NeoStriker wrote...
NeoStriker wrote...
Whenever I meet someone who's homophobic, I act gay to scare them. PFFFFFFFFT! I find phobias to be silly in general, and homophobia...LOLOLOLOL. Also, I'm one of those people who consider complete homosexuals as "inferior" to the straight "race".
I bolded what I wanted to talk about, but I wasn't sure from the rest of this post if it was sarcastic or not. I think the path to getting a group accepted is not being self-righteous about it; I can't blame a person for staying a homophobe if they're made to feel bad about it, which brings me to my two cents...
Have any of you ever met a person, there's not really a proper term for them, so I'll call them homo-hipsters. The vast, vast majority of them are girls, and:
* They take any opportunity to chew out absolutely any person who utters the word "faggot" in their presence, regardless of context (I think words only hurt when they're meant to, using the word fag in casual conversation ain't kosher, but it's not heresy)
* They like to flaunt their homosexuality, as if to show the world how mature they are and how liking people of the same sex makes them unique.
They always picked on me in high school, because I speak impulsively and vulgarly, put my foot in my mouth, and nothing makes them happier than to take me down a notch. I hate every last one of them.
If you're reading this and what I just described corresponds to you, please stop, immediately. You're worse than homophobic bullies, if anything you spawn them; you create discordance between gays and non-gays.
Really? Just really? You became scared of homosexuals? No no, in this case, I don't think you were scared of homosexuals and homosexuality, I think you just hated being put down. Anyone can do that. Not just homosexuals. So I don't believe you're a homophobe, and also, to everyone else: I don't believe the correct term is "homophobic", I believe it's, "pissed at homosexuals". There's a different between fear and anger.
No no no, let me try to explain this better...
When I talked about being put down, I was talking about people who think that because I impulsively utter a word that has other connotations than a sexual slur, I am being hostile to homosexuals. Deep down, these people are desperate to show the world that they're mature, and think that by chewing me out for using that one word, regardless of context, they are now fighting on behalf of a good cause and thus demonstrating to the world how grown up they are. I'm calling bullshit.
That was a tangent, somewhat unrelated to what you had said. Now, let me explain why I think you shouldn't pick on homophobics:
Even if homophobics (and I think homophobe is an accepted shorthand of the term) are in the moral wrong, it's not right to treat them with hostility. People can't help their fears, and homophobia comes down to fear of a concept that, while natural, still goes against the more common way of doing things.
Besides the fact that homosexuality is a little weird of a concept to begin with, gay culture likes to tack on a lot of bizarre, occasionally perverted, and usually really creepy imagery to it. I think a number of homophobics are reacting negatively to this and only this, and mistakenly think that it carries over to every gay person on the planet (it does not).
Akaoni21 wrote...
I think that Homosexuality is wrong but it seems to have been around since the dawn of time. (If theres a hole its gonna get fucked)
Ive been in the company of Homosexuals (Knowingly) about 5 times in my life and most of those times (4-5 times) it was uncomfortable in the extreme, I try explaining to them that im not gay and to not hang all over me but most of the time their pretty agressive and predatory in their search for some ass.
(I know a lot of my views are negative but all ive really had are negative experiences so...) :(
There's nothing wrong with homosexuality making people uncomfortable, so don't take it out on them, even if they're hostile about it. You have to embrace people and understand their fears before they can embrace you; picking on them is counterintuitive, it only makes them more hostile.