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In reply to the discussion: Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki Called Out for 'Homophobic' Tweet Mocking Lindsey Graham as 'Lady G' [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,997 posts)Not to mention that what OTHERS call him is completely irrelevant to whehter WHAT they call him is homophobic/transphobic/sexist.
If Graham has not publically accepted the name, then no one has any business referring to him in public by that name. Names are personal, and it is important to respect the names people ask you to use (and not to use names they do not ask ou to use.)
How specific gay men refer to each other in private (with each other's consent) does not give the general public the right to use those names as an insult than the reality that some portions of the Black comunity use the term N***** with each other gives white folks the right to use the term
I can't imagine anyone using the word n*** on DU as an insult to Clarence Thomas' - or justirying its use by claiming it is being used merely to demonstrate his hypocrisy. But somehow it's just hunky dory to post homophobic crap here.