How Offended Do You Get From LGBT+ Slurs?

Slurs by themselves do not bother me. Their intent in use does.

 

I've got a very high tolerance to this kind of thing. I honestly find it really difficult to be offended most of the time.

 

So, just pointing out... the thread title itself says "how offended do you get from LGBT+ slurs" while the poll question asks "how high is your tolerance of slurs?"

That may cause a somewhat unrepresentative sample.

 

what kinds of slurs do you mean?

 

I'm pretty much in the closet lol. So I haven't experienced LGBT+ slurs around me at all to date. So I voted "Very Low"

EDIT - LOL. I mean I have High Tolerance lol, but I'm very low in taking offense to LGBT Slurs

 

Against me, personally, I can deal with it. Against other people? I wont stand for it.

 

I only hate slurs that I have bad memories with.

 

I'm deaf most of the time, even for compliments, so very low...

 

It depends on who's saying it and in what context I guess. If it were one of my friends, I would be fine with it, because my friends are all queer themselves. So they would just be joking about it. And they seem to do that a lot. When they use LGBT+ slurs they're making fun of straight haters who come up with ridiculous nicknames for what they don't understand. So then it's fine, and really, pretty funny to be honest :3

But if it came out as an insult, I probably wouldn't tolerate it.

 

Depends.

There are some that I absolutely cannot stand. Pretty much all trans slurs fit into this category. I also wouldn't like it if someone used the f slur for gay people or the n slur to refer to black people.

All in all, slurs should go die.

 

Very high. Sexuality is my sensitive part of me.

 

Oh and here's me writing a massive reply, having my computer freeze up and go all grainy and have weird boxes come up like I was in some sort of low quality rip off of a FNAF game mixed with the reboot of Lavender Town. What on Earth is wrong with you computer? I guess I have been over using it, I should give it a break after all. I guess I might come back and write my response again when my computer calms down. *sigh*

In other words: "We seem to be having technical difficulties, we'll be right back....possibly."

 

It depends really.

If someone uses it as a slur then I will take it as offense.
But I have LGBTQ+ friends that will use them on themselves in a joking manner. I will take them in such a light hearted manner.

So it all depends on the context in which they are used.

 

I'm not comfortable with anyone using terms: gay or straight. For some reason, there seems to be one rule for homophobic terms and another for racist. They're both as bad.

 

To me, a slur is only a slur if used as a slur.

Ignorant statements clearly not meant as slurs do not bother me...I simply correct them and move on with no offense taken.

To me, the more offensive thing is people using such slurs *inappropriately*, or otherwise equating LGBT people with things to which they should not be equated. Calling someone "faggot" that you don't actually believe is gay, for instance; or using "that's so gay" to describe something you think is stupid, lame, or inferior. "Gay" is not a slur...it should not be used as one. "Faggot" *can* be a slur...I understand that one straight man calling another straight friend "faggot" is not intentionally an insult to gay people...but they use the word as a "playful" insult...and using a word for a concept that should not be insulting as an insult...that actually *is* an insult.

So yeah...I'm apt to call bullshit on stuff like that, too.