yet homosexual is considered an accolade - at least by most homosexuals!

So how can an abbreviation of the word become a slur?

As a British citizen should I be offended if you call me a Brit instead of a Briton?

What is homo is being used as an abbreviation of homophobic?

And if we are going to allow special interest groups such as the homosexual activists to hijack the English language, I would like to designate some other words which we should now decree to be slurs.

For example, a word like homophobic is a slur when used to denigrate and dehumanise someone who happens to be exercising their freedom of expression by believing that homosexuality is immoral