So by the same logic that we don't want to stop people by saying because of freedom of speech does that mean it's fine to refer to haggling prices as "jewing it down"?

Douche McCallister wrote:

There is a distinct difference between racial SLURS and lifestyle slang.

Yes very true but the case that seems to be made in this thread is that we can say what we want because of freedom of speech. That includes slang and slurs. Yes it doesn't seem as serious but if we allow people to say what they want regardless of whether or not it's a lifestyle then where does it end. I mean if you were to ask a bunch of people about what they thought gay meant a good majority if not all would say it meant homosexual. And since it is such a commonly associated term it's easy to see how using it to mean something negative would offend people. Yeah I agree that they could have chosen a better spokesperson but the message is clear, if you say something that offends somebody don't say that thing.

Douche McCallister wrote:

My case is that you can't take a word that originally meant something and then make it mean something else and then get offended that that same word is then used to mean something else. How a group of people of all races can get offended because a word they took and changed was then taken and changed again is being an ultimate hypocrite.

Ok fine, well what if people start to use the word black to mean something bad. I mean black people use that word to represent themselves.

Well I think your argument is centered whether or not people are born gay or if it's just a lifestyle that they choose, they aren't gay they are only being gay at this moment and since it's a choice they can't be offended. And whatever I don't want to have that debate. My point is regardless of whether it's a choice or they are born that way if it's a choice.

I'll give another example. It's a fair bet to say people on this forum like to play video games and many people who play games call themselves "gamers". Now let's say someone goes crazy and shoots up a school and he just happened to play games. And on the news the term gamer comes up and they use it to explain the craziness, and then soon enough gamer starts being used interchangeably with people acting crazy. Like if a guy runs headfirst it a car and people say "haha he must of thought he was playing GTA stupid gamer" So do you have the right to be offended because they are taking a term you associate yourself with or can you not be offended because you chose to call yourself that title?


Now I know you might say that it's not the same as gamer didn't mean anything before it was an accepted term but I don't think that's the case because gay is widely accepted as a name for homosexuals. Now if some gay guy just decided to call gay people woodpeckers he doesn't have the right to get mad if woodpecker is used in a negative light because it's not really a widely accepted term and no one but he uses it to mean gay people.

I'm not saying people should feel horrible for saying stuff is gay when they mean lame or dumb. All I'm saying is that some gay people find it offensive to do so and I agree that they have a reason for it.

Now damn it people talk about the golden globes!