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[–]BiHorror 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's just a word. At this point, I don't see it as a "slur" anymore but just nonsense hurled around by tras. Wouldn't call it out either becuase I'm not into language policing.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not into it either, but I'd respect the wishes of anyone who doesn't want to be called a term that has historically negative connotations and currently little descriptive value.

I mean, I can paint my fingernails black and demand to be called "queer", or "non-binary" with custom pronouns. The word is gradually sliding back into it's original use to denote a general 'strangeness'. It really fits the type of people who like to be called "queer": Weirdos.

[–]BiHorror 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Apologies for late response: True but there are also a lot of other words that had negative conntations in the past (to their specific groups) but have been lifted from it. I think if we were remove that "baggage" from it, it would remove that "power" it holds. Honestly it wouldn't be that bad if it did go back to original meaning... Since it does work with said weirdos.