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Originally posted by Hack28
Originally posted by RoyalCanadian
i dont have an issue with gay people but gay parades, really tick me off. if you want to be gay dont parade down the street in a big float. kids could see that stuff.
Pretty sure thats the point, so a young gay child can look at that and say "you know what im not a monster and people do celebrate my way of life."
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Most gay people are aware of it at a pretty young age, if i were a homosexual i would find great comfort and PRIDE in those parades.
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However you may have been reffering to kids such as under the age of 5 at which point i agree with you, but some of that (all of) responsability has to be at the parents to not expose their young children to that.
Originally posted by grey580
I think that most men have issues with homosexuals because they are not sufficiently comfortable with thier own sexuality.
Or they even have latent homosexual tendencies that scare them.
It has been my observation in life, that usually, you tend to hate in others what you hate most in yourself.
Food for thought.
my 2 cents.
Originally posted by silent thunder
Obligitory disclaimer: I have nothing at all against gay people, am not homophobic, etc.
Looking at the issue from the broadest possible perspective, I do think that there needs to be a distinction between "fear," "dislike" and "disagreement." Some people may fear gays. Some may simply dislike them or find their habits unpalatable (even if this is wrong, it is not the same as being "frightened"). And some may disagree with political issues like gay marriage, for religious or other reasons, say. These latter two groups are not "frightened" by gays. They just don't like them. or pehaps happen to disagree about one specific issue.
Labeling all people who happen to disagree with one as "frightened" is a rhetorical trope often called a "shaming tactic." That is, Person A happens to disagree with Person B about any given issue. Person A then says person B is "scared" or uses some other form of personal attack to try and make Person B ashamed, rather than addressing the arguments or true motives of Person B. Happens all the time in human relations and disagreements...not only in cases involving gay people.
[edit on 10/28/09 by silent thunder]
Originally posted by leo123
That only serves to piss off otherwise tolerant people - which is likely their intent.
Gays create their own problems.
[edit on 29-10-2009 by leo123]
Originally posted by centurion1211
The best post I've seen on this subject. It is just as wrong to label everyone a "homophobe" just because they disagree, as it is for anyone to say they hate all gays.
Originally posted by Jezus
Originally posted by centurion1211
The best post I've seen on this subject. It is just as wrong to label everyone a "homophobe" just because they disagree, as it is for anyone to say they hate all gays.
When you accept the fact that homosexuality is not a choice you will understand why people say "disagreeing with homosexuality" is hateful.
It is like "disagreeing" with being black...
"I don't hate black people, I just disagree with who they are."
Originally posted by andy1033
This is about why straights do not like gays, not about whether you cannot accept mind control is real, lol.
Originally posted by Essan
Actually this thread seems to be entirely about your own irrational paranoia.
"Straights" don't hate "gays" is in the manner nor for the reasons you assert. Indeed, your assertion is completely new to me and suggests an odd obsession with femail reproductive organs not shared by anyone else.
One thing I never did understand or get an explanation for was why in some (not all) gay/lesbian couples - if the point is that you want to be with someone of the same sex - one partner still assumes a traditional "masculine role" (clothes, voice, mannerisms) and the other one assumes a traditional "feminine role" (clothes, voice, mannerisms)? Maybe someone here can explain that ...