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Ashton Kutcher Tweets: Gay as an Insult is Derogatory

Friday March 27, 2009

Ashton Kutcher decided to give his 290,655 Twitter followers a piece of his mind today after one of them called him gay for injuring his hand at the gym.

Kutcher wrote: "can we just get clear, calling some one 'gay' or 'f*g' is as derogatory as calling someone a 'n****r'. U look like an idiot when you do it."

What do you think of his tweet?

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