Or: “**spectrum, I think I get it now”
I’m talking about this thread in Great Debates. Polycarp mentions taking anyone who presumes to misinterpret or re-interpret the words of Christ to the Pit, but then shows restraint and doesn’t do it.
I’m not Polycarp.
All through that thread, we see the same circular, coy, self-serving, sanctimonious crap we got from bodswood in his new incarnation as roger thornhill. It takes him five fucking posts to even make his point, which is: I know what Jesus thought, and it’s that homosexuality was a sin.
It’s time to come out of the closet, people. I’m so fucking tired of people who condemn homosexuals and homosexuality without just coming out and saying it directly. I’m so tired of people who claim that they’re not homophobic or not “anti-gay” but still vote against gay rights or talk about the Gay Agenda. I’m tired of people complaining about how gays are so whiny and vocal and self-centered and making such a big deal about their own sexuality, when the culture is still fucked up enough that otherwise rational people feel that a proper response to a “gay advance” is bashing the fag’s head in.
If you’re going to condemn me, be a man and come out and condemn me. Don’t pretend like it’s some complex, nuanced issue. I would much rather have someone yelling at me, calling me a faggot and telling me I’m going to Hell, than standing there smiling sweetly while holding a knife behind his back. I’m tired of people who are willing to fight against gay rights but are too cowardly to admit that they’re “anti-gay.” Because, pity them, the Liberal Media and the Gay Agenda have corrupted the country so much that you can’t even persecute homos without being called names anymore!
And I’m really tired of being such a gullible sap that I take the time to try and argue with these people to show them that they might be mistaken, and they just ignore everything or try to discredit it. “Of course you would say that. You’re one of them and are desperate to rationalize and defend your lifestyle choice.”
And I just reminded myself about the “Gay Agenda” bullshit: You want to know my fucking “agenda,” people? To grow up, get a good job, find the right person, get married, and have a family. That’s so fucking gay!
And I’d like to take this opportunity to openly apologize to SHAKES for giving him such a hard time in an argument a while back. I still don’t agree with what you said, but I respect you for at least saying it, instead of dancing around it. That’s how ignorance gets dispelled, IMO – not by saying bullshit like “well, the SDMB is a bastion of those liberal Queers and Queer-Lovers who are just going to tell me what to think anyway.”
A while ago I dated a guy who’s a better man, a more righteous man, than I can ever hope to be. He did volunteer work reading to sick children. He volunteered as a crisis counsellor for gay men who were having difficulty reconciling their sexual orientation with their religion, because one of his best friends was gay and Mormon and ended up committing suicide. I never saw him treat anyone with less than respect. He cherishes his family. He believed in honor and commitment. He spoke out against lies and cheating, and he lived up to that.
One time when we were driving, I started going off on a tirade about some anti-same sex marriage website I’d seen linked on here. He just got kind of a sad look on his face and said, “I used to get angry, but remember I’ve been out longer than you have. I don’t think it can ever happen in my lifetime. But I have to believe it’ll happen eventually.”
What a fucking travesty. Good, righteous people, denied the recognition of their love, by a majority of self-serving hypocrites who sit in judgement and condemn their “neighbors.” All the while denying that they’re doing anything wrong. All the while claiming that they’re the ones who are being threatened.
