monocle_layton said:
Have you seen the thread on Australia and gay marriage? People still use the slippery slope argument of why incest and beastiality won't follow gay marriage.
These people need to be educated. It's as simple as that. You start by attacking the young generation with full force, and then dismantling those leading the voice of bigotry.
At the same time, only insults won't do anything. I've been guilty of being bigoted about certain things, so I believe simply educating people is the best option. After all, I have talked to modern day white supremacists, and I learned that even they can change. It just takes effort and realizing they're human as well.
I believe humanity would be better off if we kept remembering this. Only few humans are doomed. 99.9% just need a hand to pull them out of their ignorance. |
Oh, definitely. Ignorance breeds stupidity. I had a very Catholic upbringing and before I met my first gay classmate in about ninth grade, I was hugely homophobic, and I'm very ashamed of that. But it just takes exposure and some good old fashioned education.
It's when you refuse both of those things that you're lost, which is very unfortunate.
