Mrebo said:
thejediknighthusezni said:
TV's Frink said:
What stuff would it justify? Treating homosexuals like equals? OH NO LIFE IS RUINED!!!
I'll give the researcher the benefit of the doubt, but the characters who militantly push this kind of thing have much more on their agenda than "equality" for their private practices.
There are dudes out there who are careful to conduct their cross-dressing in private with the drapes drawn. This shows the most MINIMAL respect and consideration for the rest of society. In the abstract, I wish they wouldn't behave that way at all, but I would be opposed to hounding them to the point of raiding their private domiciles and upending their lives.
I say just don't ram that sort of unfortunate proclivity into the faces of others, their children or their regressed children(13-21).
So, obviously, I'M the evil monster.
I find the use of the term "drapes" interesting. I never use that word and much prefer "curtains." It was a fussy sentence. And what are "regressed children"? There are many out there who would apply a similar rant against religion. In this forum we've seen some comments against religion in this vein - as in the way religion gets rammed into the faces of children (and seriously, terrible metaphorical language, tjkh).
Drapes? Dunno. Maybe it's a midwestern thing? I grew up around building design, so I might be more familiar with the term.
People who aren't seeing the difference between moral precepts of a faith that are meant to protect the vulnerable, and the depraved objectives of a militant segment within a deviating fringe, will have difficulty seeing my point.
Something is going to be taught to the kids. It is the responsibility of all adults in a society to make DAMN SURE that what they learn genuinely helps them to manage their sexuality and sense of self in an uplifting and humanly proper way.
Before the inevitable "Who decides what is proper?", I will say that I am a great believer in the principle of "Underneath it all, people KNOW." That is, underneath all the BS, everyone who is capable of coherent thought is already equiped with essential understanding.
Nobody disagrees with me in matters of essential principle. The only disagreement is about how resolutely and in what manner we should hold to principle, instead of pretending that the violation of what is right can somehow be a principled stand.