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Originally Posted by FireFly
Political and religious leanings are a choice and a fluid one at that. Conversation and discussion can change opinion on political and religious leanings. How many people were 'born Catholic' and are no longer Catholic? How many were born into conservative households and became liberal?
How many were born female and through conversation, just became male?
Yes, it's possible to change your gender, I understand that. It's also rare and complicated. It is not rare or complicated to put thought into your own personal beliefs surrounding religion or politics.
Do the conversations become personal and offensive? Absolutely they can. Should that be stopped? Absolutely. Political and religious discussion however is not inherently offensive unless those partaking in the conversation make it so. It has the ability to open a person's mind to other possibilities if done in a respectful manner.
A thread dedicated to the discussion of women as if they were cars or food is inherently disrespectful and if you can't understand that, you need to look more carefully.
"I'll have one of those, two of those, that shouldn't even be in the showroom and that one needs an engine upgrade and a paint job."
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The point is that offensive is offensive. Belittling someone else because hey they aren't as offended as I am is ridiculous and hypocritical. Those threads are indeed offensive. You could make the same argument about the human form. IF they posted the pictures without the jerky comments then hey they are just respecting the human form.
Sounds like a lot of bunk don't it. If you are going to argue against offensive behavior then you don't pick which ones you are against and which ones you don't mind as it suits your taste.
I'm good with tossing them all and having a very family friendly off-topic forum. Where anything could be discussed in a decent manner without the sexual overtones or the bashing tones.
But singling one out while allowing others. Rubbish.