I recently got a PM in which the sender had hinted to being a homophobe and had (at least to my interpretation) tried to justify this by being born and bread in America. Now, I'm not sure whether or not this person knew I am a homosexual, and regardless of the ludicrous (and somewhat cowardly) excuse for this unfortunate outlook, but it got me thinking of how these two forms of hatred compared. The thought that crossed my mind was, what if I was black, would this person have had the audacity to say "sorry, but I can't help but cringe at the sight of a black man on film" (well actually, regardless if he/she hadn't known who they were speaking to).
There was one previous incident where another member had tried justifying the exclusion of homosexuals from the boy scouts by saying that it's a legitimate right of a private organization to do so and where I had provided (a never rebutted) counterargument by saying that the justification wouldn't be given out so lightly if the case had involved black people (or any other race for that matter). Obviously I feel these two forms of discrimination should be equally condemned, but as shown from these two and many other examples it's not the case. So how do you think these two compare and why is there a different, (in my opinion) much more lenient stance towards homophobia...or do you not think this is so? Reply, argue, share your opinions, call me a hysterical queen and/or a moron or ignore...
P.S.: My apologies in advance to the "anonymous" PM sender, if I have completely misunderstood you, feel free to call me a blundering idiot in public.
There was one previous incident where another member had tried justifying the exclusion of homosexuals from the boy scouts by saying that it's a legitimate right of a private organization to do so and where I had provided (a never rebutted) counterargument by saying that the justification wouldn't be given out so lightly if the case had involved black people (or any other race for that matter). Obviously I feel these two forms of discrimination should be equally condemned, but as shown from these two and many other examples it's not the case. So how do you think these two compare and why is there a different, (in my opinion) much more lenient stance towards homophobia...or do you not think this is so? Reply, argue, share your opinions, call me a hysterical queen and/or a moron or ignore...
P.S.: My apologies in advance to the "anonymous" PM sender, if I have completely misunderstood you, feel free to call me a blundering idiot in public.
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