I completely agree with you on this Paladinpownage. One of the steadfast and hardcore rules of our guild is not using that term as a negative reference.
I myself am not, but i despise the thinking that its ok to use the term in that fashion. My usual first response is to say to new guild members that do so within 'earshot' (guild chat, groups, says, tells or anything else i can actually see) is,'I wasnt aware that such and such has a sexual preference' when that gets me blank looks i follow up with something along the lines of 'Using the word like that is likely to get you tossed from the guild as its rude and obnoxious to people that are, you wouldnt like it if people used (insert personal description here) to say something is negative, would you?'
If they think its funny and wont take it seriously they get tossed. Sadly this attitude is everywhere. While i cant police the whole world i try my best to correct people when ever i see it. I even do this in trade channel with complete strangers. You could say i have a 0 tolerance for ignorance and stupidity policy. =)
P.S. I only didnt type out the word since it will be filtered anyway. I like uncensored posts.
