Just An Insult

If you insult a human, you insult a human. Nevertheless, people seem to think when you do so to a certain person, it gets a special name. Take for instance, if you insulted a gay man, people would call you homophobic. However, you would only actually being so if you insulted in a gay slur. The point is, you could just being insulting him because he is a jerk and not his sexuality.

When someone is racist, sexist, homophobic, or whatever, it means they are insulting a person, with intent, pertaining to who they are, and usually a name. That is what it means to be sexist, racist, or homophobic when you insult them for being that, barring that though, it is just an insult.

While that might seem obvious, it doesn’t seem to be to the rest of society. When someone is insulted, they don’t seem to realize that someone could have insulted them because they are just insulting someone. Or that you are not being sexist, racist, or homophobic, just because a certain party feels that they have been mortally wounded.

Furthermore, the fact that these certain things such as racism, sexism, and homophobic insults seem to garner more attention, just seem unjust. The fact that such an insult could gain more momentum just because who it was supposedly directed at just seems wrong. Almost as if someone is better than others, which is an irony, because it is like an insult to others.

For all intents and purposes, those that “claim” that they have been insulted for who they are, they are crying wolf. Such behavior is really unacceptable, because they are lying. Furthermore, they are name calling. Meaning they are practically just as bad as what they falsely accused someone of doing to them.

To often in society people are accusing others of being either a sexist, racist or homophobic, with little or no proof. However, once that is said, everyone just looks shocked and believes that the person accused of being so was. Although being a sexist, racist or a homophobic is a serious issue, walking around on eggshells around the topic is foolish.

Being insulted is never nice. However, lying or labeling others for one’s own ulterior motives, is worst, because it is asking for sympathy and playing something that is not true. Such behavior is despicable and should not accepted. Someone is only a racist, sexist, or homophobic, when they insult a person with intent, pertaining to what they are. If it is not that, it means that the “victim” is only crying wolf, either knowingly or unknowingly.