Do you misuse the word 'gay'?, What do you think about people that do? Options

[*Teenage Mutant Ninja Meg*]

I messed up the poll again... so, if you want to vote for the first one, just post it in a reply. Or one of the mods can fix it.

Personally, I find people who use the word "gay" to mean stupid is incredibly offensive. When a person says something like "THAT'S SO GAY!", I swear a blood vessel pops in my head. And when I bring it up with my friends, they say things like, "I have gay friends and they say it too!" Well, your gay friends are the only homosexuals in the whole world.

Anyway, what do you think of it? You obviously know my answer.

[I hope this is in the proper forum, if not feel free to move it!]

[crazeegirl411]

wel surely it isnt desireable to use a word that can so easily be interpretted in a way that causes offense

Then why do people use words like f*ck and and b*tch. Why don't you guys feel offended for female dogs because we call other people b*tches? By being so sensitive for gay people, you are seperating them from us even more. They're the same people, but it seems like gay people have to be more offended by such things, when they're not even talking about them.

As someone said and I have said, there are multiple meanings. Society now gave it perhaps its third meaning, stupidity. Would you think someone back in the day that said, "I am gay," misused the word and offended gay people?

Even if you don't mean it, they can still take it that way. People need to think about what they say, before they say it. I really don't care if everybody around you doesn't mind, it really bothers me. I'm bisexual, and I don't think I need to hear, "THAT'S SO GAY!" every single day I'm at school or in public. It's just like walking up to somebody and saying, "Hey, nigger! Oh sorry, I just meant HEY, BUDDY!"

Thank you for all the supporters!

Um...but it's different. "Hey, nigger," is a greeting. "That's so GAY" is describing something. If you're going to compare, it's like, "Hey gay girl/guy!" And seriously how many people actually greet you like that?

Don't get me wrong. I don't use that word like "that's gay" or "you're so gay." I don't mind when others do. It's just slang. Now if people said that at the office or my boss said that to me, I would view them differently..because it's slang. But it's just normal talking with friends, I know they don't mean it like homosexual. It's just not in my vocabulary though. I still just call people stupid.

...And somehow, calling them stupid is not worse than calling them gay? Have you ever thought of when "stupid" actually offended people? Until people understood that it is not actually a big deal, and that people don't actually MEAN that you are stupid?