Rath on 23 November 2009
| stof said: Well stated Kasz. To the "Words change and It means something different" crowd... BULLSHIT! If you're honestly stating that the use of the word gay can be used to mean dumb, stupid and lame with no connection whatsoever to the most misunderstood, hated and discriminated against group in modern times... Grow the hell up. |
Hey, no taking that title away from us atheists. People hate us more =P.
Also 'grow the hell up' doesn't become a convincing argument no matter how many times you say it.
@Kasz. I agree that the origin of the new meaning comes from homophobia, I'm arguing that it is no longer necessarily attached to the original homophobic meaning. When most people say 'that's gay' they are not considering the homosexual meaning at all - the intent is purely that it means 'bad'.
If people started calling things 'kiwi' (because New Zealand is just too long for an insult =P) I'd initially be offended but over time as the meaning of the word diverged from it meaning New Zealander I wouldn't be offended.
