[ SECRET POST #534 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #534 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Also, firefly99 remixed the theme song.

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Comments

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[overlimits.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've been admittedly snarky in my replies so far, but I'll be serious for a second here.

The main thing is, if you're gay or bi or an ally or what-the-fuck-ever, why would you be using the word 'faggot' as a catch-all random insult anyway?

Speaking as a gay female here, with many many friends both gay and straight that use the term "faggot". The thing is, not a single one of us uses it in an insulting manner. Therefore, it's not a "catch-all random insult". It's a greeting, or an affectionate name if anything.

Of course I'm not saying that using words like "faggot" is okay if you mean it with any sort of ill intent. But that's a really slippery slope. If we're going to get up in arms over "faggot" and "nigger", then we have to assume every single person who says that something is "retarded" is an insensitive asshole that hates mentally-challenged people. And so on and so on.

I do agree that sometimes words aren't just words. But at the same times, words aren't static, and their meaning changes based on context.

Re: 149

[fringelement.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to criticize anyone who reclaims 'faggot' as a positive word - I don't use it myself, but I do identify as queer, which is a reclaimed word itself.

The problem is, it's the internet - context is often lacking, and it can be hard to tell if there is 'ill intent'. The few times in fandom that I've run into people "throw[ing] around the word 'faggot'", it sure hasn't looked like a group of people who know how hurtful the word can be and are consciously choosing to use it in a positive context instead.

If we're going to get up in arms over "faggot" and "nigger", then we have to assume every single person who says that something is "retarded" is an insensitive asshole that hates mentally-challenged people.

I really, really hate it when people say something is 'retarded'. And yeah, I do think they're insensitive if they do.