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I support Gay Rights, not Gay Wrongs. There is right and there is wrong, let me learn you the difference! Ask me for a free gay pride flag! (not for children, minors, miners, underage, or rugrats! Must be 18+ to come to my grid! No kids allowed!)
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I support the human race and do not think in colors, types, tastes, sexual preferences etc. and wish more people did, but as long as we need flags and celebrations we're still far from acceptance.
I guess we need something like an alien invasion before we finally start accepting each other and act as one.
~Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
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I guess we need something like an alien invasion before we finally start accepting each other and act as one.
~Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
me too, and i understand what you are saying. some view this as "highlighting the differences" instead of "highlighting the commonalities". Which is seen as divisive rather than inclusive. I get it.
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YES...Flags and other signs of communitarianism end up being the showcase of the differences created by haters. Being one and united should be the goal rather than showing these false differences! (I love you Blake ;-)
Please !!! Come here ET !!!
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Please !!! Come here ET !!!
We will always need flags and celebrations because we are not all the same, and we are better because of that diversity. What goes wrong is that sometimes some begin to think they are better than others, and start to disrespect others based on some idea that they are somehow inferior, not properly human.
However, if you are making a statement of solidarity with others who respect all human groups as equal, then I stand with you.
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However, if you are making a statement of solidarity with others who respect all human groups as equal, then I stand with you.
I think to remind ourselves of the nature of what we're all dealing with here we could do far worse than watch the film American History X, or maybe watch it for the first time. It is an excellent film, though hard to watch at times.
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One of these days, people will stone other people because they wear clothes of a particular color...Oh wait, it happened.
Sometimes I think it is good I am a 63-year-old gay man, so I am closer to death than I am to life. This constant hate speech for ANYTHING that even remotely upsets ANYONE is something I do not think I would be able to live with when I am older.
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Sometimes I think it is good I am a 63-year-old gay man, so I am closer to death than I am to life. This constant hate speech for ANYTHING that even remotely upsets ANYONE is something I do not think I would be able to live with when I am older.
In response to stuff below, and the ongoing...controversy. I know for a fact that many of the people involved in the last big kerfluffle a few weeks ago, who expressed a lot of negativity toward LGBT people. They have ZERO problem with fantasy-roleplaying getting the stuffins banged out of them as a sh*male (derogatory term for transgender woman, they get all their information from porn apparently) or being a virtual lesbian or whatever. I am not anyone's psychologist, priest or rabbi. I can't help anyone with their inner conflicts, and kudos to them if they are working this all out. I just wish everyone would chill out, and leave people the f*** alone.
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I tried to plead for more empathy and human warmth and not to add hate to hate but apparently it seems that knowing how to read and understand is not within everyone's reach and as I said no one changes their mind... I will no longer try to read those who cannot read. There are better things to do to change the world than writing here, maybe have a real life and make things happen IN REAL LIFE!
That's what I do beside. Have you? Have fun...
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That's what I do beside. Have you? Have fun...
In principle I agree with you, but after I was insulted and abused so much here in the OSW, you know who by, I also became radicalized, but without using swear words that suggest bad upbringing.
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Eh no one is requiring her to love anyone. Supporting equal human rights is what this is about. No justice; no peace means that there isn't peace for those who are marginalized until there is justice. There is no "justice for all" if marginalized groups are not included. It's an axiom, not a threat.
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No one can. It's a delusion. And equal rights affects everyone everywhere and in every world. :)
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Pagane's comment is a non sequitur, red herring, and tacitly homophobic. How on earth having sex with anyone you want in the street compares to Gay Pride and gay rights? EXPLAIN IT TO ME. Better yet, RESEARCH PRIDE. USE GOOGLE. And NO, I will never keep calm and "let bigotry live." No justice; no peace.
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Why not let everyone here think what they want? Will debating or demonstrating anything here change the world? Even this virtual one? At best, you will be read by a few dozen people (and I am very optimistic!) and many of them, if they understand you (and it has not always been the case for me since I am French...) there is a very good chance that none of them will change their mind!
Why bring real problems here? I will never understand! We have the opinions we want, and sometimes it is worth fighting for our ideas. But only when it can be useful for something, in the real world! (for example for our elections, in France or later in the USA!).
Here, it should be a haven of peace, where we come to forget our worries, create things more or less original but which will always please some (and first of all its creator!), discover other's creations all arround the HyperGrid or simply be able to talk with people from the other side of the world (a little too English-speaking for my taste ;-).
Keep cool (calm?) and live and let live!
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Why bring real problems here? I will never understand! We have the opinions we want, and sometimes it is worth fighting for our ideas. But only when it can be useful for something, in the real world! (for example for our elections, in France or later in the USA!).
Here, it should be a haven of peace, where we come to forget our worries, create things more or less original but which will always please some (and first of all its creator!), discover other's creations all arround the HyperGrid or simply be able to talk with people from the other side of the world (a little too English-speaking for my taste ;-).
Keep cool (calm?) and live and let live!
