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Old 11-27-2019, 09:36 PM   #260
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Originally Posted by GullFoss View Post
When did we stop using gay in a negative way? I think the first I used it I was 8 and it was 1994. And the time it was brought to my attention not to use that word as a euphemism for silly/lame/dumb/stupid was in 2005 and I was 19. And after that it probably took 10 years until I finally rid myself of the habit.

And I've been pro-gay rights since 1998. Crazy how we didn't even think about it as kids. So ingrained in the culture.
That's why I give a bit of a pass to anyone who grew up before the civil rights movement. I've met more than a few old people over the years who drop racist terms casually with no ill intent, because it's just how they were raised. Hell a few months ago I was asked by an elderly woman if I had married "One of them orientals" when she saw me walking with my half-Viet daughter, but as she had called my daughter "absolutely gorgeous" right before I knew she didn't mean anything negative by it

Peters doesn't get that luxury though
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