I would like htownhacker to give us his feelings on which of those words referring to a gay person he thinks is offensive.

I’m not an expert but I’m guessing faggot would probably be the worst one.

shocking

Ha. I don’t own it in a “gotcha” sort of a way. It was given to me by a relative as a joke, but it is fun to show to people who’ve never seen it, but have ridden Splash Mountain at DisneyWorld.

I do own a copy of Song of the South

shocking

/no one
//seen it..amazingly racist.
///breakfast at tiffany’s – mickey rooney’s chinaman character is sooooo racist

What movie was that Ritty? You should check out The Eiger Sanction, a movie Eastwood directed, where he gives a gay man’s dog the name “Faggot” because the movie wasn’t offensive enough with a black lady named Jamima.

Sounds old-timey like.
I can’t remember what movie it was. Something from the early 80′s or so that I had on in the background. I do own a copy of Song of the South. That one was pretty bad, too.

parallel: when you smell the fruity scents of the spray used to cover up someone’s shit smell in the bathroom, you know someone just shit

. I was watching a movie the other day where they said it in passing multiple times in the same manner we’d say “gay” today.

Blazing Saddles?

What movie was that Ritty? You should check out The Eiger Sanction, a movie Eastwood directed, where he gives a gay man’s dog the name “Faggot” because the movie wasn’t offensive enough with a black lady named Jamima.

/unless there’s another gay person here

Hmmm, so faggot wasn’t always offensive? Not surprising it devolved into a slur though, it just sounds bad.

I don’t think it was as bad as it is today. I was watching a movie the other day where they said it in passing multiple times in the same manner we’d say “gay” today.

“Stephen Pinker in his 2003 book “The Blank Slate” coined the name euphemism treadmill for the process whereby words introduced to replace an offensive word, over time become offensive themselves. A current example of this is mental retardation.”

Hmmm, so faggot wasn’t always offensive? Not surprising it devolved into a slur though, it just sounds bad.

Is this an oxy-moron?

“Stephen Pinker in his 2003 book “The Blank Slate” coined the name euphemism treadmill for the process whereby words introduced to replace an offensive word, over time become offensive themselves. A current example of this is mental retardation.”

F-word being the worst slur on the euphemism treadmill these days.

A bet a bunch of cunts disagree.

White cunts, maybe. Faggot is way worse than cunt for black people. I think bitch might even outrank cunt.

worst slur on the euphemism treadmill

Is this an oxy-moron?

that’s much more offensive than calling someone a faggot