Why can't others just scroll by when another person does something or speaks out for the rights of a marginalized group? Perhaps you need to do a bit of research on Pride to get it. No, I won't post links; do it yourself. Just use Google. And yes, debating and demonstrating DO make a difference! Without debating and demonstrating, we would have had suffrage or the Civil Rights Act in the USA. We wouldn't have seen an end to the Viet Nam War when we did. That is the REAL meaning of free speech - the right to ASSEMBLE and EXPRESS a dissenting view. NOT hate speech! Clearly, this post didn't apply to you. MOVE ON.
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Ive just say the same for real ... "But only when it can be useful for something, in the real world! (for example for our elections, in France or later in the USA!)." NOT HERE
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Unfortunately, the virtual world cannot really be separated from the real world. We are real people, with our feelings, thoughts and dreams. We remain that way in-world too. You know that I like you, but the criticism that Suzi posts here is also a fact that upsets me a little.
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Says the person who now works for the fascist GlennXpletive at his beach. I don't always agree with Cyber, but in this he is correct to assert his identity, and I will support him and others in this.
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@Suzi_Avonside Did I say anything against @Cyberglo that the majority here appreciates ?
Try to find a word that I could have said against someone when he did nothing to me?
You seem to be the very example of what I was saying, people who can't help but say bad things when it has no importance here....
I really like what Cyberglo does and have often said so! I liked this post too, because I support all those who feel attacked.
Here and in real life I have nothing against gays, lgbtxyz+-*/, blacks, blues or shepherds even German one!! (on the contrary I love German shepherds and all animals)
Even If I dont always like the way he says his opinions (and I don't always understand it or read it. Once again, I'm French and I don't master all the subtleties of English. So try to speak to me in French before giving your opinion on what I write!) I will always be with Glenn, he is one of the few that supported me after some dramas when I was about to leave all this shark bag !
@Dorena Verne you know I like you too and I'm sad you were hurted and that's exactly what I mean, no one has to hurt anyone here, we are neither very many, nor surely, so different from each other!
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Try to find a word that I could have said against someone when he did nothing to me?
You seem to be the very example of what I was saying, people who can't help but say bad things when it has no importance here....
I really like what Cyberglo does and have often said so! I liked this post too, because I support all those who feel attacked.
Here and in real life I have nothing against gays, lgbtxyz+-*/, blacks, blues or shepherds even German one!! (on the contrary I love German shepherds and all animals)
Even If I dont always like the way he says his opinions (and I don't always understand it or read it. Once again, I'm French and I don't master all the subtleties of English. So try to speak to me in French before giving your opinion on what I write!) I will always be with Glenn, he is one of the few that supported me after some dramas when I was about to leave all this shark bag !
@Dorena Verne you know I like you too and I'm sad you were hurted and that's exactly what I mean, no one has to hurt anyone here, we are neither very many, nor surely, so different from each other!
By supporting Xpletive you condone his behaviour. We are known by those whose company we keep. But of course, it's your prerogative.
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Another one who just does not get it. Xpletive is a fascist. I wish there were other words I could use, but there are not. Are you telling me that you support fascism? I doubt that you do, so I suggest thinking on it. What you're suggesting is that a blind eye should be cast... Fascism goes way beyond objectionable, it is an affront to humanity.
I am not normally given to hatred, I'm tolerant and understanding, but toleration of evil is a crime. Were Xpletive a child, of course I'd condone attempts to steer them away, but clearly they are not, but have made a conscious choice. They are completely and utterly culpable
All it takes for evil to triumph is that good people do nothing.
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I am not normally given to hatred, I'm tolerant and understanding, but toleration of evil is a crime. Were Xpletive a child, of course I'd condone attempts to steer them away, but clearly they are not, but have made a conscious choice. They are completely and utterly culpable
All it takes for evil to triumph is that good people do nothing.
Whilst I strongly disagree that dogmatism in this context is any kind of precursor to becoming a tyrant or fascist, I concur with the idea that the true evil of fascism is that ultimately we have to use the methods of fascism to combat it. It does not allow for any other approach. Of course, should someone who is a fascist recant and change their ways, all power and respect to them.
However, the best way of avoiding the need to denounce fascism or fascists is for societies and groups to do that work by default so that fascist voices are always challenged.
Again, I fond myself quite flabbergasted that you fail to grasp the gravity of this issue.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
—Martin Niemöller
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However, the best way of avoiding the need to denounce fascism or fascists is for societies and groups to do that work by default so that fascist voices are always challenged.
Again, I fond myself quite flabbergasted that you fail to grasp the gravity of this issue.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
—Martin Niemöller
I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately nobody really wants to hear that. It's better to look away and keep your mouth shut.
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They will hear it a thousand times! I will never remain silent, as that would mean abandoning the habits of a lifetime. I have campaigned against fascists all my adult life in RL, and though I cannot do it so well there now, I can do it in places like this! Fascism needs to be challenged wherever it manifests.
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