Why is it socially unexceptable to dislike gays?
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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.
"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!"
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billwenham — 14 years ago(May 12, 2011 02:49 AM)
Here, read this:
http://www.boldtypemag.com/identify-not-identity/ -
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.
My iMDB profile
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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.
The artist formerly known as NWH. -
lkillen — 14 years ago(May 01, 2011 12:31 AM)
IN several posts I have been told I was a bigot and homophobe for adamantly disagreeing with homosexuality. I never condemed it or lowered myself to name calling though I surely have been maligned.
In truth, I have a few gay friends and several emplyees who go home with my signature on their checks every other week. As long as they are making me money, I pay them. But my view of homosexuality is still that it is a disease and one that can be treated for those that are motivated to change. -
Rammstein1980 — 14 years ago(May 08, 2011 08:12 AM)
And I suppose the 'cure' is Jesus?
Pffft!
You might want to consult ANY NUMBER of reputable medical and scientific boards, thinktanks, societies, communities
HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A DISEASE.
These are facts. -
lkillen — 14 years ago(May 10, 2011 08:12 PM)
You are so silly. No, it is not Jesus or the act of any divintiy. It is therapy. Preachers make terrible therapists.
Look, I am not going to go into a litanny of arguments to convince you that Same Sex Attraction (SSA) is treatable and correctable. There are so many spontaneous occurences that most of you know someone that has indulged but found their way to healthy sexual attractions.
In my practice, I have met several that have told me they lived in a SSA relationship for several years, only to awake one day and discover that they were done "with that" and returned to healthy heterosexual relationships. Understanding their patterns led me to realize that this was a characterlogical anomaly, rather than something hard-wired. -
BoogieKnight — 14 years ago(May 11, 2011 02:14 AM)
"I have a few gay friends But my view of homosexuality is still that it is a disease and one that can be treated for those that are motivated to change."
LOL. The definition of the term 'friend' certainly becomes suspect when someone says things like this out of both sides of their mouth. No doubt you are all great pals, who wouldn't want to be friends with someone who holds them in such high regard.
I can give you the benefit of the doubt though, you may very well have gay friends who have the lowest self-esteem possible.
People can change their sexual behavior for any number of reasons. Over any amount of time. But they can't change their sexual orientation, whether it's straight or gay. That's all your example shows, and any LICENSED therapist will tell you exactly what I just did. Even if you want to take the "treatable disease" route, it's no different than alcoholism. A recovered alcoholic is still an alcoholic, they just don't drink anymore. The same goes for anyone who stops engaging within their true sexual orientation. And beyond various religious dogma, there is nothing inherently unhealthy nor incorrect about homosexual orientation or expression, it's strictly your random opinion.