Ahem. One reference to cocksmokin gaywads doth not "frequent" make. I was merely trying to counter Andrea's PC-fuzzy explanation of homophobia, which in line with current revisionist thinking characteristically puts all the blame for aberrant
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"Cocksmoker owes me ten bucks!" - Jay in "Clerks"
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"Ahem" yourself...
Anything which deviates from society's "norm" may be considered "aberrant behavior".
If you feel comfortable applying that term to homosexuals, then you should feel equally comfortable applying that term to religious and societal minorities in this country, as well. The Amish, for instance, are "aberrant".
However, I strongly doubt that your use of the term "aberrant behavior" for the Amish might convey the same negativity as your use of that term for homosexuals. Particularly with your reference to "blame" in the same sentence.
Oh, and one thing more...
http://www.behindthename.com/messages/8447.html
-- Nanaea
Anything which deviates from society's "norm" may be considered "aberrant behavior".
If you feel comfortable applying that term to homosexuals, then you should feel equally comfortable applying that term to religious and societal minorities in this country, as well. The Amish, for instance, are "aberrant".
However, I strongly doubt that your use of the term "aberrant behavior" for the Amish might convey the same negativity as your use of that term for homosexuals. Particularly with your reference to "blame" in the same sentence.
Oh, and one thing more...
http://www.behindthename.com/messages/8447.html
-- Nanaea
So what? "Essentially" and "exclusively" are not synonymous. And furthermore:
P.S.
Just want to add that it's no crime in this country, Daividh, to say that you don't happen to care for a particular group of people. That's your prerogative.
-- Nanaea
Just want to add that it's no crime in this country, Daividh, to say that you don't happen to care for a particular group of people. That's your prerogative.
-- Nanaea
Yer darn right it's my prerogative. And ya might as well know that when we were teenagers, we'd have a few beers and go out and kick one around whenever we felt like it! Then we'd...
snap his suspenders, pull on his beard, forcibly put curtains in his windows, and wire his house for electricity. Dayum cheesepackers!
snap his suspenders, pull on his beard, forcibly put curtains in his windows, and wire his house for electricity. Dayum cheesepackers!
LOL! :)