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Originally Posted by jidar
I've called people pillowbiter hundreds if not thousands of times over my lifetime.
I shouldn't, and I know it. I'm about as homophobic as Elton John, in fact you can suck my dick if you think I'm homophobic, but it's just been the insult of choice for my generation and the one that followed.
It sucks ass that all the best insults have to be so hurtful to some people.
ps, I'm not in any way defending what Larry did. His dumb ass should have known better.
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As today's the self appointed defender of "teh ghey" and critic of the term "f@ggot", I will acknowledge that what you say sounds honest to me, and I agree that the term is widely used as a pejorative that to some degree is a generic insult.
But unlike some other terms that have a literal meaning but are used as a generic insult (like "geek" or "dork"), the literal meaning of "f@ggot" is the very reason it's an insult.
But it's the fact that the term elicits such repulsive feelings in straight men that it is such a powerful insult to them. It's that underlying repulsiveness that is where the "hate" lies. You might not hate gay people yourself, and just use the term as a generic insult, but the power of the world you use is based on the fact that others do.
And in LJ's case, we can be certain he wasn't just using the term as a generic insult. He made that clear with his "Christopher Street" reference.