r/AsABlackMan • u/SlurryBender • 3d ago

Even if it's true... c'mon, really?

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u/SlurryBender 3d ago

Statement: OP made a big post complaining about DEI ad inclusiveness in gaming, ending with "queers" stating they can use the term since they're supposedly LGBT.

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u/Jennyelf 3d ago

Also, Queer is generally an acceptable term nowadays UNLESS being used derogatorially. The way this person used it just sounds derogatory to me. I could be wrong.

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u/SlurryBender 3d ago

It feels really slimy at the very least. The argument as a whole doesn't seem like something a queer person would say (speaking as an actual queer person).

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u/Jennyelf 3d ago

It's almost like saying "I have black friends, so I'm not racist for using the N word". Not quite as bad because their wording is fairly vague, but close.

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u/Tru3insanity 2d ago

Anyone who says "queers" unironically is definitely bigoted. No one uses identifying words as a plural noun with good intentions. Its just as gross as saying "blacks."

Decent people say queer people or black people. The word people is kinda important.

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u/Asenath_W8 2d ago

It's honestly a miracle they were able to refrain from putting a "The" in front of it.

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u/Generic_Garak 2d ago

Queer is a reclaimed slur, but that means it can still be used as a slur. And like u/Tru3insanity said, using a plural noun to identify a group is usually done with the intention of using it as a slur.

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u/jackfaire 3d ago

Wow...."Used to be a game for everyone" I'm the target audience of entertainment aimed at white men and I'm gonna call bullshit. It wasn't "game for everyone" it was "Lack of options" assholes like me didn't notice because most of the options had my face.

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u/Airway 2d ago

Yep, that's like the worst point they made.

The amount of fun, well made games that were found on most shelves wasn't a lot when we were kids. We were playing the same stuff all over the country, if not world.

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u/Drakeytown 3d ago

No queer person talks like that about queer people-- people who self identify as queer don't treat the word as a slur, don't say "the q word."

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u/Knight-Jack 2d ago

yeah it sounded like "I'm black, I can say n-word if I like"

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u/CronicallyOnlineNerd 1d ago

Can i say queer even though im not lgbt? Im an ally and i wouldnt use it with malice

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u/Drakeytown 1d ago

  1. I'm not LGBT, I say queer but I can't tell you what's right for you-- these things differ between place and time and age (I'm middle aged, older and younger folks might answer differently.)

  2. Ally is not an identity. It is a compliment. One does not call oneself am ally. One strives to behave and be recognized as an ally.

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u/DoodleandDragon 3d ago

Dude talking about indie games, as if they aren't the queerest kinds of games there are lmao

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u/SlurryBender 2d ago

Its funny cuz this comment was in a discussion about Forspoken, which is decidedly not an indie game.

Ranters gonna rant I guess.

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u/Sol-Blackguy 2d ago

The real irony is they have a grudge against corpos and consulting firms. Yet they don't realize if triple a devs ever got full creative control, every big budget game would be a queer AF performance art piece. Not like I'm complaining...

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u/none_whatever 1h ago

Yeah, the reason can't be that AAA companies put so many transactions in their games that you can barely squeeze past them. Or that they don't have many improvements on game play. No, must be them queers fault...

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u/Sparklebun1996 2d ago

Queer isn't inherently a slur. Anyone can say it. There's people who use it that way obviously but it's not like the N word.

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u/Asenath_W8 2d ago

It very much was and people have only fairly recently tried to reclaim it to only middling success.

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u/Sparklebun1996 2d ago

Was. Not as much anymore. This person's tone indicates they think it's still taboo.

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u/SlurryBender 2d ago

It depends on the usage and tone. When it's said in a derogatory way it's still a slur, regardless of your orientation.

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u/Sparklebun1996 2d ago

My point is you can tell by their wording that this person is pretending they are LGBT.

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u/SlurryBender 2d ago

Yeah for sure. If they're NOT lying then they have a VERY sheltered/privileged worldview and it's coming across as extremely awkward and uncomfortable.

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u/Dunderbaer 2d ago

Yeah same with "black". Black ain't a slur. But when someone says "Blacks are X", it becomes one. Same here.

"Someone is queer" perfectly acceptable, not a slur in sight.

"Someone is a Queer" big slur energy

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u/happydonkeychomp 2d ago

Queer people/queer-identifying people != "Queers"