don’t look, honey!
“I have nothing against gay people. I actually know several and I love them.”
I just read a great blog from someone complaining about a homosexual kiss being broadcast on their New Year’s Eve channel of choice. She was worried it would confuse her young daughter. She went on to say that homosexuality isn’t normal and that is goes against nature. Really? People still say things like this? So, I guess in that case, people with sterility issues aren’t normal and go against nature: perhaps we should consider shunning them and keeping them off the TV. Someone also ought to explain to the homosexual penguins and dragonflies that their lifestyle choice can no longer be televised.
I find it somewhat distressing and disheartening to be reminded that I am outnumbered by people in this world who have such ridiculously outdated and insular outlooks on life. It’s not even just a question of moving beyond 1950s religious conservative notions (which I assume this comes from) but it belies a sense of decency to the myriad shaping of fellow human beings and any biological understanding of the world we live in.
Aw, I know how you feel… it’s unfortunate that a plethora of people still possess outdated perspectives on homosexuality. Hopefully with the New Year more people will see the light and understand acceptance, equal rights, and that all humans deserve dignity no matter who they love.
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You’re right, it is something that’s changing slowly, and I think each generation gets it more. Love your blog, by the way – really interesting and witty!
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I do not think you are outnumbered. More and more people have sane views on the subject.
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Disagree we will. Biology may one day pinpoint for sure if people are born one way or the other. Of course that is a worry in itself then people who believe being gay is wrong (not pointing fingers) may look at medical ways to fight homosexuality. Born that way or not….it is part of our […]
you, kind sir… are an idiot. Peace out though.
Morons who say things like “deviant behavior should be something our children should understand” are absolute idiots. No offense 🙂 Idiot. You are entitled to your opinion, and I’m entitled to mine…which is: you’re an idiot.
You are not just plain-old “stupid,” you’re really just a moron who isn’t even smart enough to know how stupid he really is, trying to sound enlightened by seizing a controversial topic and jumping onto the “edgy” side. You’re an idiot…did I mention that?
Here’s our proof… using your own words (my favorite–and really the only–) way to deal with idiots who say stupid things because they “think so”)…
“my belief now” indicates that you have finally decided to ponder this topic, and why did you not ponder this when you were 4 or 5 years old?
Probably because you’re parents aren’t as stupid as you currently are. Don’t give up on your parents, they have been alive longer than you and clearly have more common sense.
Your parents didn’t force you to consider: wtf? those two guys are making out…what? Should I be doing that? my dad makes out with my mom, they aren’t the same, but, hmmm…maybe I should be considering dudes as well as women.
How do I know you weren’t raised by 2 dads? well, because of your words.
But now that “you” are old enough to consider these things and form an opinion, “you” have decided that kids, well, it shouldn’t be difficult for kids to accept this thing that “you” have recently discovered SOME people (…the gay community–in case you still aren’t old enough to know that’s what I meant), “say” everyone should be exposed to.
but thanks a lot for your brilliant contribution. Now go shut up and pay attention for another 5 years until you have kids of your own.
So thank you for your juvenile input. Join us again after you have kids you want to raise to be “decent” human beings and see if you like the idea of unexpectedly exposing them to two people (who can never procreate because: nature knows better) make out.
Now Violet….wtf is this crap.
First off…let us get this straight….you may have been confused that there were two people (one using a pablo727 log on the same as mine) making comments that were totally random.This is an example…as I never said this quote ///Morons who say things like “deviant behavior should be something our children should understand” ???
Secondly…I am a parent. I have gay and straight children.
Thirdly….if you want to be abusive and write shit like the above you will hear from me until I get tired of your very small minded bullshit.
And most importantly explain to your friends on this space how you say you are amazed at what Melissa wrote on her blog wanting to shield her children from a same sex kiss and then (unless this is some sort of sarcasm above) telling me what you said in your last line above.
Do us all a favour stay on your medications so the schizophrenia stays under control.
By the way I have lived longer then both of my parents and forgotten more than you will ever understand.
You are a fucking idiot….just to get thi straight.
Paul
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I’ve approved this comment but I’m not sure I understand it, and I don’t ‘approve’ much of the vitriol. Is this something copied from the original blog I read where the woman didn’t want her kid to see two men kissing? The post appears to have been removed, so I can’t refer to it.
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Yes this is re that post from that homophobic woman.
I am not sure what you don’t understand unless you did not send me the bit calling me an idiot and stupid and juvenile….noted above.
My explanation is fairly clear and is in response to what I believe you wrote as it came from your account.
I was trying to explain to you that someone was ‘trolling’ me within that blog and created an account that matched mine and was making it seem like I was being flippant and the like.
I was not being that person as I am me…and never said children should be exposed to deviant behaviour.
They should be exposed to same sex kissing and the idea of homosexulaity and sexuality I believe as it is a natural part of life.
If you did not send it then I think you might want to protect your account by changing your password…if you did send it and it was because of a misconception of the two pablo727 in wordpress….then I can understand the confusion.
if you were not confused and sent it based on anything that I actuall said, and not the imposter, then I don’t understand why your take seemed agains tthis woman and then you flip flopped in the message above.
My vitriol was based on what I received above.No more, no less.
Cheers
Paul
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Thanks for the explanation, that’s very bizarre! I posted only once, my original comment, on her blog. I have no idea how someone managed to post something else in my name! Or why they even took the time to do it.
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Thanks. I do believe the person on that blog has some ‘issues’ and wanted to get there point across by belittling others….
Apologies for the ‘vitriol’ @ you as noted.
Have a wonderful 2013.
paul
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I was confused too
Melissa posted saying that her child should not have to see a gay kiss on TV, as it was not normal. You commented saying that it was weird that people still had such opinions. I commented fairly temperately asking whether gay people should just pretend to be straight. Someone else posted repeatedly and less temperately. All these comments were deleted.
Then Paul posted, taking a liberal line, gay people should be at least tolerated or something. I found what he wrote unobjectionable, and I thought you, Violet, would too. Then a comment appeared under your name, and it is the first part of Paul’s first comment here (as far as I can see, I do not have a photographic memory). The second part is Paul’s response.
Did you make a comment on Melissa’s blog saying the things Paul quotes? It occurred to me Melissa could have edited a comment you made.
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Thanks for the explanation. I thought that Paul was writing all that stuff to me and couldn’t make any sense of it! I didn’t see any of the comments after mine on the blog (I assumed she wouldn’t have approved it anyway) and didn’t make any other posts. I don’t think Melissa would have edited comments to write such nonsense – I disagree with her point of view but she seemed more articulate that that.
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I see it is possible to edit a comment, to change the name, link and email address. I think Melissa was so upset with the universally negative reaction to a comment she obviously thought reasonable, even Good, that she might have been tempted to do so.
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