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[–]reluctant_commenter 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And yet U.S. "queer theorists" claim it is "reclaimed". No, it is still being used in the exact same homophobic way, the whole way through. Sorry you hear it being used like that, that's messed up. That is how I heard it growing up.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, I don't get how people who aren't gay are the one's deciding tha queer has been reclaimed for homosexual men. It would be like whites and latinos in (idk when it was still widely used as a slur, the 70's?) saying the n word had been recaimed despite it still being used regularly to degrade people. These people cannot speak on our behalf and are 100% wrong

[–]julesburm1891 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Carlos Maza/Steven Crowder feud was the last straw for me on this issue. Maza wanted to say he was queer and that all LGB people are queer, but the second Crowder called him queer it was “hate speech.” (Yes, Crowder was intentionally being a juvenile jerk, but I do think he did it to point out the stupidity of Maza’s position.) If it’s not fine for other people to call you a “reclaimed” word, then the word isn’t neutral and you should bugger off.