Do you find the word "Fa ggot" offensive?
it is just another word for homosexual or gay.
does it bother you that we are called "Straight" as in on the right way, for example people say: "Let me get this straight" it's like another word for "right".
No offense to anyone, just want to know what you think, no stupid or hateful answers.
2006-10-29 00:24:45 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Well the meaning behind F-a-g-g-o-t is deep. It actually goes back to oled times where efeminate men and men who liked the same sex were considered witches or demonic heathens. They were thrown into the fire like f-a-g-g-o-ts (Fa-gg-ots=Bundles of wood) Burned alive. This is how the name came about, it bears as much hate and ignorance as the N word!
2006-10-29 02:08:31 · answer #1 · answered by david s 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
One thing that must be understood is that while the word "f----t" is indeed a word for homosexual, it is considered an offensive word(like the "N" word for African Americans). Just because a word/phrase has a similar or same meaning to another doesn't mean that it's acceptable to use.
Incidentally, I have never considered the use of the word "straight" in you example above to have anything to do with sexual orientation. To me, it was about comparing the situation with a line(straight vs. crooked or curvy). So no, that doesn't bother me a bit.
2006-10-29 00:39:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yes that word is offensive. Yes sometimes I find the idea that if someone is "straight" than we are 'bent" or "crooked" a bit offensive too. But I remember that the people that call us these words are the really twisted ones.
2006-10-29 01:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't find that word offensive if it's coming from another gay person, while kidding around.
The fact that the word "straight" is applied to heterosexuals doesn't affect me.
2006-10-29 03:50:07 · answer #4 · answered by ByTheSea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Britain we don't use the word 'f.ggot', I suppose 'poof' would be the closest.
I'm not keen on it, if it's used as an insult - between friends any term can be used jokingly, but otherwise 'gay' will do fine, thank you.
'Straight' doesn't mean 'right', it means unbending, which sounds a narrow-minded kind of way to be.
2006-10-29 01:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by JBoy Wonder 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not "just another word" as it is intentionally used as a disparagement and it is especially vile considering the word's origins.
And "straight"? No I don't find that offensive, the word has always had several meanings.
2006-10-29 00:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
i always consider the source from where the words came from.i once had someone call me fa**ot and then he bottomed . people do things in a strange way. so always try to understand why someone would try to push your buttons. their intentions could very easily be different then there words.
2006-10-29 01:09:27 · answer #7 · answered by shyboy 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You've come on the LGBT section to ask a question like that, and then you say, "no stupid or hateful answers."
Well, try this on for size: how about no stupid or hateful questions! Your so-called sincerity is as transparent as glass.
GROW UP! There. That wasn't a stupid or hateful answer, but an honest one that puts things in perspective.
2006-10-29 00:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by SB 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
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2016-11-26 01:50:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course its offensive.
2006-10-29 01:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