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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
pretty much.
Friend A used the word 'fag' to describe his own homosexuality around friend B and myself. everyone was fine with this usage. i used the word 'fag' to describe friend A's homosexuality in a conversation with friend b. friend b gets ****ed off.
i don't understand how a word is ok to use by one person and not another when the intended meaning and such is exactly the same (ie not as a slur).
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Well I guess my suggestion would be that people who have certain characteristics where a derogatory word can be used to describe them, and are comfortable with using said term to describe themselves, usually are not content with people who DO NOT possess the framed characteristic using the exact same term.
Wow that's a run on sentence.