I really wish that people would stop describing things they hate as "GAY"!

[MJN SEIFER]

You know how it works; "Oh this film is GAY!", "This show is GAY!". Why is it gay? I really don't get why Gay has to be an insult. I don't know what actual gay people feel about it (I'm straight myself), but I just find it stupid. Can't they just say it's crap or it's S*** or something? Why they have to give it sexuality is just beyond me...

[champagne supernova]

I know gay people who call things they dislike 'gay'.
But get your general point.

[Old Manus]

It's the same as calling things 'retarded' but gays have the presence of mind to decide to be offended

[NorthernChaosGod]

This thread is gay.

[Crop]

I say it all the time without thinking, it's nothing to cry about.

[Bunny]

I wish they would too, considering it makes absolutely no sense. Gay is used to describe things that are happy or bright, not things you dislike. I wish people would learn how to use words properly.

[Clo]

I dislike this use of the word "gay", and I discourage it's use by the people around me. It's negative, and implies that gay is a bad thing, since the use is a reference to homosexuality and not "happy" or anything.

I even dislike when people make a comment and say, "No homo, no homo." Because we really should not be caring about these kind of things. Although, I work with LGBT-related things constantly and I know many other LGBT people who say "gay", and argue in defense of its use.

Though, I do say retarded. And I work with autistic kids. So, I guess I'm a hypocrit! I really should stop saying that.

[Raistlin]

I have done it before, but only ironically. And usually around gay friends.

I agree that people who do it a lot seriously are being dumb.

[Laddy]

I hate it as well!

[Rad Bromance]

Every gay person I know calls stuff they don't like gay.

[Winter Nights]

It's a word. Nothing to get your panties in a bunch about.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Every gay person I know calls stuff they don't like gay.

If they can do it, I can do it.

[Raistlin]

I really hope you're just mocking the typical oblivious argument about why everyone should be able to say "nigger." So just because Shlup lets me call her a fat whore, any stranger can call her that?

Wait, bad example...

[Jiro]

I don't use either 'gay' or 'retarded' like that these days. Probably have used both back in the day. Although I do call things gay ironically when hanging out with any homosexual friends (those that do it as well though).

[Shlup]

It only bothers me if the person using the word is actually bigoted against homosexuals. Other than that it's just being a dork. I do it from time to time, though I prefer fag. Probably because that word is easier to evolve away from referring to homosexuals, while gay will probably be a synonym for homosexual for a good long while. The South Park episode about the word fag was fabulous.

Retarded I use regularly. I don't give a . I mean, all those words go down the same path. We've done the same thing with idiot, moron, and now special.