Has Hip Hop contributed to your homophobic language/view / in general?

[dead man]

i mean. I'm guilty of using it to describe negative outcomes. some, not all of my buddies use it in a jokingly insulting context but never literally about a homosexual person. south park's "F Word" pretty much sums up the vocabulary of "faggot" for me.

idk. i would likely never use the term w/ the few homosexual people i interact with on a social/professional level, unless we had a conversation beforehand about it. obviously out of respect for the power it can carry.

overall though i'd bet most people who are using the term among friends don't harbor any actual hatred towards gay people. but it's certainly got an ugly history.

musically, sure. we (as in my immediate circle) all listen to hip-hop pretty exclusively so there could be a correlation there. but it's not to blame for homophobia at large i don't think.

[Inno]

Originally Posted by dead man

i mean. I'm guilty of using it to describe negative outcomes. some, not all of my buddies use it in a jokingly insulting context but never literally about a homosexual person. south park's "F Word" pretty much sums up the vocabulary of "faggot" for me.

idk. i would likely never use the term w/ the few homosexual people i interact with on a social/professional level, unless we had a conversation beforehand about it. obviously out of respect for the power it can carry.

overall though i'd bet most people who are using the term among friends don't harbor any actual hatred towards gay people. but it's certainly got an ugly history.

musically, sure. we (as in my immediate circle) all listen to hip-hop pretty exclusively so there could be a correlation there. but it's not to blame for homophobia at large i don't think.

@DVS

@dead man brings up good point. I would never use the term fagot loosely around someone I knew was actual gay unless I knew that person was on with it.

Honestly I think that’s what it comes down to. Your personal experience. I’m Latino and homosexuality is generally Frowned upon i my community.
And we all at victims to our surroundings but I’d like to believe that everyone on the internet troll or not works Around this general agreement that every thing said and posted has some type satirical aspect to it, and we should all take that into account.

I’ve used nigger on this website many times. And many other have aswell. But that give me an actual right or any one else to judge people knowing that most of what is produced by the internet is click bate or rectianary ploys?

[DVS]

Originally Posted by dead man

i mean. I'm guilty of using it to describe negative outcomes. some, not all of my buddies use it in a jokingly insulting context but never literally about a homosexual person. south park's "F Word" pretty much sums up the vocabulary of "faggot" for me.

idk. i would likely never use the term w/ the few homosexual people i interact with on a social/professional level, unless we had a conversation beforehand about it. obviously out of respect for the power it can carry.

overall though i'd bet most people who are using the term among friends don't harbor any actual hatred towards gay people. but it's certainly got an ugly history.

musically, sure. we (as in my immediate circle) all listen to hip-hop pretty exclusively so there could be a correlation there. but it's not to blame for homophobia at large i don't think.

I Adont think it's to blame either but just an interesting conversation I had with a rapper tge other dsy who uses the word faggot like its going out of fashion and listens rappers who do also amd pondered the correlation and if that translates to real homophobia

[Objective]

Originally Posted by DVS

I Adont think it's to blame either but just an interesting conversation I had with a rapper tge other dsy who uses the word faggot like its going out of fashion and listens rappers who do also amd pondered the correlation and if that translates to real homophobia

I would say it translates to real homophobia the moment you're aware of it and use it for the sole purpose to challenge peoples perception of the word when used in a clear cut context. So instead of saying ''nigga'' you say it with hard ''er'' at the end instead (not saying it's the same at all, just explaining how the difference in usage changes the context and meaning), however, if you give the ''faggot'' no thought and uses it as an insult or a word in a song and people react it's no different than a religious nut going crazy for you saying ''fuck''.

It has nothing to do with homophobia in the same way a white person might say ''nigga'' isn't racist in itself (inappropriate and cringey perhaps, but not racist) unless you're saying it for no reason other than to spark a negative reaction from another human being for who they are as an individual and not just used as a curse word to spice up the lyrics or your language a bit. It doesn't translate to real homophobia, and nigga doesn't translate to real racism.

Miscommunication is society's challenge, getting distraught at words without taking context into account only makes the people that takes it personal idiots for not seeing the intentions behind them. People got to stop being offended at everything.