The Solutn to "Gay" Insults: Freedom of Speech

Bo Burnham "I'm Bo Yo": I don't know if all Boy Suts are gays They uld probably tie the knot , like, fifty different w... * haters call me gay but that ain't hate *

I don't know if all Boy Suts are gays. Haters ll me gay, but that a't hat'.

'Cse I'm not homophobic, my morals are straight,. There was a recent high profile story the news about an 11-year-old boy who mted suici, apparently bee he uld no longer tolerate beg lled “gay. The most mon sult among kids today is “gay.

" Kids get mad when they are lled gay and they sometim get to fights.

“HATERS LL ME ‘GAY,’ BUT THEIR GIRLIENDS WANT ME MORE THAN THEM.”

Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * haters call me gay but that ain't hate *

I have great passn for gays.

What is one to do when lled gay? Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns. If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear.

One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. The tth is that society has e a long way recent s toward rcg hatred and discrimatn agast gays. However, will be a while–if ever–before anti-gay sentiment disappears pletely.

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Haters ll me 'gay,' but their girliends want me more than them. - Jt Bieber quot om Love Expands * haters call me gay but that ain't hate *

So what is one to do when lled gay?

Usg laws to punish people for g “gay” as an sult is not likely to solve the problem, eher. If people get punished for sultg gays, do you thk they are gog to thk, “Now I rpect gays so much bee I was punished”?

We n al wh gay sults all by ourselv, and at the same time help rce prejudice society.