Why is it socially unexceptable to dislike gays?
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They_have_no_reflections — 14 years ago(April 19, 2011 06:14 AM)
I don't think it's cool to be homophobic, it's jusy the way I am. I mean if i'm with a group of guys and we see a openly gay guy, all glittered up, talking feminine, we would find it amusing, is that wrong?
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BoogieKnight — 14 years ago(April 19, 2011 08:42 PM)
That's like saying every heterosexual man wears sports team memorabilia like a walking advertisement. Do most all or even most straight men do that?
"I don't think it's cool to be homophobic, it's jusy the way I am."
And how did you get to be that way?
"I mean if i'm with a group of guys and we see a openly gay guy, all glittered up, talking feminine, we would find it amusing, is that wrong?"
I don't think so. No more than finding it amusing if you see some overweight heterosexual guy decked out in a Kobe Bryant jersey and a Lakers hat babbling on loudly about how great the Lakers are as though he's actually on the team himself. If you think about it, isn't that pretty goofy? Amusing doesn't equal wrong. Just because something isn't what you happen to personally prefer, what makes it disturbing? Are you so insecure that you are upset by men who aren't just like you and this group of guys you are always hanging out with? -
They_have_no_reflections — 14 years ago(April 19, 2011 10:57 PM)
Some good points, but I must say I feel that the media (tv) glorifies homosexuality like there some kind of untouchable minority movement. Always portayed as inocent or victimised! I belive I'm a good person, if I saw a gay man in destress, I'd probably help him, but I find two guys getting it on disturbing.
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BoogieKnight — 14 years ago(April 20, 2011 02:31 AM)
"I feel that the media (tv) glorifies homosexuality like there some kind of untouchable minority movement. Always portayed as inocent or victimised!"
What's going on now is an effort to make up for the past. In decades past in the media, gay people were mainly depicted as freaks, degenerates, insanse, usually deserving of anything bad that happens to them. Or they were nothing but stereotypes to be laughed at. The same thing was done to black people in the media, and some would argue that still goes on. In time, this sort of thing will not be as obvious, but this is the reason why and it's not that surprising if you look at history.
"I belive I'm a good person, if I saw a gay man in destress, I'd probably help him, but I find two guys getting it on disturbing."
You are comparing social acceptance with certain sexual acts. I'm willing to bet that there are all kinds of sex acts a man can do with a woman that you would find disturbing as well. I find the thought of my grandparents getting it on disturbing, but is that any reason to have any sort of problem with old people in general, or my own grandparents? There is no reason to single out gay people, unless you have a specific insecurity, and you haven't been able to really address that. -
Clothes-Off — 14 years ago(April 22, 2011 08:02 AM)
Some good points, but I must say I feel that the media (tv) glorifies homosexuality like there some kind of untouchable minority movement. Always portayed as inocent or victimised! I belive I'm a good person, if I saw a gay man in destress, I'd probably help him, but I find two guys getting it on disturbing.
No good points, but I must say I feel the media (tv) has been glorifying
heterosexuality
for years. For the longest time, gay people couldn't even
find
anyone like them on the tube.
And if you find "two guys getting it on" disturbing, I have to askwhere exactly are you hanging out that you would happen upon this? Besides, most gay men who would be equally turned off at the thought of being with women still have no problem being friends with them (even lesbians where not even 50% of the image is appealing)so there goes your last excuse.
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billwenham — 14 years ago(May 12, 2011 02:49 AM)
Here, read this:
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They_have_no_reflections — 14 years ago(May 12, 2011 05:05 AM)
Interesting story and like the guy is not proud to be gay, i'm not proud of being homophobic, it's just the way it is. I just think the gays need to tone it down a bit, Less movies and tv shows, they should focus on their own communities.
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billwenham — 14 years ago(May 12, 2011 11:08 AM)
First off, the guy is me.
Secondly, you missed the point if you think being homophobic is just the way it is
Less movies and less TV shows isn't the problem. It's how gays are represented that's the problem.
Also, I guess you missed the part about how we shouldn't separate ourselves with different communities and just long for unity. -
chatanuga — 14 years ago(April 20, 2011 11:02 AM)
"Because i've seen it with my own eyes, might aswell call them exabitionists"
Next you'll be telling me that I'm not supposed to be into Nascar or baseball, have hobbies like model railroading or railfanning, or do tech support for a living. -
chatanuga — 14 years ago(April 21, 2011 12:30 PM)
First realized that I was gay during my freshman year in high school (fall 1988). Came out in January 1996.
What higher standard of living? I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans. I get up in the morning, go to work doing tech support for a large bank, come home in the evening, eat dinner, do dishes, and then head to bed to start it all over the next day. -
SpaceMountainMike — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 04:48 PM)
Rock Hudson sure didn't. Wez (played by Vernon Wells) in Max Max 2: The Road warrior sure didn't.
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LordLustworthy — 14 years ago(April 22, 2011 09:00 AM)
I'll answer the original question because it's stupid to dislike someone who does something you have no interest in doing. And finding it "disturbing" just because you don't want to do it is ignorant.
To use another example, I don't think I could ever be a surgeon because I'd get grossed out cutting and seeing inside people. But at the same time I'm not a stupid idiot bigot who would think any less of people who do that for a living.
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