ext_278733 ([identity profile] grayout.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2007-06-11 04:20 pm

[ SECRET POST #157 ]


⌈ Secret Post #157 ⌋

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Early for no reason, really.

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[identity profile] kinneas.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, exactly. A "geek" was originally a circus freak who bites off chicken heads, but the word metamorphosed over generations into something completely different. Clearly, if people are using it out of habit with no ill will toward gay people, then how the HELL is it offense TO gay people? It is just simple integration of new slang into the western repertoire.

I am not saying you and I have no right to be offended when someone legitimately means you emotional harm by using it. But common usage that has nothing to do at all with homosexuals does not warrant taking offense.

[identity profile] moebot.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for telling me what I can and can't be offended by!

[identity profile] kinneas.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Anytime!