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Hey, we’re not supposed to use that word anymore, no matter how accurate it is.

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you don’t get to “reclaim” fag unless you’re queer fyi

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No one gets to reclaim it. You’re inciting the divisiveness, it should just not be used if it has to be censored depending on who you are. It’s archaic.

Be better.

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I don’t know, no one gets called a fag and thinks on what they did. It’s just baseless aggression, rather than communicating anything of value.

If you have strong opinions, voice them like a man. Not like a beast growling.

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Always a good course to take. I’m only saying that the right words at the right time can make a difference. We shouldn’t fear words with a bad history if they have a useful place in the present.

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For people who have every opportunity to behave and act with decency, but do not or will not: they are fags.

So you want to reclaim “faggot” from the gay community, and turn it back into a hate slur? Get fucked, homophobe.

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that would admittedly be pretty based though, what a fucking shitpost that would be.

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We grew out of those words for a reason. There’s a million other ways you can describe those people. I know you’re not attempting to be homophobic, but just for the sake of language, it’s crude and lazy to just use that in place of ways you could much more creatively insult somebody. That word doesn’t need to be reclaimed, and really has no value worth bringing back.

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That is not what those words mean and you don’t get to personally decide they mean something else. We have words for those definitions already; Idiot and Asshole.

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Retards smoke fags.

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