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underbear1 · Mar 23, 2006, 01:24 am

There is intention and context to be evaluated with how and by whom a slur/term is used. Some hateful terms have been taken back by the minorities they were used against, and have been reclaimed, but for THEIR use only. An African American can call themselves and their friends any term they choose, if a white person uses the same term it will not be without consequences. Just as some lesbians have reclaimed the term dyke, and some gay men call each other fag or faggot, doesn't mean they will act warm and fuzzy when a straight person says it. Minorities didn't create these slurs, they got labled with them by outsiders, so if now those outsiders find these new rules confusing or a double standard, remember who created the slurs to begin with.
Queer I feel has crossed over into common vunecular enough that straight people shouldn't be overly concerned with saying it, in a normal tone of voice, if you drive by a gay club at 2 in the morning shouting queer, that's where intent and context come into play. the term queer isn't universally embraced by gays, and for me it took awhile to adapt to it, because growing up in the 50's/60's that was the hate-term of choice.

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underbear1 BANNED Posts: 2,630	There is intention and context to be evaluated with how and by whom a slur/term is used. Some hateful terms have been taken back by the minorities they were used against, and have been reclaimed, but for THEIR use only. An African American can call themselves and their friends any term they choose, if a white person uses the same term it will not be without consequences. Just as some lesbians have reclaimed the term dyke, and some gay men call each other fag or faggot, doesn't mean they will act warm and fuzzy when a straight person says it. Minorities didn't create these slurs, they got labled with them by outsiders, so if now those outsiders find these new rules confusing or a double standard, remember who created the slurs to begin with. Queer I feel has crossed over into common vunecular enough that straight people shouldn't be overly concerned with saying it, in a normal tone of voice, if you drive by a gay club at 2 in the morning shouting queer, that's where intent and context come into play. the term queer isn't universally embraced by gays, and for me it took awhile to adapt to it, because growing up in the 50's/60's that was the hate-term of choice. Last edited by underbear1; Mar 23, 2006 at 01:36 am.