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blarg, nevermind, thought this was in the gaming forum for some odd reason. 

I personally feel homosexuals should be called just that.

gay, faggot, fairy all meant something else before the homosexual community stole them and started making fuss about it.

I remember the day you could say, "OMG look at those fairy penguins on the beach, they look so gay collecting those faggots."

Now you can go to jail for saying this kind of thing.

wtf, reported, unless you mean with your lower horn

I agree.

'Gay' meant happy, for I don't know how long.  The term started meaning a code word for homosexual during prohibition.  It was a code word to get into the speakeasies - like an early gay bar.  “So, are you gay?” was like a password to get in, and it took.

The police were still legally harassing gay people and gay bars in big ‘liberal’ cities even like Los Angeles still in the 70’s.  They wanted to protect themselves.

I was taught not to make fun of the people for the way they were, but it was ok to make fun of the stupid things they did. (espicaly if they knew better!)

You do know "idiot" is a term for a person with mental retardation right?

Meh, who cares here in 'murica I have freedom of speech so when my anger gets the best of my I say the craziest things; like, gay slurs and retarded slurs, it just is so fun to say naughty things.

I am afraid my lower horn would get stomped by that thing the moment I draw out.

Its not what you say is how you say it. I hope people would still be free to use any word they want in the future but the politically correct crown is banning everything.

Well both terms are negative to begin with so are used for things you don't like just to emphasise the fact that you don't like it.

With that said I don't use gay or retarded in my negative slurs. If I do use the term gay, that is because I generally mean that is gay (homosexual). I dont come across gay people or gay things often so I don't need to use it.

When i do use gay its because a fella is acting girly or camp. Camp people in general just piss me off, but even then i dont really use the term gay, but batty man.

Nothing against them kind of people i just don't like camps. Same way I don't like other types of people.
Retarded is a term i have never used. I have also never heard anyone use it. It is probably an USA thing.