Survivor grrrr

[judecorp]

We used to be big Stephenie fans in our house, but today she busted out the forbidden "that's so gay" to describe another player's stupid behavior and that's it - she's out of our fan club.

Sayonara, Stephenie. You and your homophobic whininess can leave Guatemala at any time. We'll start rooting for Amy instead.

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[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I'll agree with you that I don't use the term "homophobic" to mean "fear of homosexuals" which is definitely the definition brought about by the roots of the word. Dictionary definitions usually say "fear or hatred" and I think I /am/ using that word appropriately when I describe what she said, because the idea of using the word "gay" as an insult derived from a place of hate IMHO.

I just want to reiterate that I didn't call her a homophobe, I mentioned her "homophobic whininess," which was directly referring to the homophobic remarks she made while she was whining on television. I have no clue whether or not she's homophobic in her real life (and I'll assume she's not) and it wasn't really the point of my post. I was merely stating that I was no longer rooting for Stephenie on ths season of Survivor because she chose to use a homophobic insult against another player to try to downgrade his manhood. That's not only poor judgment, but also poor sportsmanship.

I don't think "gay" is a cultural take-back, but "queer" and "dyke" definitely are, since they were both used as insults first. The use of "gay" as an insult really only came around after people startin calling themselves gay.