offensive. the reference point for your disdain for something is still based in bigotry against real people even if you’re not explicitly calling someone a slur

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Why on earth would this not be offensive ? There are not any other slurs people do this shit with. If somebody said “oh I’m not calling you a f—-, I’m just saying that guys outfit is f—-y” is that somehow suddenly not homophobic?? A slur is a slur.

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There’s so many other words to use. What’s the point

11

Cool with me. Context matters

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i'm gonna be completely honest, it just depends on who's around you

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Genuinely I think “the r-word” is so far down our list of actual issues that discourse about it is a genuine waste of time and dead end

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i think calling an object or a situation the r word is fine

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