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I'm queer as a three dollar bill and the sorts of people who you say "wish me harm" have never been anything except kind to me personally. Their political decis

I'm queer as a three dollar bill and the sorts of people who you say "wish me harm" have never been anything except kind to me personally. Their political decisions at a macro level can be debated, but I think the LGBT community has a lot of growing up to do when it comes to pretending like everyone in America wants to kill us. Just imagine an extreme homophobe visiting the homes of gay couples and seeing the worst in them. Wouldn't you suspect that the bad things they saw were ideological distortions in part (if not whole)? What you are reading in this article is something like that situation, only with the orientations reversed.

fzeroracer 8y ago
Considering we have a VP who very much hates gay people, various laws in place designed to hurt gay people incl. the fact that gay marriage is somehow still a debate in America? I'd say you would have to be deliberately ignoring the politics of the time which are generally not friendly at all to members of the LGBT community. You're creating a situation which somehow equates the author sharing her experiences with homophobia to that of someone who is homophobic. It's a goddamn terrible analogy. Try again.
- postingtoofast 8y ago
  > fact that gay marriage is somehow still a debate in America? Some people also think the Earth is flat. Does that mean that round Earthers are in imminent danger from them? Being against gay marriage is a very low status belief that one can no longer hold openly in most of polite society. Aren't you satisfied? Does every single rural agricultural worker or person living under a bridge have to agree before you are safe? > I'd say you would have to be deliberately ignoring the politics of the time which are generally not friendly at all to members of the LGBT community. Quite contrary. My eyes are wide open. We live in the best time EVER to be gay. Gayness is openly celebrated in the most prosperous places in our society. It's only ridiculed in the dark corners. > You're creating a situation which somehow equates the author sharing her experiences with homophobia to that of someone who is homophobic. It's a goddamn terrible analogy. Try again. It absolutely isn't. I have seen time and time again in the gay community an outright phobia against heterosexuals who look or act traditionally straight. It's very unkind to judge people based on their external appearance or sexual preferences. I have learned from experience not to pre judge people. Mostly in that some of the best friends and allies I have are people who I'd have expected to be "bigots." Kindness and openness towards others begets the same in return.

fzeroracer 8y ago

Considering we have a VP who very much hates gay people, various laws in place designed to hurt gay people incl. the fact that gay marriage is somehow still a debate in America? I'd say you would have to be deliberately ignoring the politics of the time which are generally not friendly at all to members of the LGBT community. You're creating a situation which somehow equates the author sharing her experiences with homophobia to that of someone who is homophobic. It's a goddamn terrible analogy. Try again.

postingtoofast 8y ago
> fact that gay marriage is somehow still a debate in America? Some people also think the Earth is flat. Does that mean that round Earthers are in imminent danger from them? Being against gay marriage is a very low status belief that one can no longer hold openly in most of polite society. Aren't you satisfied? Does every single rural agricultural worker or person living under a bridge have to agree before you are safe? > I'd say you would have to be deliberately ignoring the politics of the time which are generally not friendly at all to members of the LGBT community. Quite contrary. My eyes are wide open. We live in the best time EVER to be gay. Gayness is openly celebrated in the most prosperous places in our society. It's only ridiculed in the dark corners. > You're creating a situation which somehow equates the author sharing her experiences with homophobia to that of someone who is homophobic. It's a goddamn terrible analogy. Try again. It absolutely isn't. I have seen time and time again in the gay community an outright phobia against heterosexuals who look or act traditionally straight. It's very unkind to judge people based on their external appearance or sexual preferences. I have learned from experience not to pre judge people. Mostly in that some of the best friends and allies I have are people who I'd have expected to be "bigots." Kindness and openness towards others begets the same in return.