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In what context would you want to call someone a nigger?
In what context would you want to call a gay person a faggot?
 Originally Posted by OngBonga
If I'm a gay man, and someone calls me a faggot, my assumption is not "he's calling me a bundle of kindling that they burn witches with, how offensive". I'd think "he's calling me gay, which indeed I am".
And if I thought he was actually using the word in its correct historical context, I'd have a little respect for him for knowing such history.
It explains why it's a derogatory term. As the clip also implies people very rarely know what they're actually saying.
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