Unfortunately, being here in Texas, I have had friends who were illegals. They never once mentioned being insulted by that term.
'Faggot' is a well-known insult, that everyone finds offensive when someone they don't like calls them one.
I got it -- you're so partisian you'll defend one of ours when she calls someone a faggot.
Either that, or you're the kind of person who goes around calling others a faggot.
Those are small groups, but obviously you're out there.
I'm on the other side of that fence. I believe calling folks "faggot" is tacky, rude, senseless. And it ain't just me.
"I personally find the word 'alien' offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children," said Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami.
Sorry you don't get to decide.
"'Faggot' is a well-known insult, that everyone finds offensive when someone they don't like calls them one."
So well known that is completely escaped the authorities on the English language at the Oxford English Dictionary.
Do you believe homosexuality is classy, refined, sensible?