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Ah yes, telling a pansexual man that he needs to go outside because I recognize the way problematic language you personally are a fan of using works. Excellent strategy there. By your line of logic, we should keep using the r-slur, racial slurs, etc, if it weren't for the fact that people already successfully pointed out the same things queer people and feminists have been pointing out about words like "dicksucker."
Rather than telling people not to be offended by homophobic language you enjoy, you should be capable of self-critique and learn to be a bigger person. There are good reasons we no longer call people the r-word, or f-slur, and these same reasons apply to calling people "dicksuckers." You aren't referring to the literal actions, but likening real submissive actions to gay sex as a means to make the submissive actions more shameful. Your intent does not matter when it comes to the messages your words actually convey.
As for the article, it's Lemmy.ml's slur filter, you can replace the removed part with "c-sucker" spelled out.
Yes i actually believe this. I'm an absolutist when it comes to this stuff, and i don't apply this thinking in isolated instances. I have no qualms with a non-black person using the n-word—and i say this as a black person myself. Obviously, this is a fringe opinion, but it is what it is.
Why do you still follow this line of thinking? It's not that people are offended by homophobic language, it's that you're looking for homophobia where there is none. That's what i take issue with.
Refer to the quote linked above and whether you think calling someone a cunt all of a sudden makes me misogynist because it's also a vulgar synonym for vagina
Being an absolutist in favor of slur usage is wierd, period. Slurs are phased out because it perpetuates harmful sterotypes and societal hatred towards marginalized groups. Secondly, I explained where the homophobia was. You can't just say "nuh-uh." Yes, calling someone a cunt is also misogynistic.
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Seriously, lmao. I was genuinely caught off-guard with that one, that's too on-the-nose.