The people offended by this word aren't even g@y themselves! It's like the people who get offended by the word "ret@rd" who aren't ret@rded, but say "it's offensive, so stop saying that!". I'm a "f@g", but I call my f@ggot friends f@ggots all the time! And I've yet to hear a fellow g@y person object to the phrase "that's so g@y", too. It's just PC ret@rds who think they're doing us a favor. BACK OFF and let US stand up for OURSELVES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'm tired of you @ssholes trying to defend us. HELLO. Did you ever think that we could stand up for ourselves?! WE HAVE TWO PERFECTLY FINE LEGS TO WALK ON!!!!

looks like deep thought or language censorship was not a high priority for that conversation in general

Dang, he's hot.

I agree with previous comments, the key to anything that could be taken as offensive is to understand the intent behind it. this is why comedians get away with saying so much, we know they don't mean it, but if someone who is not normally known for saying offensive things makes a joke they're trashed up the butt...(no pun intended)

we need to chill out and attack the people who say offensive things and mean it (KKK anyone?)

Lets see if Us has the balls t print what Ijust wrote.. if not then you know theyare worried about their "fan" base!

Something a teenager said 5 years ago? Not news, move along back to your lives.

11:19 AM Anonymous Says:

11:14
There is a huge different. Mr. Washington said it to a gay person, in the means to offend him. That was not Mr. LaBeouf's intention
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OMG!! Mr. Washington needs to be shot! Imagine that- someone calling someone a mean name in the midst of a fight! So what if it WAS his intent to insult or offend him. People need to get a thicker skin. PC police need to be stopped!

11:19

Thanks for the clarification:an insult is only an insult if your target is really what you say.
Following your logic,I guess it's OK to imply someone's mother is a prostitute or promiscuous as long as she doesn't really spend her nights on the sidewalk.
A derogatory word designing a Jew would not be an insult if the guy in front of you isn't a Jew after all;calling someone a motherf... is not a huge insult as long as the guy has not committed incest.

That's brilliant!!

Leave the kid alone. He was like 17 when this happenned. What 17 year-old boy hasn't let the word fa**ot loose. People need to chill out.

Strangely people were not so indulgent when Isaiah Washington was caught using derogatory words. Basically everyone was ready to hang him in public, he was forced to apologize again and again, was fired under applause.
But because this one is the new it boy ,it's ok and people get over it with a smile.
Of course there's no such thing as double standard.

9:38.. i guess your alone on this one buddy.

Its so dumb, my finace's mom is gay and she is with a women and has been for 7 years, ive let the word slip out in front of them before and they are like "Oh ash, its okay, i know you dont mean it that way but just be careful" its probably not right to use that word in everyday vocabulary but its such a loose term. Get over it people, stop carrying your feelings on your shoulders.

This whole "political correctness" is as old and as tired as the Aniston-Jolie feud!!! Enough already -- it crossed the line to silliness quite a while ago.

Oh my so will he have to go to a GLAAD meeting to make-up for something he said as a teenager playing with some of his friends? WHATEVER! I agree MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL people. I think it was stupid that he even had to apologize for what he said. Some "friend" he has!

Give me a break! Poor kid. Leave him alone people. Everyone uses degrogatory statements at one point or another to some degree. What about saying "what are you deaf?" That's discrimminating against deaf people. Do we really give a crap. Nope. There's far more important things happening than paying attention to what "statement" someone was using. Ugh! Such a silly little story.

OH, pul-eeze! Even gay people call themselves derogatory names when they're messing around! When is all of this POLITICAL CORRECTNESS going to END?! You won't be able to say ANYTHING!