A Prop 8 challenge for swankers

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, but if I took action to deny someone's civil rights ... I, as a gay man, would deserve every sneer of "Faggot" the group I acted against cared to hurl at me.

No one EVER deserves either of those words hurled in anger. They're insults about race or sexuality used in place of whatever you're actually angry about. You're angry because people acted in ignorance or bigotry. You're not angry that they're black. And when you use that word - even if you're spelling it wrong to avoid the full shame of the real word - it comes off as only racism, not justified anger. You are undermining this cause by using it.