fordy said:
Player1x3 said:
fordy said:
Player1x3 said:
timmah said:
I don't understand why some people automatically assume that if you disagree with somebody's actions or lifestyle, you're automatically a bigot, this makes no sense. I personally think it's wrong to sleep around, but I have close friends who do and I'm not bigoted towards them, it's their choice and not my place to judge them. If they came to me asking for advice, I'd give it to them straight, but that doesn't mean I hate them, judge them, dislike them, am bigoted towards them, or anything else like that. It's very possible to disagree with somebody's personal choices without being a 'bigot', and unfortunately that term gets thrown around way too often to degrade other people's opinions. I even worked with (and was good friends with) an openly gay man for a few years. I never saw it as my duty to judge him or tell him my opinion about his actions, because they are HIS actions and aren't hurting anybody else, so why should I care what he does at home? We even had a couple good discussions about gay marriage and he agreed with me about civil unions.
That's why, while a don't personally believe that homosexual acts are 'ok', the same way I don't think sleeping around is 'ok', or that watching porn is 'ok' (which DOES NOT make me bigoted against people who do those things), I don't think it's right to deny people rights based on that, which is why I believe we should have civil unions with same or similar legal benefits to marriage. Also, if a same-sex couple wants a ceremony, there are plenty of ministers out there who will do that. |
You have just earned a shit ton of respect from me :D If only bigots like fordy could have a perspective on society and people like you do :)
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Bigotry is the state of mind of a bigot, defined by Merriam-Webster as "a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially: one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance"
Show me where I have highlighted a particular group in this discussion, letalone regard them, unless of course you're accusing me of being prejudiced towards gays by being too sympathetic towards them...
It's a pretty simple concept called logic. You should try it, sometime...
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You are a bigot to everyone that has a different opinion than you, which is the worst kind of bigot IMO. You constantly kept attacking and provoking killerxz and call him names because you disagree with him. Its pretty obvious that you're insanely intolerant towards most people who have a different view on the world than you. You're really not so much different than the christians and other groups you constantly like to flame and attack here, despite how extremly high you think of yourself.
It's a pretty simple concept called self awarness. You should try it, sometime...
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That's interesting. By that definition, that makes YOU a bigot as well, cosnidering you have a different opinion to me. So everyone who has a different opinion to everyone else is a bigot...
Once again, highlight where I have been attacking a GROUP in this thread, and NOT an individual's opinions. If you're just going to be throwing up random blabber, at least make it something with logical reasoning behind it.
It's a pretty simple analogy called "foot in your mouth", I'd suggest you try it, but it appears you already have.
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