discourseful:

anyway i’m tired of saying this but “gay” isn’t a slur just because it’s used as an insult, it doesn’t have the same history of usage as the t slur/f slur/d slur/q slur, which are words forced on us to insult us. “gay” is used as an insult and a joke because the thought of being gay is a joke to homophobes and it’s insulting to be compared to gay people. we’re weak, gross, etc, and we call ourselves gay, so people call things they think are stupid/useless/weak “gay”.

y’all know how much obnoxious people call shit “autistic” as an insult? if you go on certain circles of the internet there are plenty of anti sjw-type people calling anything they think is even slightly stupid “pure autism” and call people autistic over stupid internet shit. that doesn’t make “autistic” or “autism” slurs. like gay, they use it as an insult because it’s seen as insult to be compared to autistic people.

learn the fucking difference between people mocking our identities and using a word that has historically been tied to violence against us.