Lol, old man gonna old man I guess.

It’s a funny thing, though. My dad is an old man, and I’ve never heard him use a homophobic slur.

Tbh the word he used is not that bad, or at least is used in many contexts in informal conversation, but only in very few I would consider it a “slur”. I wouldn’t say it translates well to English.

The pope is a queerphobe though and he should perish

Pope dying unfortunately only means another one will come. I wish it was this easy…

It would still be funny if he got trapped in a burning popemobile and was unable to escape due to the bulletproof glass, and then the people who downplay his use of the slur got third degree burns over 60% of their body trying to save him :3

Dude I am from Rome, I want to see the Vatican in flames since way before people got upset from a very small thing among the many more serious reasons.

Few months ago when the Pope made timid openings to the LGBTQ community he was celebrated as a revolutionary. I am just saying, the word itself is not that bad and if this is the reason you feel such anger, and not the fact that the Church is an institution who did so many atrocious things (instituzionalized misogyny and homophobia among the many), then your judgment is just poor and you are getting angry for the wrong reason.

Yikes. Lecturing a gay person about how homophobia is not a big deal is not a good look.

And idgaf where you’re from, homophobe. You’re a gross and disgusting person.

So you have problems reading I guess. I am saying the slur is not the problem (because it’s not that bad in this instance), the institutionalized homophobia is one of the many systemic problems of the church that is not going anywhere even if you get a pope that speaks using pronouns.

So take a chill pill, being gay or even being right doesn’t give you the right to be a nasty person. Cheers

The slur is honophobic, and that’s a problem.

And I’m not the nasty person in this situation. You are, because you’re defending the use of a slur and lecturing a queer person how I should feel about it.

You are a disgusting person. No wonder you love defending homophobic “people” like the pope.

I hope you burn.

Unlike you (apparently) I speak the language, and my whole point is that it’s not really a “slur”. You can feel as you want about it, you can even feel attacked by someone wishing you good day, for all I care. It doesn’t change the fact that the word itself is not really that bad. It’s not comparable to " fag…" In English.

I see you are just a hateful person who is looking for reasons to feel prosecuted, at the cost of bending reality, so you can hate others. Suit yourself, I am sure your behavior will greatly help your community!

Fuck off with you’re straighsplaining and gaslighting. I have zero respect for anything that emits from your shitty straight centrist mouth. You’re nothing but a privileged queerphobe with a redditesque demeanor.

I don’t need you to tell me what isn’t and is a slur in Italian. It’s clear that you’re wrong. I know shitty English and Spanish speaking Straights too who downplay hateful behavior, and you’re exactly like them.

Burn.

“I don’t speak the language, you do, but I know better than you what is and is not a slur because every language has to work the same”. Frociaggine is hardly a slur, it’s a term that can be used in many contexts without any particular hateful undertone, although this applies to friendly contexts mostly. “frocio” is closer to a slur because it’s more personal, although in Italian is very common for slurs/bad words to be used in a completely different way too (see for example use of “stronzo”) or without the bad connotation. In Rome this phenomenon is particularly common.

You seem to have a colonialist mindset. Your culture/language apparently has to apply anywhere, no differences accepted.

Also, I am a radical leftist who is a full supporter of LGBTQ rights, and I fight the Church in Italy for decades. So you can put down your strawman.

Calling gaslighting telling you about a word that you don’t understand is the cherry on top :)

I’m not reading an essay from a straight person who sounds like a redditor

You are not reading at all, apparently. Shame, it’s useful sometimes. You should try.

Your opinion here is unimportant. You’re not in the community

So your opinion on the use of an Italian word is not important, as you are not in the community (Italian speakers). Sounds good to me.

(Obviously I consider your argument BS, but happy to apply it both ways).

Anyone can easily determine it’s a slur. Pretty fuckin easy to verify that I’m right and you’re wrong.

You can also verify that “mortacci tua” (literally: cursing your dead ancestors) is a slur/cuss, but in Rome it is used 80% as a friendly expression. Just to make an example.

Culture and language exist beyond your google searches…