+1

That's sort of the central part to the discussion, here. The word "gay" didn't morph - it was that the feelings we as a culture feel toward gay people was bundled into the word and applied to other things we feel similar distate for. So when you use the word negatively, you participate in that tradition of hate, no matter the posturing you do. The point is not to cull the word gay out of your vocab, its to cut its negative use. "He's gay" meaning "he's a *****exual" is fine, right - but "he's gay" meaning "he's an a*s" is not.

Anywhoo. That's a lot. In the end, get the triple if you need it, don't if you don't. Right? Consensus?