What makes a bad word bad?

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2-01-2012 @ 3:53PM

Caz said...

@ Noyou

I see your point, but I think we're talking about two very different things. Insulting someone by calling them a stupid piece of shit is just mean-spirited. Mean people suck.

I'm gay - and you can call me a faggot all you want - I don't have to get upset about it, and in fact I don't. That's what i'm talking about when I said to let it slide off. The person being called names ether chooses to let insults bother them, or they choose to stand proud and say "So what?" The power is not with the person calling me names, nor is the power in the word. It's thier problem, not mine. The power is mine. I choose my fate, I choose my emotions, and I choose my reactions to slurs based in ignorance, biggotry and fear.

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