What many religions teach regarding homosexuality is hate, regardless of how they want to excuse it or dress it up. And even if it isn’t, a certain segment of our citizens take it as hate and use it to fuel their anger. Trump does the exact same thing with race. It’s like buying a crazy person a gun and then saying it’s not your fault if they use it.
One religion in particular (which is absent from most of your critiques) has some pretty nasty things to say about a lot of things. Either way, my point was that Richard Olie II isn’t spewing hate. What other people think has nothing to do with him.
And I never said you’re here to comfort anyone, or empathize, or even understand. That’s quite clear.
Yeah, I don’t try to comfort people who aren’t here when I don’t know their situation or even who they are. I have sympathy (and occasionally understanding) for people in tough situations, but what beyond that can I do? I wasn’t even talking about hate crimes at first; you’re the one who ambushed me (and does so repeatedly) with a point about how cold I am. Well, whatever; I guess that personality is bred in the city streets that have no pity.
Seriously though, I’m just some guy doing the best that he can who’s glad that he’s better off than he was several years ago. I don’t claim to be some activist who is trying to better mankind. People have sad stories, some of which prompt an emotional response from me; if I don’t know them then what more can I say about them other than that it is an unfortunate situation? What assistance can I provide? What you want me do? Tweet about it and pretend that I’m supporting a cause?