Faggot: And I'm Not Talking About a Cigarrette

The Word “Fag”: It’s More Than A Cigarette
Written by: ^Northernstar*


Fag 1 n. 1. a. A student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.b. A cigarette.c. To work to exhaustion; toil.d. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man

It’s funny how a word that was created as a nickname for cigarettes has lost its original meaning. It has become a slur towards homosexual men that hurts just as much as a “punch in the chest”. Do you know what the word is? Of course you do. It’s the term “Faggot” or “Fag” for short.

“Fag” is no different than the word “Nigger” or “Bitch”, both of which were terms for ordinary things, but became tools for hurting others. What each of these words have in common—outside of being slurs—is that they each belong to different social groups. And the most disappointing part about it is that individuals in the social groups are starting to use the words against each other...

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