tmz.com– Chris Brown just lied through his teeth … tweeting that he has “total respect for [the] Gay community” after dropping another gay slur in L.A. yesterday.

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He never apologizes … but instead writes a half-assed, dismissive explanation saying, “my intention was not to insult anyone.”

Listen to the way he hurls the word around — Chris clearly used the word “gay” as an insult … no two ways around it.