[ShimmeringFaerie]

Originally Posted by thebigmole

Ok well I have been bullied. It's a hell of a lot easier to get over words than it is getting hit. I experienced both so I know. Also I feel uncomfortable when people pray or talk about how God is their savior around me. So then since I feel uncomfortable with my beliefs when I'm around said people, they shouldn't be able to talk like that, right?

That is a totally different situation. Praying or talking about God may make you uncomfortable, but there's no link between that and making you feel bad about who you are. Using "gay" to mean "lame", however, makes a link between homosexuality and being unacceptable/stupid/uncool.

Originally Posted by thebigmole

And once again CHINK in the armor is a common phrase. In fact the word chink can be traced all of the way back to Shakespeare. I honestly didn't even know it was also a racial slur. And in the heat of the moment you blurt out phrases that are well known, that is one. Also for the record Jeremy Linn has come out and said he doesn't find it offensive and he doesn't believe the reporters meant anything by it. So why the hell should the rest of us care?

I know what 'chink in the armour' means. But you can't seriously believe that those reporters weren't purposely making that pun. Why do you think that phrase was used more than once instead of another phrase with the same meaning? It is a well-known racial slur, even if it is one that is not commonly said anymore.

The reason the rest of us care is because it's not okay to make discriminative remarks about someone's race. It's not okay to use racist terms in our society. It's great that Jeremy Linn wasn't offended by it, but that doesn't mean that it was okay to say or that any of us should accept words like that. Surely you agree that racist terms shouldn't be acceptable?