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tacocat  ·  2014 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Large Majorities Dislike Political Correctness - The Atlantic

    The line I draw is whether the word is still used as a slur.

But gay as a general pejorative exists even as it exists as a neutral. Intent is the key. I may or may not be entirety straight so if I say faggot even as a joke the intent is unclear. Nigga/nigger breaks along context lines too. You get this ongoing dialogue with no answer unless people understand the underlying issue and people would rather just be assholes