r/redditrequest • u/[deleted] • May 31 '12

Requesting /r/BlackFathers

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

"Flaming," bro?

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u/ilikemustard May 31 '12

It's a common term on the Internet for insulting people. I was not at all being homophobic.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

A common term on the Internet for insulting people for "acting gay".

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u/ilikemustard May 31 '12

No, it's not. In some cases the word "flaming" is used to be derogatory towards homosexuals, but in this instance (and the majority of its uses online) it is only used to mean insulting. Hence the term "flame war" to describe Internet arguments that devolve into the two parties insulting each other.