i remember reading from a link a gaybro posted a while back cant remember which link might have to have a search later that when a gay man posted an open letter in the new york times in the s i think he said paraphrasing basically that liberals read redditors for the purpose of this thread would not sympathise with homosexuals as much as they had with the civil rights movement for african american as there wasnt a shared feeling of guilt over slavery i think this why some believe racial slurs are not ok but faggot is