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Except that people DO care. People get murdered for being gay. People get taunted and bullied mercilessly, lose their jobs and families, and get treated like hellbound scum for being gay. Until that stops being so common that it's not even unique enough to get into the news, you don't get to act like they are just special snowflakes being easily offended.

Nope. You're supposed to, when you learn a word has been used to demean, hurt, and drive other humans to commit suicide, stop using it. Not knowing is one thing. Claiming everyone is just "overly sensitive" as an excuse to keep using a stupid word that means nothing to you but hurts other people is another story. And in that story, the person who now knows that no matter where or who you are, using that word has the serious potential to hurt another human and they keep using it anyway is not a kind or compassionate person.

Umm...yeah. You should maybe stop. It doesn't matter who you're saying it to, it's still a homophobic slur. Plus, even if it weren't awful to say it just... ever, you have literally no way of knowing another person's sexuality. The chance that you've already said it to an LGBT person and hurt them is high. So please stop. Extra bonus points if "a lot of kids" at your school also stop.