"That's gay" as an insult.

[BlueStater]

I'm just curious what you guys think about it.

Frankly, I can't stand it. And the excuse teenagers use about the word having evolved to mean "lame" or whatever and doesn't necessarily mean anything homophobic I find to be even more annoying. What bullshit.

I'm not saying that all the kids who talk like that are necessarily bigots but they're just completely ignorant as to the history of this sort of slang. Whatever little punk first started saying "that's gay" in regards to something he didn't like obviously equated being gay as to being something negative. It really isn't something that should have caught on.

So as bad as the insult is, I think the weak excuse about "words changing over time" is even worse. And the next time I hear someone on the internet or in real life defending it, I'll let them know what I think.