is 'gay' an insult?

not an offensive one, just a jokey "xbox is gay" type one :unsure:

i use it is as a joke insult.
not meant to hurt anyone, and i have nothing against gays.

same here... use it as a joke all the time... but i don't use it in front of gay people....

"Gay" makes no sense. It is like "That is so Jewish". Or, "That is so Canadian".

It all depends on who or what you call "gay". Say it to me and it's not an insult even though i am a hetrosexual. It's not an insult because i don't find it offensive.

Say it to Jerry Falwell and it is an insult. For those that don't know who he is Falwell . He said that God allowed the attack on the USA because....

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Originally Posted by Jerry Falwell

"I fear... that [September 11th] is only the beginning. ...If, in fact, God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve ... I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle ... all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say `you helped this happen.'"

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"Gay" is not an insult, but often used as an insult.

I think we should work to getting the word gay back to it's former meaning - "happy and carefree"..

i had a bi friend and we made gay jokes all the time :blink:

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Originally Posted by TheDave

i had a bi friend and we made gay jokes all the time :blink:

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...about the size of your penis or how wide your ass opens? :blink:


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