Oh yes, I know exactly what you mean—we have similar issues over here: I have an intense dislike of people using the word "gay" as a synonym for "bad", but I also dislike that describing something weird as "queer" is effectively no longer an option, let alone misunderstood meanings.
Ignorant, for example, isn't technically an insult, and I'll use it where appropriate, but so many people think it means "stupid". Ah well.
the set who like to use words normally considered bigoted vulgarities on and to each other See, I do support the idea of reclamation, take a term that's used as an insult and reclaim it, but if you do that, then it has to be acceptable use for everyone or it doesn't work. Ah well.
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Date: 2007-Dec-19, Wednesday 13:02 (UTC)Ignorant, for example, isn't technically an insult, and I'll use it where appropriate, but so many people think it means "stupid". Ah well.
See, I do support the idea of reclamation, take a term that's used as an insult and reclaim it, but if you do that, then it has to be acceptable use for everyone or it doesn't work. Ah well.