oneHeero said:
Other posters just went over this. Apparently it doesnt matter, offending someone is offending someone plain and simple. Context isnt the problem, the fact that he thinks its ok to say it is the problem.
Granted, I too believe the example was lite and not comparable to nigger and faggot, but if we're going to bitch about how we shouldnt compare nigger to faggot (yet use it to make an example) because the degree of who's history is worse shouldnt matter than why shouldnt that imply to anything else in comparison?
I'd go far as to even agree with you. Anyone can be offended at anything, my issue isn't with the word being spoken, but the idea that some people put forth that the word "faggot" is no longer offensive. It is, it's extremely offensive to a large portion of people. I'm sure making fun of religion does the same thing.
Just to be clear, my point is never "this is absolutely right, and this is absolutely wrong" - I would love to have my sense of morality be universal, but it doesn't work that way. All I want is for people to understand, you offend gay people with the word faggot, greatly so - maybe not all, but enough that if you don't want to throw around offensive slurs that target homosexuals, maybe stop using that word. If you don't care, well, do whatever you want.