(September 9, 2014 at 5:56 pm)Losty Wrote:(September 9, 2014 at 5:20 pm)Diablo Wrote: I don't care if the term is an urban legend or anything else. The fact is that faggots were used to burn people at the stake and that included gay men and women, and is a term of abuse used against gays much like 'nigger' is used against black men, and equally unacceptable.
Words are just words. They change over time. Lose their meaning and gain new meaning. Have you ever said, "hey, no comments from the peanut gallery"?
No. Faggot is a term of abuse which is as unacceptable as 'nigger'.