The Logical Player
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in case no one noticed, this thread is not about homosexuality, but it is about how the homos are trying to CONTROL people's opinions - goes against freedom of speech
If you pay economically and in opportunities for speech that is perfectly reasonable and valid then it's not free speech. If saying something that was a mainstream view is now taboo, then through shaming tactics and coercion mainstream views are being replaced by a new politically correct view.Inquisitus said:Was she imprisoned for what she said? She said what she thought on national tv. People will agree or disagree but it sounds like a lot of people didn't agree with her at the show.
Free speech is not a guarantee that you will not pay in opportunities and economically. In fact, chances are very good that you will pay for expressing controversial views. I thought it was this acceptance of consequences that marked a Don Juan from lesser men.
What are you talking about? In this case it's the minority telling the majority what they are free to say. This country is supposed to be majority rule. What you have is a loud and brash minority cajoling the majority to acquiesce to their beliefs and agenda.Also, has not the US been pluralistic society? Telling a minority portion of your population that they're not entitled to freedoms that everybody else shares seems non-pluralistic to me.
Duly noted TLP, but hear me out and perhaps you'll learn something. The Times article CR1MSON linked is exemplary of why shouting louder doesn't make your argument any more valid. The notion that 10% of the population is homosexual was drawn from a 1948 Kinsey study (and a shoddy one at that). However, for the past 61 years this notion has become standardized to the point that political and social practices normalized around it - including the agenda you're pointing out in this thread. Without digging any deeper, or expending anymore effort than what it would take to scream "the sky is falling" you simply sound like any other "homophobe" that same agenda would too easily paint you to be. Never enter a debate unarmed.The Logical Player said:in case no one noticed, this thread is not about homosexuality, but it is about how the homos are trying to CONTROL people's opinions - goes against freedom of speech
Cr1msonKing said:There is no conclusive end all be all evidence that homosexuality is genetic till then, its going to be assumed thats its behavioral.
BibleBelt said:I was fine with gay people when they just wanted to be left alone. But now they want to force everyone to agree with them, and it's ridiculous. I don't think there's hardly any oppression of gays left in this country. If so, they just move to the city. If gay people want to be activists so badly, let them go fight the Taliban, the Iranians, and all of the other powers that be who are still executing people for simply being gay. That is oppression.
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The thing of it is from my viewpoint I couldn't care less if homosexuality is genetic or not. Any number of abnormal behaviors could be genetic-from serial killer or rapist to congenial liar or sociopath-but that doesn't make them acceptable. It doesn't make it any more valid than if pedophilia is genetic. The way I see it is having homosexual desires is as disfunctional and adnormal as having pedophilia desires. Putting consent aside, it makes little sense to me that pedophilia is demonized as the worse thing ever and homosexuality is considered equally valid to heterosexual. Either both pedophilia and homosexuality are about equal valid or they are both about equally invalid. I don't see that either of those desires are normal/valid sexual desires.Colossus said:I wholeheartedly agree. However, to suggest otherwise in this homo-sympathetic culture is bordering on heresy. It's even to the point in the scientific community that, despite the lack of concrete, reproducible evidence that homosexuality is genetically determined, it is incorrectly assumed as such---unproven doctrine that is gaining acceptance without proof, much like some areas of evolutionary theory
This is a good point and example of how there really is no longer free speech, only political correct free speech. The majority don't speak their mind out of fear of retaliation, and so what they belief just as well doesn't exist. "Politically correct" is the antagonist of free speech. They both can't exist side-by-side. It's false to say as long as your not arrested and prosecuted for speech then it's free. Free means free of persecution. And losing your reputation and means of livelihood is persecution.MikeYikes122 said:This thread itself is an example of the gay agenda at work. Like Keto said, free speech is widely advocated, unless of course what you have to say is offensive to gays or women.
How many of us would have this conversation in public or on our Facebook status messages? Probably none of us. I know I don't have the nuts to do that. Plenty of my friends - good friends, even - would never talk to me again. I know of about seven people who I can talk like this with in real life. Anyone else I know is way too close-minded and has drank the Kool-Aid for way too long to be able to entertain thoughts like these. The mere suggestion that sexuality isn't a trait that a person is born with will draw intense contempt from a wide majority of people. I knew a guy in college who was a columnist for the student paper. He wrote a column once about how our society was overly feminized and how we're all just becoming gay, with our embracing of metrosexuals and things like that. My buddy got death threats - not just from anonymous e-mails but from people who dug his phone number up in the student directory.
