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Old 02-12-2013, 09:21 PM #3
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I agree, I think that while both issues both obviously exist, people are now very quick to brand something homophobic or racist without really thinking about the accusation they are making. To be some kind of people -phobe or -ist you have to hate them and be afraid of them. Somebody using the N word or somebody referring to something as 'gay' is maybe a little bit ignorant but they're just words...

Mel Gibson is an anti-Semite. He hates Jewish people. This is well documented. There's a difference between the kind of unjustifiable hatred in that man's heart and somebody referring to somebody as a "******" or something.
What you and Vicky said. They remain significant issues here but are nowhere near as prominent as they often get painted out as.

And I've never understood the 'gay' thing. I know it's a sensitive thing but when people refer to things as that they're usually on about it being rubbish and the like. Maybe there's something behind it I dunno but for me it depends on the context.

Eminen's new album is an example.
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