06-13-2016, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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Thank you for posting that. I will quote the end of it because it says something extremely important. By engaging in what you think is harmless discrimination, you're contributing to a society that gives extremists the fuel to murder innocent people. In this case, based on their orientation.
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If casual misogyny and sexist humour helped create Marc Lépine, then organized religion must reflect on helping shape a culture that will this week have led to 50 funerals in Florida. It's not just the extremists who want to deprive gays of human rights.
People of faith might ask themselves this: even if they've never so much as lifted a hand to a gay person, have they smiled at a homophobic joke? Or overlooked mistreatment? Or nodded during an anti-gay sermon?
And if so, wouldn't this be a good time to speak up?
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06-13-2016, 09:58 AM
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#262
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It's one of those cases where if you are not actively refuting what you religion says(such as in the bible) then you are supporting it. They need to denounce those passages, but the problem is if you start picking and choosing, it weakens the religion. But it must be done.
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06-13-2016, 09:58 AM
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#263
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A much better article from National Post's Jen Gerson:
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The broader issue is this: in a culture so numb to violence that, despite this shooting’s awful and novel political permutations, we’ve all run out of original things to say. So each side will retreat to its respective civic echo chamber, abandoning any common ground beyond common tragedy.
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http://news.nationalpost.com/full-co...t-of-hot-takes
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06-13-2016, 10:01 AM
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And another superior article.
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What even a cursory glance of the nation’s LGBT history suggests, in short, is that the style of homophobic violence perpetuated in Orlando is something horrifyingly exotic to the American experience. It is not consistent with some preexisting tradition of “hate.” It does not remind us “how far we have yet to go,” the need for “solidarity,” or any other hoary cliche of the gay rights establishment. What it illustrates, in the blood of 100 victims, is the degree western gays have endangered themselves by supporting politicians and activists who welcome foreign proponents of the world’s most radically homicidal strain of gay-hate into our communities.
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http://princearthurherald.com/en/pol...s-spectrum-076
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06-13-2016, 10:04 AM
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#265
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Thank you for posting that. I will quote the end of it because it says something extremely important. By engaging in what you think is harmless discrimination, you're contributing to a society that gives extremists the fuel to murder innocent people. In this case, based on their orientation.
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I don't like the tone of this article at all.
To go this far in the other way, and draw such shaky allusions between everyday homophoba or sexism, and like mass murder is bad enough, but at what point do you use such shaky reasoning to brand all political opposition to your policy goals as hate-filled homophobia?
You can have a principled position against SSM, and not have an ounce of homophobia in you.
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06-13-2016, 10:11 AM
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#266
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Originally Posted by peter12
I don't like the tone of this article at all.
To go this far in the other way, and draw such shaky allusions between everyday homophoba or sexism, and like mass murder is bad enough, but at what point do you use such shaky reasoning to brand all political opposition to your policy goals as hate-filled homophobia?
You can have a principled position against SSM, and not have an ounce of homophobia in you.
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No, you can't. There is no principle you can hold that puts your position against the rights of others when granting those rights does no harm to you.
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06-13-2016, 10:16 AM
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#267
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you're walking into the trap
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06-13-2016, 10:17 AM
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Ooops, right. Better go back to yard work.
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06-13-2016, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
No, you can't. There is no principle you can hold that puts your position against the rights of others when granting those rights does no harm to you.
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Of course you can. And you don't even have to be a white republican Christian to make your case well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tr...ical_reception
As Michael Warner, a very queer-positive writer, states very eloquently, the SSM debate as done a lot to damage the sexual autonomy of gays and lesbians by basically making them out to be bourgeois homosexuals.
One could even argue quite effectively that it has been a massive shaming perpetuated by the gay movement against itself.
The history of the gay movement in America is fascinating, and actually quite inspiring.
If anyone is interested, I would highly recommend reading about how the community dealt with the AIDS crisis. Truly courageous, and manly action was taken on behalf of the community for itself while being left virtually on its own, and indeed, often as a scapegoat by the American government.
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06-13-2016, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by nik-
you're walking into the trap
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It's actually an interesting discussion to have given the circumstances. The gay movement is in fact probably more marginalized from the public eye then it has ever been. Most people don't know how to relate to LGBT beyond hetero-normativity or bland politically-correct stereotypes. As I was trying to say, this is a community that has been through a lot - a plague in fact, and victimizing them doesn't do them a single favour.
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06-13-2016, 10:21 AM
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No it's not, and no one wants to have it with you.
You're fishing, so just stop.
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Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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06-13-2016, 10:22 AM
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#272
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Originally Posted by nik-
No it's not, and no one wants to have it with you.
You're fishing, so just stop.
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Or we could go back to the same old tired argument about how much of religion we can blame, how much of sacred texts need to be redacted, and which groups need to come out with tailored apologies.
Come on, man. Just admit you aren't that interesting.
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06-13-2016, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by nik-
No it's not, and no one wants to have it with you.
You're fishing, so just stop.
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If I remember correctly I'm pretty sure pete straight up admitted recently his skills have been slipping big time. This thread sort of showcases that.
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06-13-2016, 10:25 AM
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I'm just curious if it's getting any worse or better, or if the media is skewing what's happening.
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Who knows. Sometimes I try to picture these types of people as dying breeds, making themselves known in a fight-or-flight scenario. They're threatened so they show their teeth, even though they're probably done for.
But I'm probably just being optimistic.
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06-13-2016, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by peter12
Of course you can. And you don't even have to be a white republican Christian to make your case well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tr...ical_reception
As Michael Warner, a very queer-positive writer, states very eloquently, the SSM debate as done a lot to damage the sexual autonomy of gays and lesbians by basically making them out to be bourgeois homosexuals.
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That book really does seem like the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the lgbt rights movement.
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06-13-2016, 10:49 AM
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Or...
Call me crazy here:
We could get back to the original topic of this thread and the news around it.
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06-13-2016, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by peter12
Or we could go back to the same old tired argument about how much of religion we can blame, how much of sacred texts need to be redacted, and which groups need to come out with tailored apologies.
Come on, man. Just admit you aren't that interesting.
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Go find some interesting people to talk at then.
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06-13-2016, 11:32 AM
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#278
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Sigh... What horrible news.
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06-13-2016, 11:54 AM
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Savage.
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Concerned NRA Official Rushes Out To Purchase Congressman Following Mass Shooting
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http://www.theonion.com/article/conc...-congres-53084
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06-13-2016, 12:25 PM
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#280
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Thank you for posting that. I will quote the end of it because it says something extremely important. By engaging in what you think is harmless discrimination, you're contributing to a society that gives extremists the fuel to murder innocent people. In this case, based on their orientation.
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This is an enormous strawman though. Christians and Muslims are always condemning violent actions done in the name of religion. The problem is that they take the stance that these people are not true Christians and Muslims and have somehow misinterpreted their holy books. That conversation is useless. Once you grant someone the idea that their deity exists and that it's morally virtuous to believe in it and adhere to the commands of these holy books, you don't get to tell them what parts they should accept and reject.
Once someone tells me their actions are divinely-mandated, the conversation is over. Who am I to pontificate upon the character of a deity that I don't even think exists? All that you can do is try to convince them to ground their beliefs in what they can prove logically.
Even if they are truly evil and are just using religion as a crutch to justify their actions, granting them the idea that ancient text is the best way to figure out how we should behave is throwing them the only lifeline they'll ever need.
The good guys and the bad guys are using the same book.
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