Ah, piss off, you and your "I'm older so I know better" attitude. That's an argument people usually use when they have nothing better to say.
As you said, that was all in the eighties. People change and hopefully get wiser with age. You should know that since you're sooo much older than me
FYI, using the word "faggot" for no apparent reason IS gay bashing. So was your comment that was trying to pass itself off as a clever joke.
This thread has strayed way off topic so I'm locking it. It's not like it was very useful in the first place anyway.