OMGAKITTY Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Someone explain to me why saying "that's so gay" is derogatory toward homosexuals, because I don't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 It can be viewed like that because you normally say that when something bad happens meaning you are also calling being gay bad. EX: I'm playing smash and I have an uncool deathI say that's gay However I could simply say uncool meaning that to you those words have the same meaning. Gay is uncool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 It can be viewed like that because you normally say that when something bad happens meaning you are also calling being gay bad. EX: I'm playing smash and I have an uncool deathI say that's gay However I could simply say uncool meaning that to you those words have the same meaning. Gay is uncool. Yet, gay, in its actual definition, doesn't even mean homosexual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larxene Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Most of the gay people I know aren't even offended by it. Zex actually uses it himself sometimes. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparta™ Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 It can be viewed like that because you normally say that when something bad happens meaning you are also calling being gay bad. EX: I'm playing smash and I have an uncool deathI say that's gay However I could simply say uncool meaning that to you those words have the same meaning. Gay is uncool. Yet' date=' gay, in its actual definition, doesn't even mean homosexual.[/quote'] Wut. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gay there are really two meanings. One means your happy or gleeful, the other means you like the same sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 It can be viewed like that because you normally say that when something bad happens meaning you are also calling being gay bad. EX: I'm playing smash and I have an uncool deathI say that's gay However I could simply say uncool meaning that to you those words have the same meaning. Gay is uncool. Yet' date=' gay, in its actual definition, doesn't even mean homosexual.[/quote'] Wut. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gay there are really two meanings. One means your happy or gleeful, the other means you like the same sex.Yea, it now has two meanings. It's original meaning was happy. Over time it came to mean "likes the same sex." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Most of the gay people I know aren't even offended by it. Zex actually uses it himself sometimes. xD Honestly, the only people that seem offended by it are uptight straight people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson General Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 My Boss at Subway is Gay, he says it all the time :O his excuse is that he is hating on happy people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milk-Chan Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 When I say gay, which I'm trying to get out of, yeah it means uncool.But I usually say it with the intention of "Happy".But I won't go saying cheerfully cuz I got a new game or some, "I got a new game! I'm so gay!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Most of the gay people I know aren't even offended by it. Zex actually uses it himself sometimes. xD Honestly' date=' the only people that seem offended by it are uptight straight people.[/quote'] And/or a school's administrative team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraveHorizon Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 It's like if someone was being stupid and you said "That's so Mexican." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Originally, the problem was the association with the word "gay" meaning "stupid" or "bad" while also meaning "homosexual", inferring that "homosexuals" were "stupid" or "bad". But now it's just used ironically. You already know this, don't be so gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted September 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Most of the gay people I know aren't even offended by it. Zex actually uses it himself sometimes. xD Honestly' date=' the only people that seem offended by it are uptight straight people.[/quote'] And/or a school's administrative team. As I said, uptight straight people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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