(Sex/Gender/Sexuality labels = just words?)

A good part of what has destroyed my ENTIRE life is "just a word". I don't believe in "just a word". Words have meanings. I'd gladly do more than fire people for "just a word"... if it were legal. "Guilty", however, is also a word.

Yes, if I owned my own business, I too would fire someone for using the word "Nigger"... I'd warn them first, to be fair, and allow for a few slip ups, but no one who would use the word as a standard part of their vocabulary would last.

(back to my point though) I do not maintain close friendships with people who use sexist language.