I am curious - is calling someone a "pansy" an acceptable epithet ?
Or is it undisguised homophobia.
I know where I stand, but I am surprised to discover in a recent diary that I am just a whiner, at least judging from other Kossacks who recommend such usage.
I'm not trying to single anyone out or start a pie fight, but I would like to raise a little awareness here.
- pansy
A sissy, fag, fairy, or one that is generally unmanly.
someones whos THE bitch in a relationship. someone who gets walked all over. One who is of a feminine nature. Has Girly qualities.
someone very pathetic and wimpy, generally used as an insult against both sexes. often confused with fag, sissyand other rather small-minded terms for a homosexual man.
Urban dictionary
It may not be your intention but when you use "pansy" as an epithet, you are re-enforcing the "gay is bad" meme, just as much as "it's so gay".
So I'm suggesting that diarist be a little more careful, and creative, in their name calling - lest the label of "dickweed" for bloggers be confirmed.