The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThomas, no!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115linkfedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down122
arrow-up1544arrow-down1imageThomas, no!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square115linkfedilink
minus-squareDaGreenGobbo@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI’ve never encountered that word used with a homophobic intent, as far as I could tell. If you wanted to express that thought in my youth, other words beginning with B would be far more common. Naturally I found them as odious then as I would now.
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoDoesn’t matter, the word is rooted in homophobic intent.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoSo is “gay”. Language evolves. Being a linguistic originalist would be a hard and eccentric hill to die on.
I’ve never encountered that word used with a homophobic intent, as far as I could tell. If you wanted to express that thought in my youth, other words beginning with B would be far more common. Naturally I found them as odious then as I would now.
Doesn’t matter, the word is rooted in homophobic intent.
So is “gay”. Language evolves. Being a linguistic originalist would be a hard and eccentric hill to die on.