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 Cameron
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 Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today?  [Re: Cubie]
#10247317 - 04/28/09 03:57 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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You'd do it if you could reach
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 Cubie
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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
#10247319 - 04/28/09 03:57 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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oh no i would not i know where my cock has been 
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zouden
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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
#10247464 - 04/28/09 05:13 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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i've got to admit i've used the term "gay" to mean other things...and i know it's not PC.....but....come on....words are just words.
It doesn't offend me or anything: I'm not gay, and I'm sure most gay people have thick enough skins with all the BS they put up with. But I still think the negative use of words like 'gay' and 'fag' contributes to a subconscious fear and hatred of homosexuals.
Words are only words, but they still shape our worldview: if you associate 'gay' with 'bad' enough times, it's going to effect your opinions. None of us are immune to that kind of pattern strengthening.
I totally agree. I wouldn't like it if people started using "left-handed" to mean "bad". Even if they didn't actually have any problem with left-handed people, that connection is still being made.
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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: zouden]
#10247548 - 04/28/09 06:13 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan   fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
#10252266 - 04/28/09 10:54 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cameron said:
I don't get it.
Too many homos? 
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