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Is it wrong to be gay?
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That's a very warped/dramatic way of looking at it. I was simply drawing a comparison to show the poster a different perspective. I'm not "justifying myself" - the comparison doesn't reinforce a hierarchy, if anything it highlights the stupidity of such a hierarchy existing.
How is it warped or dramatic, please explain as neither of those words would seem to fit what I posted in any sense. I never said you were justifying yourself although by using the analogy I guess you are. Again please explain how using that analogy highlights the stupidity of a hierarchy of equality or offensiveness? Surely if it is stupid then your use of it in the original post was stupid as you felt compelled to make a comparison between racism and homophobia because you seemingly felt that this person might not like to called a racist but would have no problem with being called a homophobe
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How is it warped or dramatic, please explain as neither of those words would seem to fit what I posted in any sense. I never said you were justifying yourself although by using the analogy I guess you are. Again please explain how using that analogy highlights the stupidity of a hierarchy of equality or offensiveness? Surely if it is stupid then your use of it in the original post was stupid as you felt compelled to make a comparison between racism and homophobia because you seemingly felt that this person might not like to called a racist but would have no problem with being called a homophobe
You implied that people who use the analogy are justifying who they are. You're looking at what I said from an unusually negative perspective and your argument seems a bit convoluted to me. I'm just as confused as you are. The analogy pretty much asks the person - why do you say that, when you would never say this? This causes the person to think about what they said. That's it. I'm sure the poster would have a problem with being called a homophobe - he clearly isn't. If that wasn't the case, why the hell would he give a crap about the comparison? I was challenging the posters wording, not trying to convert a rabid homophobe. He seems like a nice chap. 0 -
You implied that people who use the analogy are justifying who they are. You're looking at what I said from an unusually negative perspective and your argument seems a bit convoluted to me. I'm just as confused as you are. The analogy pretty much asks the person - why do you say that, when you would never say this? This causes the person to think about what they said. That's it. I'm sure the poster would have a problem with being called a homophobe - he clearly isn't. If that wasn't the case, why the hell would he give a crap about the comparison? I was challenging the posters wording, not trying to convert a rabid homophobe. He seems like a nice chap.
My point is and was I'm sick of that analogy being used, not I'm sick of you using it! Nothing convoluted about it, it's a bulls**t irrelevant analogy that gets used in every second thread on here, would you say I was convoluted if I was black? Has the same amount of relevance in my opinion!0 -
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