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As someone who is bisexual and remembers "GRID"(0), we have come a long way forward. And it's 100% true that people are 'out of sight and out of mind' until the
by crankylinuxuser 7y ago
As someone who is bisexual and remembers "GRID"(0), we have come a long way forward. And it's 100% true that people are 'out of sight and out of mind' until these things hit you upside your head.
"Gay people are weird" is said, until your child is gay. And those ideas of curing 'gay' then go from something's that's OK to recognizing torture.
What the parent commentor got right was that when things are taboo, solutions are nigh impossible. Only once we started having frank and open discussion did we start making significant progress in equal rights.
And I find your claim of "tone deafness" as a bad hack to shut down conversation you find uncomfortable or don't otherwise like. It's disingenous at best, and stops much needed communication between well-meaning parties.
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- daenz 7y ago>And I find your claim of "tone deafness" as a bad hack to shut down conversation you find uncomfortable or don't otherwise like. It's disingenous at best, and stops much needed communication between well-meaning parties. If you go back and read my original post, I only dedicated one sentence to the tone deafness comment, and then addressed the other unrelated points they were making. I only elaborated on the tone deafness comment when I was specifically asked about it. So no, nobody is trying to shut down conversation and I would appreciate it if you not try to assign ill intent to my posts.