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::Ah. I missed it in the RC's. I have some comments now, though. In general I'll go through the usual rigmarole and say that this should likely be in the essay namespace. It's well written, but it gives a general feeling of "making an argument" instead of "explaning a subject". Next, I don't think that the claim that homosexuals themselves are using the language to further the homosexual movement is fully supported. Contrary to this point, some of the words (dyke and queer, for example) are often used by non-homosexuals in a ''negative'' connotation. I have some criticisms about some of the individual terms, I'll save them until the overall thesis is better supported. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:16, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

::Ah. I missed it in the RC's. I have some comments now, though. In general I'll go through the usual rigmarole and say that this should likely be in the essay namespace. It's well written, but it gives a general feeling of "making an argument" instead of "explaning a subject". Next, I don't think that the claim that homosexuals themselves are using the language to further the homosexual movement is fully supported. Contrary to this point, some of the words (dyke and queer, for example) are often used by non-homosexuals in a ''negative'' connotation. I have some criticisms about some of the individual terms, I'll save them until the overall thesis is better supported. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:16, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

:::And in response I'll go through the usual rigmarole that if this deserves the essay namespace then several other mainspace articles deserve it, too, and I'm pretty sure they're going to stay where they are. :-) As for those words you mentioned, yes they have a history of negative use, but they've also been "reclaimed" as badges of pride. They should be neither. They should be able to return to their original, innocent meanings of "dam" and "slightly strange", respectively, but unfortunately hardly anyone uses (or can use) them that way anymore. Note that I didn't include certain other words (both I can think of begin with F and one has an innocent meaning to boot) which only have a negative context. I'm not here to slur homosexuals with offensive words, but I'm also not going to stand silently as our language gets manipulated. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 20:02, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

:::And in response I'll go through the usual rigmarole that if this deserves the essay namespace then several other mainspace articles deserve it, too, and I'm pretty sure they're going to stay where they are. :-) As for those words you mentioned, yes they have a history of negative use, but they've also been "reclaimed" as badges of pride. They should be neither. They should be able to return to their original, innocent meanings of "dam" and "slightly strange", respectively, but unfortunately hardly anyone uses (or can use) them that way anymore. Note that I didn't include certain other words (both I can think of begin with F and one has an innocent meaning to boot) which only have a negative context. I'm not here to slur homosexuals with offensive words, but I'm also not going to stand silently as our language gets manipulated. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 20:02, 4 October 2008 (EDT)

==Anti-Homosexual words==

==Anti-Homosexual words==