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[–]Lovebirds_fury 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They love the word queer. I heard lots of people saying it's a slur and they had it used against them. As a non English speaker it doesn't carry the same weight for me, but I find stupid how much they like to throw a slur around. Reclaiming for me is nonsense, the word should dissappear, not become trendy.

I looked its meanings. Besides the lgbt meaning there are two more. Strange or odd, and an outdated one: to spoil or ruin.

Very fitting for them. A bunch of narcissistic kids who desperately want to be different/special no matter how deranged they come across. They are also spoiling and ruining our image and rights, setting us back 40 years.

[–]RedJackalRampant homosexual 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I absolutely loathe the term queer. Back in the 90s, I was fine with it. It was used by ACT UP and Queer Nation. It stood for something back then. Now it's used by heterosexuals who just want to feel special. The worst is when a clearly straight person in the news media uses it in place of gay. It's like gay is a bad word now and they're afraid to say it because it's too exclusive.

[–]NormalPear 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now it's used by heterosexuals who just want to feel special

And when they aren't using slurs, they'll turn to use gay exclusively slang.