Dear Allies - Stop Using Gay As An Insult

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36. It is amazing...

to me how so many can adamantly claim "no big deal", just to cheer on Colbert who, himself, has said that he was unnecessarily crude.

I watched his show on Monday night when it was on tv and failed to even hear that particular part of his monologue...the first part of it was bleeped out and I wasn't sure what that second word could be, but I probably would have had to google it anyway if I had understood what he'd said, since I've never heard that expression before. Didn't even realize til I came on here the next afternoon and posted videos of the show into another's thread (and someone else made mention of his homophobic comment) that it dawned on me what had been censored (and how insensitive his slur was).

But I know personally the effect that denigration has on anyone, everyone, and especially, entire communities of already marginalized people whose voices are barely heard in their struggle for equality and against discrimination. Putting other people down is a practice I do try to avoid.

Thanks again for your thread!