Having discussed this topic to death over decades I will limit my remarks to noting my pride that I have never used the word except in reference to it.
Having discussed this topic to death over decades I will limit my remarks to noting my pride that I have never used the word except in reference to it.
Absolutely. I think the same is true for any decent human being. My issue is the people who act as if even if you use the word in reference to it, you're guilty of hate speech.
The world is full of people who want extra attention and in all their many varieties they disgust me. In his soon-to-be-released "Clowns" (I'm one of his beta readers and you'll see my name in the credits) Peter Cawdron refers to this as the Spectacle, that so much of human behavior is the seeking of status .. and attention. The book is more about this point than it is the nominal plot.
If someone is discussing a vile slur it should be clear to even the most addled SJW that it's not the same as yelling it out a car window at someone. But that would be squandering an opportunity to get an extra ration of special attention,
I contrast the difference between the N and the Q words. In both cases much of the maligned group has adopted the slur yet in the former it's reserved for the group and as verboten as ever to others, and in the latter case it's supposed to be some sort of victory (yes, we really are defective!) and supposedly mainstream.
A few days ago I went looking for my first manager online to see if he was still alive (unlikely) or when he had died. I found someone else with the same name; his web page?
Queer Trans they/them.
In one of my smarter moves, I closed that browser tab.
"If someone is discussing a vile slur it should be clear to even the most addled SJW that it's not the same as yelling it out a car window at someone. But that would be squandering an opportunity to get an extra ration of special attention," <3
Having discussed this topic to death over decades I will limit my remarks to noting my pride that I have never used the word except in reference to it.
Absolutely. I think the same is true for any decent human being. My issue is the people who act as if even if you use the word in reference to it, you're guilty of hate speech.
The world is full of people who want extra attention and in all their many varieties they disgust me. In his soon-to-be-released "Clowns" (I'm one of his beta readers and you'll see my name in the credits) Peter Cawdron refers to this as the Spectacle, that so much of human behavior is the seeking of status .. and attention. The book is more about this point than it is the nominal plot.
If someone is discussing a vile slur it should be clear to even the most addled SJW that it's not the same as yelling it out a car window at someone. But that would be squandering an opportunity to get an extra ration of special attention,
I contrast the difference between the N and the Q words. In both cases much of the maligned group has adopted the slur yet in the former it's reserved for the group and as verboten as ever to others, and in the latter case it's supposed to be some sort of victory (yes, we really are defective!) and supposedly mainstream.
A few days ago I went looking for my first manager online to see if he was still alive (unlikely) or when he had died. I found someone else with the same name; his web page?
Queer Trans they/them.
In one of my smarter moves, I closed that browser tab.
"If someone is discussing a vile slur it should be clear to even the most addled SJW that it's not the same as yelling it out a car window at someone. But that would be squandering an opportunity to get an extra ration of special attention," <3