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Of course you can. Everyone knows a racist joke, doesn't make you racist.
Does this really need spelling out to you?
Of course you can. A person is fully capable of using a word without intending to offend or without realising the word is offensive. Indeed, some might have interpreted your insistence that you didn't mean to be a homophobe when using the word "poof" as just that....until you doubled down and said you'd still use it if you knew it could offend and tough titty to anyone who didn't like it.
A good example would be those of an older generation who use the term "coloured" to described people of different ethnicity. It's unquestionably a racist term, but it's use was socially expectable decades ago so many still use it now unwittingly. It doesn't mean they are racist.
To be honest, where Aurier is concerned he probably has inherent homophobic beliefs, not because he is intentionally a homophobe, but growing up in the African community he would have been taught from a young age that homosexuality is wrong and he is, of course, still a young man and has spent his entire professional life in an industry where homosexuality is still shunned. He probably didn't think he was saying anything controversial.
Would I have asked otherwise?
How old are you out of interest?
Have you never used a homophobic term in public? Did you consider the impact that may have on others? Are you a homophobe?
I got bored of you quite some time ago.
Can we get over Aurier calling someone gay once or twice and move on with our lives?
Will he get some minutes today?
Will he get some minutes today?
Strange outlook that, people can say all sorts if things it doesnt mean its a cast iron picture of their views
I have made comments that could be construed as homophobic, but as I don't consider myself a homophobe, the comments can't be homophobic. Wouldn't that be an interpretation?
My age has nothing to do with this.
And you've never used a homophobic term in public?
Only a homo would hang a cock on their wall....
I'm not in public on here. Besides. "Homo" is just a shortening of homosexual (or homosapien, homoerectus, etc).
And yes your age might well have something to do with your attitude.
Wow, you're pretty thick.
ochfacepalm: You seem unable to separate intent from what is prima facie homophobic. You might not be a homophobe, but the comment can still in of itself be homophobic. Do you not read what is said to you?
A forum that anyone can become a member of isn't public? Homo is an ok thing to call someone because it's a shortening of homosexual? Behave yourself.
Do you always have to resort to being sanctimonious? Remember you were all bothered because you were voted into the bin for standing up to the melters? No you weren't. It's because of your "I'm always right" tone and attitude. You make a big play of engaging in debate, then you get personal.Wow, you're pretty thick.
Do you not read what is said to you?
No, it isn't. It is a private forum. We post here at the pleasure of the owners and if they decide we shouldn't post any longer then we're gone.
Nobody was called a homo, and there is no negative spin about the comment I made. Are you arguing it is embarrassing to be homosexual?
No it means that you are judging Aurier with one stick, and yourself with another.
If somone was offended by your comments, then they were probably homophobic.
Do you not understand how frustrating it is to keep having to repeating the same thing over and over and for the person you're saying it to not to grasp the comment?