will think the word was misused and that the one who said it has an increidibly limited vocabulary

We're allowed to burn homophobes? Cool.

*highwaystar101 grabs torch, lights it and goes to known local homphobe's house*

Actually homophobes largely deserve pity more then anything else based on the scientific research.

Homophobia as a stance doesn't seem to have the same origins of other phobias. 

 

Although it itself puts homosexuality in a negative light this is the best analogy i can think of at the moment.

For most homophobes research suggests they hate and fear gay people for the same reason recovering alcholics hate and fear bars.

IE most homophobes are closet homosexuals, even to themselves... and as such being around gay people and gay acts makes them incredibly uncomfortable because it confuses them since they have such urges.