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are You gay do u get offended when someone says something is gay apparently mods say there are gay gamers who find that offensive...r gay gamers actually offended by it??

and straights share ur insights....and if ur wondering im straight no immature responses

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idk,i mean, say it a lot.....but i bet u would feel offended if u were gay and ppl keep abusing the word gay a lot...its was as if they are the lowest of the lowest in life....

i pretty muh do say it...but tats because im too used 2 it though..but i do realize that its offensive to gay ppl...but when i say it...i always look around me so i don end up looking like a sexist..so yea,thats it,,

If I were gay I would find it very offensive if people keep using it for negative things. Same thing if I had a handicap and people kept abusing the term retarded.

That's why I NEVER say gay or retarded in a bad way or to describe a bad thing,

I'm not gay but I find it insulting. That would be like using "asian" instead of stupid or "black" instead of loser. It's degrading.OregonTrailing

YOu see. Its how its used that makes it offensive.

When people say stuff like "SHUT UP! You'r GAY its not mean't in the manner of someone's sexuality, but someone personal status.

Thats what makes it offensive.

Being gay and people pointing the fact that you are a homosexual isn't whats offensive. Its when they say it in the insulting manner, that makes it offensive.

Get it now?

And gamespot have some pretty dumb rules at the moment.

I mean. YOU can't even called something retarded in a negative fashion anymore. WHAT POSITIVE IS THERE TO THE WORD RETARDED?

I'm homosexual, but I don't really get 'offended' if a person refers to something as gay Some homosexuals might, I'm fairly certain my spouse despises it, but I've never like directly asked her I'm just basing this on her average reaction to a person calling something gay as a slang word.

So, different people will obviously get offended by different things. Me in particular? I don't get offended but I think it's completely immature to say it. I don't understand why people call things gay as a negative. It's just silly.

Its a figure of speech. I don't think people in weelchairs get mad when people call stuff lame...Def_Jef88

I'm homosexual, but I don't really get 'offended' if a person refers to something as gay Some homosexuals might, I'm fairly certain my spouse despises it, but I've never like directly asked her I'm just basing this on her average reaction to a person calling something gay as a slang word.

So, different people will obviously get offended by different things. Me in particular? I don't get offended but I think it's completely immature to say it. I don't understand why people call things gay as a negative. It's just silly.

dhyce

[QUOTE="dhyce"]

I'm homosexual, but I don't really get 'offended' if a person refers to something as gay Some homosexuals might, I'm fairly certain my spouse despises it, but I've never like directly asked her I'm just basing this on her average reaction to a person calling something gay as a slang word.

So, different people will obviously get offended by different things. Me in particular? I don't get offended but I think it's completely immature to say it. I don't understand why people call things gay as a negative. It's just silly.

PeterPerson

ONE gay person. And an insignifigant number of straight people.

[QUOTE="dhyce"] PeterPerson

I'm offended because saying "all the gay people are saying it doesnt offend them" is completely false because i am gay and i do find it offensive at times.

Whats with the flood of gay crap?cornlockes

Word, what the hell.

[QUOTE="PeterPerson"][QUOTE="dhyce"]

I'm homosexual, but I don't really get 'offended' if a person refers to something as gay Some homosexuals might, I'm fairly certain my spouse despises it, but I've never like directly asked her I'm just basing this on her average reaction to a person calling something gay as a slang word.

So, different people will obviously get offended by different things. Me in particular? I don't get offended but I think it's completely immature to say it. I don't understand why people call things gay as a negative. It's just silly.

pokeracc

ONE gay person. And an insignifigant number of straight people.

I'm offended because saying "all the gay people are saying it doesnt offend them" is completely false because i am gay and i do find it offensive at times.

Cedmln

I did mention that different people would be offended by different things at least. I realize some may find it offensive, I just personally find the term silly. I mean, I know some may be using it as a negative, based on their hatred of homosexuality. But I'd rather not let things like that bug me.

[QUOTE="Cedmln"]

I'm offended because saying "all the gay people are saying it doesnt offend them" is completely false because i am gay and i do find it offensive at times.

dhyce

I did mention that different people would be offended by different things at least. I realize some may find it offensive, I just personally find the term silly. I mean, I know some may be using it as a negative, based on their hatred of homosexuality. But I'd rather not let things like that bug me.

[QUOTE="cornlockes"]Whats with the flood of gay crap?mark4091

Word, what the hell.

What an atrocity, two whole threads on something that makes up at least 11% of the population.

