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Trans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's that it's very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that's not gay a

Faggot

It's the implications of "this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult"

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Faggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn't be too bothered by it's usage

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

The point ain't the word, it's this:

It's the implications of "this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult"

Also no, it's not American, it's British, they imported it later

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's more that faggot isn't really a word I would use not because it's too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.

With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah, so it's just that you're a prick and a homophobic one too, fair

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Homophobic gays is an interesting concept

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

Ah see that's different then my gay brethren, we're allowed to say it cause it applies to us.