I am a young gay man living in New York and I think its wrong for a gay or straight person to call anyone the f-word. Its just plain out stupid. Think about every single hate crime involving a gay person. What is the one thing that they call that gay person?? Just the same with black people when its them involved.

You do not hear people going around calling everyone the n-word. So why is it okay to go around and call everyone the f-word no matter what their orientation is??

It is because being gay is being classified as pushovers and second class citizens. We still do not have marriage not to mention several other rights we deserve. A gay person calling themself or others the f-word is basically saying it is okay for others to do the same. It has got to stop!!

Just like what someone else said because of the way he dressed and acted he was called the f-word. People are constantly being stereotyped and bullied for however they decide to act/live. If you act girly, wear tight clothes, read, try to act sophisticated, respect people and so on... it must mean you're a faggot. Seriously? Its pathetic and the word needs to stop being thrown around.

@ Jesse

Finally someone on this blog with a brain.You actually understand the amount of bigotry gays have to go through.Not to mention,the fact that the word no matter if its used as "fag" or "faggot" is a word used to DEGRADE gay men.Homphobes are just as transparent as racists,they rationalize their bigotry by saying "words are just words".Umm NOT when they are used to express bigotry toward an individual of a hisotrically oppressed group.Intelligence is POWER,shame most people dont have it.

Umm NOT when they are used to express bigotry toward an individual of a "hisotrically" oppressed group. *HISTORICALLY*

And you dont have to necessarily be gay to be called a "faggot".But it just goes to show the lack of respect people have toward others when they use that stupid word.Faggot does not mean douche-bag (as one ignorant str8 guy put it) Its what you call a person who is different from you,possibly a person who is BETTER than you.I dont give a shit if it changed its meaning,its still used to degrade a person who is different.REGARDLESS of how the ignorant rationalize it.Ignorance is Ignorance,so dont try to cover your ass with that "words are just words" bullshit.Cuz thats just what it is BULLSHIT!

i hate people who care more about what other people say rather then having your own self-esteem

if you want to let this word have power over you then i guess you can keep it because it seems like you want it to remain the same

if you want something to complain about try living in a 3rd world country

Words don't cause homophobia. If "fag" were outlawed, haters would use another word...like queer. Or anything else. I guess you could just outlaw all language and then you'd prevent slurs, but just as slurs change, a new one will take the old one's place. It's a dynamic universe, and FRANKLY, I think Harley riders are much faggier than any of my alternative lifetsyle friends.

@ Quinton

Its nice to know someone actually has a brain and has the same morals and beliefs as I do :]

And... its not about self-esteem! We have to show people that we won't let them use the word anymore and that it is wrong and hateful for them to do so. That shows them that we have the power just how they think they have the power and right to call us that and other hateful/homophobic words.

And to gnome I don't even know where to start about your post. "Alternate lifestyle" are you serious? You're probably one of the people who think it is a choice to be gay. Being gay is not a lifestyle. Its who you are. The fact that you even have gay friends is hard to believe.

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Ok everyone looking at this blog, youtube harley davidson look at any video and read the comments. This will show you how words can change.

Straight guy here...So, I haven't read everyone's comments and I may be repeating this, but I think that the whole argument that the word has changed meanings several times and so it can be used however you want and thus gay people should "get over it" overlooks two big things: power and hegemony. It is easy for straight, individualistic, pluralists (words, I think, that describe the Libertarian ideals of the South Park creators) to be like "Get over it, the word changes meanings all the time, you're just sensitive" when in fact they probably don't know what it's like to be part of a marginalized group. If they are familiar (I think in "Bowling for Columbine," one of them said they got bullied a lot in school), then they don't know about stratification of power and how that influences culture and how that influences the consciousness of even those who are marginalized (which is why you see some gay people saying "no homo," women (unwittingly) supporting patriarchal social structures, and what Malcolm X referred to the house Negro as opposed to the field Negro). So they, like me, don't know what it's like to be gay in a country that -- as their episode proved -- doesn't even protect gay people from discrimination in work places and see them worthy enough to be recognized to get married and get all of the benefits that go along with that. So, you know what I say? I'm just not gonna use that word, because it can hurt those who care about it and those who don't get hurt won't care if I don't use it. And if anyone wants to come around and be like "you're gonna let those Nazi, fascist gays tell you what to believe!" then I'll repeat to them what I just wrote.

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