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In reply to the discussion: Question about good/bad words [View all]valerief
(53,235 posts)16. That's what an old friend of mine thinks, but I had the feeling things had changed.
Personally, I hate words having such power. Context, yes. Specific words, no. I'm not homosexual. I'm also not homophobic. I just hate giving power to specific to spread hate. Suck the power from them and make them ordinary words is my feeling. I guess America hasn't reached that point.
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"Queer" has definitely come full circle. Some others, as well, depending on context and situation.
pinto
May 2012
#3
Thanks. That's what I thought. A friend (another long-in-the-tooth DUer) didn't think so.
valerief
May 2012
#13
That's what an old friend of mine thinks, but I had the feeling things had changed.
valerief
May 2012
#16
i think communities use and change words as they think best fits them
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2012
#21
I think context is everything, not specific words. I just hate "sin" words, because
valerief
May 2012
#30
What I'm saying is that blacks shouldn't have it in their vocabulary either.
napoleon_in_rags
May 2012
#37