TRAHR@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 days agoTrans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rightswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down110
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkTrans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rightswww.theguardian.comTRAHR@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe point ain’t the word, it’s this: It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult” Also no, it’s not American, it’s British, they imported it later
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIt’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant. With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoAh, so it’s just that you’re a prick and a homophobic one too, fair
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoHomophobic gays is an interesting concept
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAh see that’s different then my gay brethren, we’re allowed to say it cause it applies to us.
The point ain’t the word, it’s this:
Also no, it’s not American, it’s British, they imported it later
It’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.
With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.
Ah, so it’s just that you’re a prick and a homophobic one too, fair
Homophobic gays is an interesting concept
Ah see that’s different then my gay brethren, we’re allowed to say it cause it applies to us.