PSA: Hate Speech

[Shell B]

@Losty they do actually. Not common but you can still find them.

Seems like they could come up with a better name

There's not really a reason to because it doesn't have the same usage over there. There are other disparaging words for gay men for Brits, f*ggot is not one of them.

[Losty]

Seems like they could come up with a better name

There's not really a reason to because it doesn't have the same usage over there. There are other disparaging words for gay men for Brits, f*ggot is not one of them.

I’ve heard the word “poof”. Is that considered offensive? I find it really cute but I don’t know if it’s actually some horrible word for gay people.

[Homeless Nutter]

Seems like they could come up with a better name

Who - the people who came up with such dishes as "spotted dick", "cock-a-leekie" and "toad in the hole"? 

[Shell B]

It's not really horrible, but it's not flattering, either.

[Tiberius]

“p*of” and “p*ofter” are both homophobic slurs in the UK. I don’t think they hold the same weight as “f*ggot” does in the US but I’m not sure.

[Shell B]

I know how to solve the mystery. Ask a British gay man how he feels about it.

[Losty]

“p*of” and “p*ofter” are both homophobic slurs in the UK. I don’t think they hold the same weight as “f*ggot” does in the US but I’m not sure.

Well damn, that’s what we call our bath scrubby thingies in my family. Good to know though. Now I know not to use it.

[Losty]

I edited that out because I’m not sure I’m remembering correctly

[Autumnlicious]

I’d suggest that if it matches hate speech, I see no reason why an outrageous use of “poof” as a bad faith replacement for “faggot” would be permitted. The usual “if it walks like a duck, swears like a duck...” algorithm with the usual warning/redemption loop that we have with every other rule.

For example, if you’re discussing taking a bath and the verbiage is to call a loofah a poof, but we’re still talking about taking a bath, it’s probably okay.

Common sense still applies. That said, given that language is mutable and has history to it, some terms have self-limited their legitimate application. For example, the “n word”, as it’s put, has precious few non-racially charged uses. But even then, it has some. Dealing with the bad faith language lawyering on all the edge cases for that particular word is exhausting, so a general “don’t use it” is used as a guiding light.

Rules are combinations of strict and loose constraints to handle cultural contexts, intent and where this forums character is going as a whole.

[downbeatplumb]

A personal thank you from me to the assholes who made this necessary.

i'm so sheltered half the slurs mentioned I'd never heard of before.