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I mean, if a gay person makes a person uncomfortable, they're being homophobic. If someone is talking concerns about 'race replacement' they're being racist.
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I don't necessarily agree. I think for many the colloquial use of "homophobe", for example, means to hate gay people. And I think there is a large gap between "feeling uncomfortable" and "hating".
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I also think you're Tourette's joke is in bad taste.
Fwiw I also think that your Tourette comment in bad taste.
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You'd probably find most of my jokes to be in bad taste then. That's OK, to each their own.
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At any rate people react to what they feel is name calling. Fine. But I suspect folks would be as upset if someone more accurately named their behavior as X, instead of you are an X.
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I agree, I think it would be more productive to challenge the viewpoint in this way.
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And who are you referring to as a sensitive topic? Sensitive for the folks that feel Pride Night is thrown in their face and this tread shouldn't be in Fire on Ice? Or actual queer people?
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I think both can be true?