Indeed. Playground banter is all about abusive terminology and learning to live with/adapt-so-you-can-reflect-abuse-back-at-your-abusers.
I'd really hate it if the word "Gay" were to be seen as off-limits and politically-incorrect to the point that it then gets 'reclaimed' by identity-politics types to the point it can only legitimately be used by-gays about-gays (like 'nigga' has become in black circles).
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Date: 2010-02-10 07:21 pm (UTC)I'd really hate it if the word "Gay" were to be seen as off-limits and politically-incorrect to the point that it then gets 'reclaimed' by identity-politics types to the point it can only legitimately be used by-gays about-gays (like 'nigga' has become in black circles).