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> "gay" people What do the quotes signify here?
by NoraCodes 4y ago
> "gay" people
What do the quotes signify here?
- balentio 4y agoWhat the article referenced.
- NoraCodes 4y agoThe article used quotes around gay to signify that it was discussing the adjective "gay" as a noun. You _used_ it as an adjective while surrounding it with quotes. Do you mean "people who are attracted to people of the same gender", or something else?
- balentio 4y agoThe article provided two potential definitions of the word. I mean the term to be inclusive of the whole situation the article described as a concept which encapsulates both meaning of the word--hence why I quoted it and referenced discrimination policies which usually address both definitions conceived of in the article in the workplace.
- NoraCodes 4y agoThat makes sense, thank you for clarifying.
- camdenlock 4y agoLike the article author, you sound like a self-elected cop of sorts. Have you considered channeling your energy elsewhere?
- NoraCodes 4y agoI was asking for clarification and got it. What's the problem with that?
- camdenlock 4y agoSeemed to me that you were attempting to sniff out some heretical speech.
- swayvil 4y agoMaybe he's distinguishing it from light-hearted.