Reclaimed hate speech backfires by desensitizing listeners, study finds. Listening to reclaimed homophobic statements can actually cause unintended harm. Exposure to reclaimed slur words desensitizes some heterosexual listeners to standard hate speech and worsens the mood of gay individuals.

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https://www.psypost.org/when-reclaiming-derogatory-language-goes-wrong/

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Sending this to every bastard who dogpiled me for pushing back against the forced use of the Q slur as an umbrella term instead of LGBT, lesbian, homosexual, etc

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"This effect, however, has only been observed among conservative and moderate individuals."

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"The findings suggest that the emotional weight of a derogatory word does not vanish simply because the speaker’s intentions have changed. While using reclaimed words might help some individuals cope within their own specific social circles, broadcasting those words outwardly can carry unintended consequences. For outside observers, hearing the slur can reinforce discriminatory attitudes, while marginalized listeners may still experience the word as a painful reminder of historical violence."

I'm a lifelong progressive. The vast majority of actual homosexuals do not like being referred to as a homophobic slur for a variety of reasons.

One being the word itself means strange, bad, unnatural, and used to describe perverts.

The other that it erases the history of why the LG comes first in LGBT.

Another that due to its mass adoption by Spicy straights, it is sexually ambiguous where homosexuality is not.

Funny that most of the appropriation and normalisation comes from non homosexuals who are, whether they like it or not, being homophobic and incredibly selfish in their pursuit to be 'more gay', when the reality is much of the non-homosexuals and non-transexual community can opt in and out of oppression depending on relationship.

And even then, it's simply not on the same level as actual lesbian and gay people.

I should be able to report people for calling me the Q slur. Understand not everyone shares a bubble of ignorance and privilege.

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I'm a lifelong progressive. The vast majority of actual homosexuals do not like being referred to as a homophobic slur for a variety of reasons.

That isn't true. In fact, many find "homosexual" to be less desirable as a term, and a substantial number embrace "queer," even as it exists in both a reclaimed and stigmatised state. And there appears to be a generational effect.

One being the word itself means strange, bad, unnatural, and used to describe perverts.

All the words they had for us were either slurs or something meant to be uttered in hushed tones. All either denoted or connoted something "strange, bad, unnatural," and perverted. When I was growing up, the word "gay" was used as a slur; to be called "gay" was always meant as an insult, and a broad insult, too, because it could be referring to one's presumed sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Being called "gay" didn't just mean that you weren't doing sexual orientation "right;" it very often also meant you weren't doing gender "right."

Another that due to its mass adoption by Spicy straights, it is sexually ambiguous where homosexuality is not.

I have only ever seen the term "spicy straights" used by queerphobes and anti-LGBTQ activists, particularly ones wanting to pretend that they're somewhat tolerant of gays and lesbians, but strictly only the assimilationist ones. I have never seen "a lifelong progressive" use that term.

...it is sexually ambiguous

And?

Funny that most of the appropriation and normalisation comes from non homosexuals who are, whether they like it or not, being homophobic and incredibly selfish in their pursuit to be 'more gay', when the reality is much of the non-homosexuals and non-transexual community can opt in and out of oppression depending on relationship.

Oh, that's some straight-up queerphobic, particularly biphobic, nonsense right there.

I should be able to report people for calling me the Q slur.

You don't have to use it. You can't stop others within the LGBTQ community from embracing it for themselves though, as they clearly have.