There is a minority that is controlling the collective thought about things like this. And this minority is so loud and fanatical that it's intimidated average people into being scared crapless
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Brilliant post. That is EXACTLY how second-wave feminism happened. Shaming the majority of people into going along with with because they're too sheepish to fight back against the small, radical, outspoken minority.ketostix said:This is a good point and example of how there really is no longer free speech, only political correct free speech. The majority don't speak their mind out of fear of retaliation, and so what they belief just as well doesn't exist. "Politically correct" is the antagonist of free speech. They both can't exist side-by-side. It's false to say as long as your not arrested and prosecuted for speech then it's free. Free means free of persecution. And losing your reputation and means of livelihood is persecution.
Private individuals don't really have the right to persecute you in various ways for your free speech. You wouldn't say, "Well you have a constitutional right to life and liberity but since I'm not the government I'm free to take that away from you." But you have even government institutions doing it, like universities. What you have is a radical minority trying to control speech, thoughts and behavior of the majority. Until gays can establish they are 51%, then they are a minority. As far as I'm concerned they are like terrorist groups but instead of using weapons they use propaganda and coercion to cajole the majority.
This is the same way feminism operates too.
How many of us would have this conversation in public or on our Facebook status messages? Probably none of us. I know I don't have the nuts to do that. Plenty of my friends - good friends, even - would never talk to me again. I know of about seven people who I can talk like this with in real life. Anyone else I know is way too close-minded and has drank the Kool-Aid for way too long to be able to entertain thoughts like these. The mere suggestion that sexuality isn't a trait that a person is born with will draw intense contempt from a wide majority of people. I knew a guy in college who was a columnist for the student paper. He wrote a column once about how our society was overly feminized and how we're all just becoming gay, with our embracing of metrosexuals and things like that. My buddy got death threats - not just from anonymous e-mails but from people who dug his phone number up in the student directory.
i've said it before and i'll say it again, Free Speech does not exist.This is a good point and example of how there really is no longer free speech, only political correct free speech. The majority don't speak their mind out of fear of retaliation, and so what they belief just as well doesn't exist. "Politically correct" is the antagonist of free speech. They both can't exist side-by-side. It's false to say as long as your not arrested and prosecuted for speech then it's free. Free means free of persecution. And losing your reputation and means of livelihood is persecution.
"I am thooo dithapointed in Mith California reprethenting my country, not becauth she dothent believe in gay marriage but becauth she doethn't inthpire and she doethn't unite."Darth said:To go back to the article the OP posted, this is a link to Perez's blog (who asked the question at the pageant) where he calls Miss California a "dumb *****."
http://perezhilton.com/2009-04-19-everyone-is-entitled-to-their-own-opinion-but
What a jackass.
It is a major stretch to suggest that of the myraid of things a human does as he develops, learns, and experiences this world, that one's mere choice of sexual expression is going to have such a dramatic impacts as to cause the literal physiology of the brain to be 1-2% different on average. Growing (microscopic) dendrites from learning is one thing or "altered brain functions" from ailments is one thing, growing "significantly larger" brain mass due to just one behavioral attribute is quite another. For something that dramatic, you'd almost need to be dealing with, say, a different gender of the same species.Rollo Tomassi said:Thanks for this DEEP. I may be inclined to change my mind about a few things in light of new information. However, the similarities between brain shapes still doesn't empirically suggest a genetic basis for homosexuality. I'm also aware of the infamous hypothalmus studies too, but as was stated in that study, brain similarities cannot determine cause or effect. It's entirely possible that brain shape and neuosynaptic functions are the result of environmental stimulus and adapting to it. For instance, when a person learns to play piano they progressively create new neural pathways. This is a fundament of learning. Similarly, traumatic experiences, and memory can alter brain function. Post traumatic stress disorder and Alzheimer's are 2 examples.
A new born child's brain is notably smooth after birth, but acquires shape and synaptic function as the child matures. This is why the formative years of a child's life (the first 5) are so crucial. As that child learns and is better able to understand abstract concepts, it forges new neural pathways and shapes the brain in response to it's learning. So it's entirely possible that a homosexual's brain shape is the result of it's learning rather than a genetic indicator of homosexuality. I should also add that this still doesn't account for a genetic basis of bisexuality or biologically transgender people.
I would like everyone here to raise their hand if they, or ANYONE they have ever met in their entire lives, have ever been INSPIRED or united, or have ever given a flying fvck about miss America, other than how her ass looks in a tight dress or bikini. (other than aspiring models, that is)STR8UP said:"I am thooo dithapointed in Mith California reprethenting my country, not becauth she dothent believe in gay marriage but becauth she doethn't inthpire and she doethn't unite."