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Originally Posted by flamey_mcflame
"Let me put it to you this way -- there's As and Bs. The As are guys like me. The Bs are homosexual fa----- with dirt under their fingernails that transmit diseases."
And now he doesnt feel that way?? Wow, what a remarkable turn around. I think maybe he realized that he was a public figure, put his feelings of hatred into the closet along with his many other shames. But he said he was sorry, so that makes everything alright. I didn't know saying sorry was a way to get out of everything. I'm surprised criminals don't use that as a defense at their trials.
Judge: Mr. Doe, you are on trial for killing and mutilating 5 women.
Mr. Doe: I'm sorry your honor, it was 6 years and it was a stupid thing to do.
Judge: Case dismissed.
I won't charge for that legal advice.
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Do you forgive your parents/grandparents for probably being racists back in the 50s/60s/70s?
Killing people... yeah, wonderful analogy. Get over yourself.
Back in Junior high I used to think that gays "weren't normal" and "not right", so yeah, I did think less of them as people. If you were like me or any of my friends, you called people homos and said "that's gay" or "you're a fag" a lot. And yes, gay bashing (non-physical) was pretty acceptable, at least in the situation I grew up in.
Granted, my attitudes have changed significantly over the time period (that was ~12 years ago) to the point now that I believe that people who are gay are a) perfectly normal, b) acceptable in society and c) deserve all the benefits of any other citizen - aka equal treatment.
Take a good hard look in the mirror before you condemn someone for what they 'said' 16+ years ago.