Reply #134: This gay man seriously resents your use of the word faggy.

[terrya]

I was picked on, laughed at, ostracized, and I got beatup many times because I wasn't...unlike you...one of the "normal" heterosexuals...like you. Don't believe me? Try growing up gay in Decatur, Illinois in 1970. Hate was thrown at me like you wouldn't believe. If we want to match cruelty to cruelty, here's my life.

Oh, right. Using that word "faggy" is a-ok. Even on a "progrsseive" message board.

And, you know? Perhaps those people that we're made to feel shamed about by you...perhaps they aren't entirely blameless of rude, goading behaviors. Just a thought.