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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Of course I realize this; I only provided it as a reason for why a high number of people react so strongly to this one issue. I seriously doubt that even a fraction of the population recognizes that their own impulses and feelings are socially driven. For most of us, it is quite natural to expect that everyone else around me feels like I do: When you watch a terrible film, your initial thought is that everyone else in the same theatre believes it to be equally terrible.
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I do tend to agree with you on that. If I am watching a film that shows homosexuality, I do feel a little awkward about it. I won't stop watching it though. I think the awkwardness can add to the artistic and comedic aspects.
I guess the thing is, feeling awkward or even offended, should be acceptable. It's not violating anyone's right. I would never vote against someone's freedom just because I thought what they did was gross. To be honest, I feel repulsed when I see heterosexual couples making too many "in the way people", but I would never vote for a law that tried to stop them from having a bazillion children.
The whole "natural vs. unnatural" debate is meaningless to me. We are already living in a world not meant for us. Since the dawn of civilization, we have been doing everything we can to remove ourselves from a natural existence.