Dear straight people on the internet:

[robi0688]

Shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down, you're embarassing yourself

Comments

[dazedpuckbunny]

I can be such a freaking flake but what does the term "reclaim" mean in reference to slurs? Also, big pink hulk beats big green hulk anyday.

[robi0688]

It's like, taking a perjorative word such as "fag" or "slut" or especially "queer" and using it in a positive way to refer to oneself. Or others.

[dazedpuckbunny]

Ah, thanks! I just can't find myself comfortable with any of those words tbh. I'm quite happy with gardenvariety variations of "fucker". They're general and transcend all boundaries of race and sexual identity!

[robi0688]

Queer's been reclaimed to the point where it's been thrown into the rainbow of letters and used as an orientation in and of itself, so that's pretty cool.

[dazedpuckbunny]

I shall make note of this!

[fic_of_elise]

That's how I identify. I don't like that saying bisexual implies two genders. I prefer to not think about gender at all. I say queer, to reclaim, but queer to include my transgendered brothers and sisters. It's no longer radical, which is weird. But awesome!