I'm not arguing that it's legal to use the word or that he shouldn't be reprimanded. But the author says this: "Everyone gets frustrated and says dumb s*** sometimes, but it doesn’t have to come out with a gay slur. Whether Pillar was at his breaking point or not, he wouldn’t have used that particular word if he weren’t comfortable with it." Sounds preachy to me. My guess is that the author has, at some point in her life, used a word or two that is verboten in a workplace setting. Judging by the responses in this thread, everyone is quite quick to bury someone for inappropriate language. Must have a lot of clean consciences on TwinsDaily!!