[quote]Is calling something "gay" really discriminatory?[/quote] [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gay]Yes.[/url] If you're not referring to something as having "a merry, lively mood", then you're using its other definition as a derogative. Being gay means that you feel sexual attraction to people of the same gender. That’s literally it. A picture, as referenced by the picture of the twitter conversation, cannot be gay because (obviously) it lacks a gender. By using 'gay' as a derogative, you are applying that definition to what you're describing and saying 'this is wrong', or 'this is unacceptable'.

Right, so it has come to mean that something is unacceptable. It's used so frequently in that way that, although dictionaries have not been updated, the social perception of the word used in a derogatory, but not homosexual context, is that something is not right or normal. And moral views aside, a homosexual is not normal from an evolutionary standpoint or a social standpoint, given the proportion of heterosexuals to homosexuals. I don't think gay people should be offended when it is used like it is above, but that's just me.

[quote]although dictionaries have not been updated[/quote] [i]Yes they have.[/i] The OED officially recognises one of the definitions of the word 'gay' to mean "informal - offensive foolish, stupid, or unimpressive". [quote]And moral views aside, a homosexual is not normal from an evolutionary standpoint or a social standpoint, given the proportion of heterosexuals to homosexuals. I don't think gay people should be offended when it is used like it is above, but that's just me.[/quote] *bangs head on desk* No. No, no, no, no, no, no, [i]no[/i]... Please reread that and realise how ridiculous you sound, and how it basically serves as an underlying justification for [u]any kind of discrimination[/u]. Being gay is more than just having a different place to put your genitals, people need to stop looking at it like that. Homosexuality is a form of [i]love[/i] - this emotion is perhaps the most natural thing in the world. It doesn't matter if there are fewer homosexuals than there are heterosexuals in the world, [b][u]on what basis does this make it justifiable to deny them basic rights and openly discriminate against them[/b][/u]? There's a period of world history in which something similar to this happened between people who had different coloured skin, what you've said is essentially legitimising that on the basis of "we outnumber them".

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Or lame the english language has multiple meanings and can be interpreted many ways. The fact bs angel has an education makes me wonder how well she did in college.

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