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[–]Poppy29252 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I had commented on a similar post on reddit, and I agreed that "homosexual" can be used as a derogatory slur.

I suppose it depends when and where you were raised. When I was younger, homosexual was clinical sounding and used by homophobic people to degrade gay people. It was less humanizing than "gay." I can just hear it being yelled in a southern American accent.

What is odd is that it's suddenly now being described as offensive.