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I was thinking about this at lunch today.... Jeordam Send a noteboard - 15/08/2018 11:43:33 PM

Granted, it is more than difficult to make a guess at the motivations of someone never met, but do you think the words/phrases are used unknowingly? There's also the possibility that it is said in a more strategic and thoughtful manner, because there is the belief that it would hurt/enrage "the other side" more than just a general slur?

Racial and misogynistic slurs tend to be the only thing in today's day and age where someone can say it, and it catches everyone's attention. Other labels/words are tossed around with such frequency that it doesn't even register anymore. Someone can call someone a Nazi...doesn't even catch someone's attention. But degrade someone in a manner in which you think they would find offense (casual homophobic slur)....that very well may score a hit.

More interesting is that I see it far more in one direction...
~Jeordam

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Interesting article in my Twitter feed last night on an issue Greg (The Shrike) brought up... damookster - 15/08/2018 03:05:37 PM 1098 Views
I thought this response in the comment sectionwas funny random thoughts - 15/08/2018 08:12:49 PM 437 Views
I was thinking about this at lunch today.... Jeordam - 15/08/2018 11:43:33 PM 406 Views
I don't damookster - 16/08/2018 12:09:32 AM 419 Views
It seemed more like moondog was making a prostitution reference to me *NM* ßelals Girl - 16/08/2018 02:51:23 AM 230 Views
Say what? The Shrike - 16/08/2018 09:47:19 PM 415 Views
It is a more of a domination / hierarchy reference I think *NM* Roland00 - 16/08/2018 09:57:23 PM 229 Views
Re: Say what? Belals Girl - 16/08/2018 10:33:43 PM 463 Views
Yes, but there's more to it... fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:38:05 PM 397 Views
Says who? ßelals Girl - 19/08/2018 05:05:37 AM 437 Views
However much of a hypocrite moondog is, the article, I feel, represents something else Cannoli - 16/08/2018 05:51:59 AM 436 Views
Agreed that they went way too far by including everyday useage of the word, sucks. damookster - 16/08/2018 02:15:54 PM 408 Views
Phobia fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:55:05 PM 425 Views
You don't even understand oral sex? Cannoli - 17/08/2018 12:43:50 AM 424 Views
Get to a sex education class, won't you? Or at least, use Google fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:29:25 AM 365 Views
I am a normal male person, who had conversations with other male people. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:25:48 AM 420 Views
Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 04:13:09 PM 429 Views
Re: Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:23:10 AM 435 Views
You are wrong about Cannoli. damookster - 17/08/2018 02:49:35 AM 436 Views
No fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:41:22 AM 407 Views
Re: No Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:29:15 AM 442 Views
Cannoli is right: "sucks" implies the active party in oral sex Tom - 17/08/2018 03:04:40 AM 503 Views
That would be the "receptive partner" in scientific terminology fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:44:16 AM 390 Views
Fuck scientific terminology. It blows. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:26:16 AM 407 Views
Regarding phobia Jeordam - 17/08/2018 06:30:51 PM 427 Views
There's a pretty simple test, I think fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 08:02:31 PM 404 Views
Once again...who are you to make that determination. Jeordam - 17/08/2018 09:54:41 PM 386 Views
*I* don't make the determination, liberal society did. fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 12:02:22 AM 421 Views
So for clarity damookster - 18/08/2018 01:28:17 AM 412 Views
Yes! fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:46:05 AM 412 Views
Who said I was surprised? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:10:46 AM 402 Views
Re: Who said I was surprised? fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 02:32:41 AM 407 Views
Are you asking a serious question? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:45:03 AM 430 Views
Yes, I was fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:59:48 PM 425 Views
"liberal" society does not police speech Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:31:54 AM 424 Views
You don't need to protect speech everyone agrees with. *NM* Hieshyn - 19/08/2018 06:02:17 PM 267 Views
It most certainly *does* police speech. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:01:32 PM 409 Views
But to follow up on that. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:16:07 PM 403 Views
Well, that's why we didn't stop with the FIRST Amendment *NM* Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:53 PM 212 Views
That's individuals policing speech, not society. Agregate individual action =/= collective action Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:23 PM 431 Views
I completely agree. LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 04:35:38 PM 392 Views
heh, heh, heh damookster - 21/08/2018 05:00:32 PM 401 Views
Hump it like you mean it! LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 07:00:01 PM 432 Views
Exactly. "Islamophobia is a word created by fascists and used by cowards to manipulate morons." Tom - 20/08/2018 08:54:03 PM 417 Views
I reiterate that I sometimes expect it from people who may be right of center/right. The Shrike - 16/08/2018 09:52:08 PM 433 Views
About the casual part fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:33:45 PM 386 Views
I don't think it's appropriate, but I think it's more about sexual shaming Tom - 16/08/2018 10:35:53 PM 465 Views
Precisely fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:59:42 PM 419 Views
You are absolutely correct damookster - 17/08/2018 02:43:21 AM 412 Views
I, for one, am glad to see this topic go flaming. aerocontrols - 17/08/2018 05:16:55 PM 477 Views
Yes, it is a tool used by those who should "know better". LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:14:30 PM 387 Views
well said damookster - 20/08/2018 03:50:50 PM 437 Views
Sigh I foresee 7 days of homosexual prison jokes in the near future in media adjacent places Roland00 - 22/08/2018 04:42:23 AM 367 Views
I think our casual acceptance of rape as part of prison is a major moral failure random thoughts - 22/08/2018 03:41:38 PM 375 Views
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