Burt Reynolds wrote:

Greg the White wrote: Douche McCallister wrote: Burt Reynolds wrote: I don't think that most people that use the term gay are intending to offend homosexuals, so I don't see what all the fuss is about, but it's their right to be upset so whatever. People are always going to say things that make eachother mad. This is pretty much what I was trying to say. Just because you say "Man that was gay." Doesn't mean secretly in your head your saying, "Man that was, hmmm how can I bash homosexual people." It's a word. Just like when people say, "Jesus Christ!" or "GOD DAMNIT", are people going to stop saying it because it is Blasphemious to almost half the world? I know I'm not. If you ask me using the Lords name in vain is 1000X worse then saying "Man that was gay." Unless some new points come up I'm done with this. Just think about it through your logic. Answer this: Why did someone originally say "that's gay?" The term "gypped" was also originally offensive to gypsies, but nobody knows that now because the word has evolved, like language does. It evolves. I'm not saying gays don't have the right to be upset, it just seems like a waste of money and effort to make a PSA on it, when it's really not that bad relatively. They should be doing PSA's protesting prop 8, because that is something that actually effects the gay community. It's an oppressive LAW that takes away the rights of gays, not a silly word, that in reality doesn't even offend most gay people.

True, prop 8 is more important, but consider this:

I had a friend who came out to me and a few friends early in high school, but didn't to his family until much later. We all used to hang out with his brother, and though he was a nice guy, it seemed like at times, every other word out of his mouth was "gay" "fag" or "queer" as an insult. It got annoying when I was hanging out with him, so I couldn't imagine living with the guy, it must have really done something to his confidence so that he was scared shitless of his sexuality. I think you can find a link to that type of environment, and the amount of kids who kill themselves or run away (or become vindictive asshole congressmen) instead of face their sexuality.

All I'm saying is that you should think outside of your shell. Saying "nigger" with irony is popular now, and it's alright to mock the word and the ignorance, just try not to say it around, say, an older black person who was called that word while his lawn was being set on fire. Whether or not YOU find the word harmless to your being, doesn't mean that it doesn't affect a large amount of other people.