Yes, at least where I live, it is. People use ****** and gay all the time, especially in high school and middle school. Of course they don't usually use it in a homophobic context, but its still a significant part of younger people's vocabulary. These words are so overused they're basically another word for dumb or stupid. Of course slurs and offensive words exist and assholes use them. That doesn't make the common use of homophobic words any less disheartening, and frankly the point you're trying to make is irrelevant because context doesn't matter in this situation. Its not just another ****ty word when not used in a homophobic sense. These words are linked to the prejudice of a group in society and after prolonged use causes subconscious disdain for that group. That's the problem with people using these words casually left and right in real life. Its different that saying "You're an asshole" or "That's ****ing ******ed". Just saying, "Welp, nothing we can do! Assholes will be assholes." Is just counter productive and doesn't contribute anything to this discussion.


But it does. Its there to shed light on the situation by pointing out sociological trends. Lots of these posts aren't even people being assholes, they're just using their normal vocabulary that they use in real life. Look at the top of the page, it says "Homophobic language isn’t always meant to be hurtful, but how often do we use it without thinking?" The point of the site is to show how these words with homophobic origins have become ingrained into our culture and are now basically everyday words, like dumb or stupid. At least where I live its just backing up what I've seen in day to day life back in high school.