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gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours agoIt’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”
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 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
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
The point ain’t the word, it’s this:
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 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.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
Ah, so it’s just that you’re a prick, fair