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Originally Posted by vesavius

It's not 'mental gymnastics' lol, it's just me saying that context and intent matter and that words on their own are not 'problematic' to me.

it isn't a fact on your part, btw, it's a subjective opinion.

I don't understand what you mean by a 'pick me' in this context. Please explain?

Yeah... and the context was that Kerry used the word "gay" as an adjective to describe something negative that she didn't like. Homophobia doesn't have to be directed towards a specific person or a specific group of people, or be coming from a particular place of bigotry to be homophobia. By your own logic, someone using "black" or a racial term to describe something negative wouldn't be racism. Even with the context of the situation being taken into consideration, it was homophobic. It's not subjective at all. The only thing that is subjective is whether it bothers you or not, which like I said, is entirely up to you.

"Pick me" is a term that basically means somebody who acts as a contrarian.