Every time someone says "you shouldn't say queer, it's a slur" I become a bigger fag

I wasn't prepared to spend my adult years rebelling against youths trying to tell me to be more respectable

i've had so many children argue with me that i shouldn't use queer, i should use lgbtqiaa+

and I just... yall. i know you've never had to use that offline. i can tell. you have a damn plus in it.

our terminology needs to be usable. in sentences. in informal conversation. quiltbag is cute or whatever but... no. just no. we have a word. it is not a bad word.

we also have bad words. we should use those too, but come on.