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> I think it was Hermann Hesse who wrote that "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't di

> I think it was Hermann Hesse who wrote that "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." Funny coincidence that some of the most outspoken ANTI-LGBT people get caught doing the very things they claim to despise.

dang 3y ago
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shrikant 4y ago
There's this website cataloguing such hypocrites for nearly 20 years running now -- https://gayhomophobe.com/ https://gayhomophobe.com/
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  Compiling lists of suspected homosexuals. Interesting. Another famous phrase from literature comes to mind, "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster."
  - xsmasher 4y ago
    But "compiling lists" is good, or at least neutral, right? Where would mankind be if we weren't allowed to compile lists? You can't remove all the context from an action and claim the general case and the specific case are identical. That's like saying "Punching is just swinging my arm; you can't arrest me for swinging my arm!"
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  - PartiallyTyped 4y ago
    "Suspected homosexuals" and proven hypocrites who hurt LGBT people with their rhetoric and actions are two vastly different things. Precision is important.
    - throwawaylinux 4y ago
      No, it is the very same thing in the case of this list. Precision is important. Protesting that one's cause is noble would be missing the point of the quote entirely. Everybody who has ever made lists thought they were doing it for a worthy cause.
      - PartiallyTyped 4y ago
        They are not suspected to, they have been caught in consensual acts, they were caught red handed to be hypocrites. A gay person isn't a hypocrite for being gay, a gay person condemning and harming other gay people is a hypocrite.
        throwawaylinux 4y ago
        And I suppose those who harm gay people by bullying them and publicly shaming them deserve everything that's coming to them, especially if they're doing from a hypocritical and misguided delusion of righteousness... Again missing the point. It isn't a challenge to defend oneself, it's an invitation to reflect. Less talking, more thinking.
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dang 3y ago

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shrikant 4y ago

There's this website cataloguing such hypocrites for nearly 20 years running now -- https://gayhomophobe.com/ https://gayhomophobe.com/

throwawaylinux 4y ago
Compiling lists of suspected homosexuals. Interesting. Another famous phrase from literature comes to mind, "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster."
- xsmasher 4y ago
  But "compiling lists" is good, or at least neutral, right? Where would mankind be if we weren't allowed to compile lists? You can't remove all the context from an action and claim the general case and the specific case are identical. That's like saying "Punching is just swinging my arm; you can't arrest me for swinging my arm!"
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
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- PartiallyTyped 4y ago
  "Suspected homosexuals" and proven hypocrites who hurt LGBT people with their rhetoric and actions are two vastly different things. Precision is important.
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    No, it is the very same thing in the case of this list. Precision is important. Protesting that one's cause is noble would be missing the point of the quote entirely. Everybody who has ever made lists thought they were doing it for a worthy cause.
    - PartiallyTyped 4y ago
      They are not suspected to, they have been caught in consensual acts, they were caught red handed to be hypocrites. A gay person isn't a hypocrite for being gay, a gay person condemning and harming other gay people is a hypocrite.
      - throwawaylinux 4y ago
        And I suppose those who harm gay people by bullying them and publicly shaming them deserve everything that's coming to them, especially if they're doing from a hypocritical and misguided delusion of righteousness... Again missing the point. It isn't a challenge to defend oneself, it's an invitation to reflect. Less talking, more thinking.
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