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hédonisme libertaire (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mmanurere) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
Obviously there are things that we don't do like call...ZQ a fag. These are people with feelings.
I use words like lame because it's about context. "That stupid shirt is so lame" is not a slight against you. It's a slight against a shirt.
Hey, look, here's an overlap I (gay person with a disability somewhere between "learning" and "developmental") can comment on!
If "lame" is a slight on the object being ridiculed rather than on the people who the object is being ridiculed by comparison to, then "that's so gay" is the same. And yet, in either case, I have to suppress a momentary urge towards some very, very uncivil language. Am I oversensitive for not casually accepting that people will insult people or things by likening them to me?
I use words like lame because it's about context. "That stupid shirt is so lame" is not a slight against you. It's a slight against a shirt.
Hey, look, here's an overlap I (gay person with a disability somewhere between "learning" and "developmental") can comment on!
If "lame" is a slight on the object being ridiculed rather than on the people who the object is being ridiculed by comparison to, then "that's so gay" is the same. And yet, in either case, I have to suppress a momentary urge towards some very, very uncivil language. Am I oversensitive for not casually accepting that people will insult people or things by likening them to me?
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