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• gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s that it’s very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that’s not gay a

  <f slur>

  Faggot

  ?

  It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Faggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn’t be too bothered by it’s usage

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    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The point ain’t the word, it’s this:

      It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.

        With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.

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