Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
Funny you should say that about gay people finding it offensive. My cousin is gay, went to her wedding which was half gay folks who all knew each other. They would all call each other “you poof, fag or something like that all night long....it was quite an eye opener.
Context, I suppose. Friends who you've known for years at a happy occasion vs thousands of angry strangers yelling it towards you. There might just be something about the context that's different.