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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow
Good for the school for trying to put a stop to it. I can't stand it when people use phrases like "That's so gay" or "That's so retarded." Those same people would be appalled, hopefully at least, to hear things like "That's so black", "That's so Jewish", "That's so *insert minority here*" tossed around.
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Those are two of my favorite phrases. I think I'll start saying "That's so gayly retarded"
Anyway, this thread is long, and I don't have that kinda time, and I'm sure bunches of people made the points that the phrase shouldn't be said, and why.
That just reminded me of that time in the music store when that gay worker guy got sooooo offended when I said "that's so gay" that dogs can come in the store but not me on my rollerblades, and told me to "roll my big butt on outta there".
I still think he was hella lame, though. I don't like when certain groups of people "own" words. That being said, sometimes I try to watch my mouth because obviously I don't want to offend anyone, especially as I am not prejudiced against either gay or mentally challenged people. Well, I'm kinda prejudiced against mentally handicapped people who don't actually have anything medically wrong with them, and sometimes really, really, really happy people (gay) piss me off, but overall, not so much.
It's unfortunate that such a funny thing to say (to me) originated as an insult to a group of people, homosexuals. However, to me, "gay" in that context doesn't even make me think of gay people, it never did. It just means "lame" in my head. I realize that doesn't change the actual meaning of the word.
It's hella retarded that people are so sensitive about the words, but I understand. Actually, retarded isn't even the word for mentally challenged people anymore, it is just back to its original meaning, which was "slow", right? So if I want to say something is "slow", it seems that I can use retarded.
It doesn't really matter, I'll still say those things. Because I'm not talking about, or referring to, either actual gay or actually mentally challenged people when I say them.