hmichellerose on Nostr: Lately I’ve seen a return to using “gay” as a pejorative. That concerns me. I ...
Lately I’ve seen a return to using “gay” as a pejorative. That concerns me. I don’t want to go back to a world where gay bashing is normal. But I call people on it and they are like “nah it’s just a word, it doesn't mean that, relax” And so for those people I have a question…
How about when I see something that I think is stupid or an over reaction, or someone just being dense I’m going to note how “male” that is. It’s “male” as a pejorative. I don’t mean that I hate men, of course not. Some of my friends are male! It’s just that things that are silly, or impulsive, or idiotic are “male”. Ya know it’s just a word.
And you of course are totally cool with this… right?
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