It was solely intended as a statement of fact, and I really am tremendously sorry if I have caused Ganesh or any other homosexual male posters reading this (one of whom I believe I was addressing?), or indeed anyone else, to suffer any negative feelings by mentioning said word's existence.
Negative only inasmuch as I'm unsure why you'd bother making this point in the first place. I'm pretty sure there can't be anyone who isn't aware that there are all manner of pejorative descriptor nouns for homosexual men (and some of us have been called by those terms in a hostile setting). The original poster was alluding to the unpleasantness of using 'gay' as a noun; I'm not sure it was particularly necessary to point out that yes, there are even less pleasant terms. If it was a neutral "statement of fact", it's a slightly baffling one (IMHO). If it was a sideways, semi-jokey "ho ho, I know a word but it's NON-PC!1" comment, then it's faintly distasteful.
Like Xoc, I'm slightly staggered. I can't fully understand the point you're making, or why. Let's say no more about it in this thread, though. |
