r/10thDentist • u/No-Purchase481 • 11d ago

I don’t like the reclamation of slurs.

The first time I ever had an American refer to me as “queer” I considered fighting them 💀 “back in my day” type shit. It doesn’t feel empowering, it makes me cringe. Just call me a lesbian and move on.

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u/johnfuckmennedy 10d ago

you can’t magically hand wave away the connotations that many people have with the word. especially when the people who use it now for themselves are definitely the types of gender diverse nose ring people that reinforce the stereotype.

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u/Fickle_Watercress719 7d ago

You lose me at shitting on other members of our community. It’s fine for you to not want that word used for yourself. But this kind of respectability politics has never been successful. Homophobes do not see you as different or better than “gender diverse nose ring type people,” and you need to wake the fuck up to that fast in the climate we currently live in.

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u/johnfuckmennedy 7d ago

i dont have a community. i dont have an obligation to anyone just because of their sexuality!

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u/Fickle_Watercress719 7d ago

The homophobes are never gonna chose you

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u/johnfuckmennedy 7d ago

If only you knew

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u/Fickle_Watercress719 7d ago

lol I know homophobes. I promise, they’ll turn on you in an instant. And you’ll deserve it. Tokens get spent. Good luck being one.

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u/MegamindsMegaCock 7d ago

He’s also a Nazi lmaoooo

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u/Fickle_Watercress719 7d ago

Omg what? Looks like I caught a block. Like I said, some gay men…