Ah, okay. Cool. I see what you’re saying now. And thank you for taking time to clarify. I do agree there are certain racial and homophobic words out there I detest, refuse to use, and I wish they could disappear from the social vocabulary. Nevertheless, they still do not “offend” me. Sure, a couple of them in particular might cause me to feel some amount of resentment toward the person(s) using the words, depending on the situation. And at the very least, it serves as an indicator of the type of person(s) I am dealing with. Fact is, though, even if some of those words could be “deleted” from our language, we both know there are ignorant-minded folks out there who would simply develop a different word/term to take their place. I suppose what I am trying to say is that the word itself is basically irrelevant. It is the meaning and the intent of the person using the word that really matters, reflecting directly on the character of INDIVIDUAL(S) using the word(s) more than anything. And, as I said, I do my best to not allow myself to be offended by tiny little ignorant minds. Overall, I suppose I just have an aversion to allowing somebody to have that much control over me. (If that makes sense.) But, again, I do understand what you are saying, and I do thank you for taking time to explain it.
HEY! I might find that statement to be offensive if I were the type of guy who was easily offended. 