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Oh? Because anyone has an opinion that doesn't agree with the hive mind is a bigot. Got it.

toxican 9y ago
No, anyone who would discriminate or support discriminating against someone based on something as irrelevant as sexual orientation is a bigot. Got it?
- shak77 9y ago
  You keep using that word as an insult. :) Please be more respectful of other people's opinions and try to learn about their points of view.
  - eropple 9y ago
    "I don't believe that your friends and loved ones deserve the same rights I have" is not a point of view I am particularly worried about learning about. It is prima facie unacceptable and should be rejected by organizations that care about being decent; digging into the disaster represented by that hidebound bigotry (and it is an insult in the company of decent parts of humanity) just cements it.
    - shak77 9y ago
      I feel the same about some other things. For me for example abortion is murder and completely unacceptable. But I don't insult abortionists, I try to understand why they think like that. That said I'm out of this thread because nothing good could ever come of it. :)
      - figurehe4d 9y ago
        'Abortion is murder' but I bet you still eat meat...
        whatyoucantsay 9y ago
        Outside of a few extremely devout Buddhists, very, very few people I've spoken with adhere to a consistent set of first principles when it comes to making moral decisions across abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and vegetarianism. The question of what gives a life its value is a difficult one and is nearly impossible to discuss on a forum like this.
      - eropple 9y ago
        You say you don't "insult" pro-choice people, but you use the term "abortionist" which is weaponized specifically by the fundamentalist right wing to imply that people who don't feel that they can assert supremacy over the bodies of women like abortions. Meanwhile, pro-choice folks, in most of the Western world, have generally sought policies that make abortion as "safe, legal, and rare". So forgive me if I don't buy in. Words mean things and words tell you things and yours underline your bad faith.
tapoxi 9y ago
His opinion wasn't the issue. It was his action, he donated money to take rights away from others, including his employees.

No, anyone who would discriminate or support discriminating against someone based on something as irrelevant as sexual orientation is a bigot. Got it?

shak77 9y ago
You keep using that word as an insult. :) Please be more respectful of other people's opinions and try to learn about their points of view.
- eropple 9y ago
  "I don't believe that your friends and loved ones deserve the same rights I have" is not a point of view I am particularly worried about learning about. It is prima facie unacceptable and should be rejected by organizations that care about being decent; digging into the disaster represented by that hidebound bigotry (and it is an insult in the company of decent parts of humanity) just cements it.
  - shak77 9y ago
    I feel the same about some other things. For me for example abortion is murder and completely unacceptable. But I don't insult abortionists, I try to understand why they think like that. That said I'm out of this thread because nothing good could ever come of it. :)
    - figurehe4d 9y ago
      'Abortion is murder' but I bet you still eat meat...
      - whatyoucantsay 9y ago
        Outside of a few extremely devout Buddhists, very, very few people I've spoken with adhere to a consistent set of first principles when it comes to making moral decisions across abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and vegetarianism. The question of what gives a life its value is a difficult one and is nearly impossible to discuss on a forum like this.
    - eropple 9y ago
      You say you don't "insult" pro-choice people, but you use the term "abortionist" which is weaponized specifically by the fundamentalist right wing to imply that people who don't feel that they can assert supremacy over the bodies of women like abortions. Meanwhile, pro-choice folks, in most of the Western world, have generally sought policies that make abortion as "safe, legal, and rare". So forgive me if I don't buy in. Words mean things and words tell you things and yours underline your bad faith.

tapoxi 9y ago

His opinion wasn't the issue. It was his action, he donated money to take rights away from others, including his employees.