Do you know any good trans people? Most that I know are anywhere from creepy (even though they are nice) to outright intrusive.

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[–]Dzonatan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

May be shocking for you, but that's how reclaiming the word works.

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

"Reclaiming" words is retarded, it effectively tells people that they were right all along; you ARE a queer

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Only works so far as to not give insults power over you. If I call you a retard, and you laugh it off and make fun of yourself, you kill the insult, but if you serious make it "yeah I am a retard and I'm proud of it" well that's just admitting to how stupid you are.

So queer, word means "strange". People started using it as a slur, whatever, you really want to reclaim a word that means strange? I'm weird and I'm proud of it? Yes you are definitely weird.

[–]Dzonatan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. Which is why the word needs to become a descriptive and not a slur.