I got my first forum ban ever ... from NeoGAF of all places ... and I don't get why

[JoeTheBro]

Darth Tigris said:

JoeTheBro said:

avais1993 said:

JoeTheBro said:

Darth Tigris said:

DareDareCaro said:
Yep! Gay is not a usable word now. It's the G** word.

So it's the G** Rights parade now?  L*BT centers?

I'm quite convinced the mod was straight and overreacting to a perceived insult.  

It doesn't matter if it's homosexual, you still used it in the form of an insult.

calling someone gay is only an insult if being gay is something to be insulted about ;)

Calling someone gay with a picture of Bill Cosby being confused is pretty easy to interpret as being an insult. If someone posted this in response to a post with bad English, would you consider it an insult?

The post was confusing!  Saying Emma Watson is too curvy is like saying fire is too cold.  I wasn't insulting him/her.  Just to clarify, let me repeat:  I was not insulting the poster.

I.  Was not.  Insulting.  The.  Poster.

And, as stated before, I have seen FAR worse than that go by with nary a scratch on that same forum.  I thought we were at a point where 'gay' wasn't an insult?  For the record, you just equated calling someone gay with calling them retarded.  Wow.

See I know you didn't think of it as an insult, but I'm explaining how someone fresh to the discussion could view it as such.

Also, calling something gay is very similar to calling something retarded. In fact I'll make a thread about it.