• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    I wouldn’t order them like that tbh for lest to most offensive. I would put cunt in the middle.

    • gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      It’s that it’s very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that’s not gay a

      <f slur>

      Faggot

      ?

      It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”

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        4 days ago

        Faggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn’t be too bothered by it’s usage

        • gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          The point ain’t the word, it’s this:

          It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”

          Also no, it’s not American, it’s British, they imported it later

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            4 days ago

            It’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.

            With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.