This is gay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU

This is homosexual

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAxqFjBdRk

I've got no problems with somebody being a homosexual, but when you're a flaming, eccentric, stereotype then you're going to get made fun of just like emo kids on myspace. So are we clear?? Gay does not equal homosexual.

I thinkg we can't generalize things so much. It's not about every time the word gay is used it's about if someone's being a homophob or another type of moron about it, it's not 'politically correct' and is sometimes a bit worse than that but it's all about the intentions behind it and the person hearing it.

You choose to be offended doesn't make it right doesn't make it wrong it just is.

This is gay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU

This is homosexual

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAxqFjBdRk

I've got no problems with somebody being a homosexual, but when you're a flaming, eccentric, stereotype then you're going to get made fun of just like emo kids on myspace. So are we clear?? Gay does not equal homosexual.

jrhawk42

I'm bi and I don't get offended, but I do feel less highly of someone who uses gay as a negative term

eh whatever usually only dumb 13 year olds says that kinda stuff..paradigm68

I've heard plenty of 18-22 year olds say it on xbox live. :|

They can get offended if they want to, but the connotation of the word has kind of changed so I don't really see the point.

Do they not remember the time when Gay meant Happy and not homosexual? How do I not have the same right to twist the meaning of a word and it's connotation when theydid the exact same thing?

[QUOTE="paradigm68"]eh whatever usually only dumb 13 year olds says that kinda stuff..SaintBlaze

I've heard plenty of 18-22 year olds say it on xbox live. :|

They can get offended if they want to, but the connotation of the word has kind of changed so I don't really see the point.

Do they not remember the time when Gay meant Happy and not homosexual? How do I not have the same right to twist the meaning of a word and it's connotation when theydid the exact same thing?

Donkey_Puncher

[QUOTE="Donkey_Puncher"]

They can get offended if they want to, but the connotation of the word has kind of changed so I don't really see the point.

Do they not remember the time when Gay meant Happy and not homosexual? How do I not have the same right to twist the meaning of a word and it's connotation when theydid the exact same thing?

CptJSparrow

I wonder if they had the same discussion back then when the word transitioned so heavilly to something so different.

its an adjective of popular society, just like the N word and its resurgence, an opposite example would be the word "awesome" the Hindenburg was an "awesome" tragedy when it happened, now its just another word for cool, its just a sign of the times and frankly i relay dont see the big dealg-unit248

...Awesome is still not another word for "cool" :|

[QUOTE="g-unit248"]its an adjective of popular society, just like the N word and its resurgence, an opposite example would be the word "awesome" the Hindenburg was an "awesome" tragedy when it happened, now its just another word for cool, its just a sign of the times and frankly i relay dont see the big dealAznsilvrboy

...Awesome is still not another word for "cool" :|

they have been pretty interchangeable ever since i can remember

I'm not gay but I find it insulting. That would be like using "asian" instead of stupid or "black" instead of loser. It's degrading.OregonTrailing

asian instead of stupid? I think you have your stereotypes backwards.

[QUOTE="OregonTrailing"]I'm not gay but I find it insulting. That would be like using "asian" instead of stupid or "black" instead of loser. It's degrading.luckystar23

asian instead of stupid? I think you have your stereotypes backwards.

[QUOTE="PeterPerson"][QUOTE="dhyce"] Cedmln

I'm offended because saying "all the gay people are saying it doesnt offend them" is completely false because i am gay and i do find it offensive at times.

If I were gay I would find it very offensive if people keep using it for negative things. Same thing if I had a handicap and people kept abusing the term retarded.

That's why I NEVER say gay or retarded in a bad way or to describe a bad thing,

pokeracc

Or if I were black and people used the word "black" to refer to things that suck.

Or if I were missing a leg and someone used the word "lame" to refer to something that sucks.

I think that SOME gay people need to open up a ****ing dictionary. Maybe then they'll see that they don't own the word gay any more than I own the word "black".

[QUOTE="pokeracc"]

If I were gay I would find it very offensive if people keep using it for negative things. Same thing if I had a handicap and people kept abusing the term retarded.

That's why I NEVER say gay or retarded in a bad way or to describe a bad thing,

MrGeezer

Or if I were black and people used the word "black" to refer to things that suck.

Or if I were missing a leg and someone used the word "lame" to refer to something that sucks.

I think that SOME gay people need to open up a ****ing dictionary. Maybe then they'll see that they don't own the word gay any more than I own the word "black".

Yes, but here we use it all the time, stuff like shut up gaylord. Doomlike_Mitc