Slurs

There's been a huge ruckus over the uses of slurs on RuPaul's show when those slurs have been used outside the context of the show with respect to transwomen, meaning those women in transition or even post-transition. The drag community got up in arms over the attack from the transcommunity.

And many in the drag and gay (men) community have expressed their dislike for the attacks and have defended the term as it to them only applies to the drag community. Except the word escapes that narrow confines by the audience, including the majority of gay men and used to describe, even define,
transwomen.

And now some in the drag and gay community, even using comedy, to defend the use of the term invoking their right to use it for themselves, but not noting to their audience that's their intent with the words.

So here's the deal, if the drag and gay community want to continue the use of the words, ok, then I'll start to use the slurs, just words really, which are derogatory and even demeaning terms, words long fought out of use by the gay (men) community to describe them.

Yeah, you know those terms you were angry about and fought to get them dropped in public and even in private by many people. And if you're wondering, please consider it's my right to use them to describe drag queens and gay men because it applies to you and no one else.

Seems fair to me, a word, or rather a slur, for a word. So it's a slur, but then so are the words you use. But you already know those words are still used in private by many people, you just ignore the reality of it as you do the effect of your words on transwomen.

And if you're really wondering, I'm only joking of course. Really. As much as you're joking. What's the adage about what goes around?