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The image above is static, but the counters you can get on the site are real stats. I didn’t realize saying something is “so gay” is still used or seen as acceptable. Clearly it is. I can’t recall if I personally used the term “gay” as a negative word when I was in middle or high school, but I know I was not actively opposed to it then either. My guess is that youth are the primary users of these terms, but I could be wrong. Have you heard someone recently use the “gay” as a negative slur?

The image above is static, but the counters you can get on the site are real stats. I didn’t realize saying something is “so gay” is still used or seen as acceptable. Clearly it is.

I can’t recall if I personally used the term “gay” as a negative word when I was in middle or high school, but I know I was not actively opposed to it then either. My guess is that youth are the primary users of these terms, but I could be wrong.

Have you heard someone recently use the “gay” as a negative slur?


  1. melessiaaaaa reblogged this from edatrix and added:
    Pow pow pow. Edatrix- 1, Pancakes- 0.
  2. -starpower reblogged this from iheartmyart and added:
    bnf:tryingtofollow:...I didn’t realize saying something is “so gay” is still used or seen...
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  7. belatucadros reblogged this from laureola and added:
    lol…I remember I used to give kids (hell, and “adults”) shit for this while playing MMO games. Misfortune etc.
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  10. laureola reblogged this from edatrix and added:
    » Thinkb4youspeak
  11. pancakenation reblogged this from dancetinadance and added:
    I guess I don’t understand why we can’t use ALL words? Why some words have to be off-limits? For example, I don’t like...
  12. pancakenation reblogged this from pwrbttmhasmoved and added:
    I’m guessing edatrix doesn’t want to explain why this provoked her to try to hand me my ass on a platter. My friends who...
  13. pwrbttmhasmoved reblogged this from pancakenation and added:
    Pancakes, you know I’m on your side. Let us not forget the etymology of the word “gay”...
  14. dancetinadance reblogged this from pancakenation and added:
    I agree with free speech but I’m also against using words like these. “that’s so gay” perpetuates hatred because it...
  15. pancakenation reblogged this from edatrix and added:
    How is me saying the word “gay” perpetuating hatred? I’m a little O_O right now, edatrix used to be one of my favorite...
  16. calebjduck reblogged this from iheartmyart and added:
    bnf:tryingtofollow:
  17. taylorbithia reblogged this from edatrix and added:
    I’m a straight girl who loves her gays. And her blacks, Indians, Asians, Jews, Atheists, transgenders, etc. Being called...
  18. edatrix reblogged this from pancakenation and added:
    You’re absolutely right. Free speech. You’re also free to use other inflammatory words and phrases like nigger and...
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    Definitely reblog. Needs to be 0.
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