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ORIGIN: The word "fag" originally meant a bundle of sticks. It first became a word used to refer to gay men and lesbians during World War II. When the Nazis burned gays and lesbians alive at the stake, they placed a faggot ("a bundle of sticks") at the foot of the stake and ignited. Jews were not the only ones murdered by the Nazis -- Nazis also killed the gays and lesbians and the disabled. Next time you use it, you might want to think about what you are implying (ie. that the person referred to as a fag should die). The word is also used by some gay men themselves, much in the same way that the word N**** is used by some people of African descent. In these cases, the using these epithets are seen as methods of political, social, and conscious subversion.
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