Civility Not Censorship

1)Chavez' intent with her first six words is to show the validity of the side that she is ultimately going to be disagreeing with.

2)Chavez used the word bellicose in her column to somewhat agree with the opposing side that the metaphors being made can be harsh and aggressive, however they are common and not necessarily wrong.

3A)Chavez is trying to persuade the reader that the idea of using harsh terms, although can be offensive, aren't completely wrong and have been blown out of proportion.
B) When she backs her point up with history and how the words "gay" and "queer" were not intentionally supposed to be negative terms but ended up being twisted when people used them in negative senses.

I agree with Chavez that these simple words and phrases are being blown up because apparently people don't have enough to talk about. They are meant to be effective in persuading and arguing politically and not to offend or make others react in a violent and unnecessary way.