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When the term "gay" started to mean homosexual it was offending to many older people who used the word correctly, meaning happy.  Now the new thing is to say it in a way it means stupid, and that is offending homosexuals.  But the older generation was offended first. 


and besides this, the word stupid used to be a  clinical word like ***** & dumb for people who had mental challenges.  for a very long time people took offense to the words stupid, dumb and *****. 


The American language changes through time.  Eventually gay will not mean homosexual at all or happy it will just mean stupid.  then after a while (assuming the planet survives) it will mean something else and people will debate if its good to use the word for those other things.


My little nephew has mental challenges, so it hurts me more than most can understand when i hear words like stupid or *****.  Those are words the doctor would of called him or kids i have met with problems like his 50 years ago.


why dont we go find out what they called things before they started using stupid or dumb or ***** or retarded?   because if we are going to walk on egg shells not of offend some, then we should walk on egg shells not to offend all.


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