But, as I say, none of us is perfect, and there’ll be days when I’m not particularly reasonable, or careful, or kind. As none of us is perfect, the first time I’ll try to not to assume ill intent. Let me be very, very clear: It is not acceptable to use lame as a term of ridicule. If you use the word lame to mean anything but some version of can’t walk well, I won’t kill myself. If you hear others making this mistake, point out to them that using the lame as an insult is making fun of cripples, and that making fun of cripples is no more acceptable than making fun of queers. Think of us being scraped at and battered and cut by that cold jagged ice, every day, day in day out. Think of all us people in a wheelchair, with a cane, with crutches, with a limp, in a scooter. So think before you apply the label lame to something you find bad, poor inadequate, sucky,* naff, laughable, clueless, or generally displeasing. If you’re not gay or lame, you might not see the grinding damage that’s occurring below the waterline to those who are. Like icebergs, nine-tenths of their heft lies out of sight. But we all know what happens when gay kids get that casual insult hurled at them every day. Perhaps it seems harmless to your children to call their friend’s nerdiness gay, their bad songs gay, their ugly clothes gay.
#Whats another word for lame movie
It might seem harmless to you to call a bad movie lame, a poorly– an inadequately-designed website lame, an outdated notion of publishing lame. Using lame as a derogatory term is as dangerous and ill-considered as using the term gay in the same context. If you find the title bitterly amusing, welcome to Enlightenment, but please read the post so you can explain it to lesser beings.
If you find it offensive only because I appear to use gay as an insult, you need to read this post.
If you don’t find the title offensive, you need to read this post.
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