Maybe saying it is "just PETA complaining again" would be a better analogy. As a straight, white conservative liberal and a homosexual there is a difference in power, rights and influence, that changes the dynamic. There is a genuine grievance for homosexuals. It's better than it has been for thousands of years but its no where near right. Dismissing gay issues has a bigger effect considering the discrimination they have faced, 60 years ago you could still be jailed for being a homosexual.ThisNewGuy said:This is why the College Board had to remove analogy from the SATs, people just don't understand how they work.bjj hero said:Because PS3 owners are an oppressed group? I think you are giving Xbox owners a little too much credit. I'm sure there are plenty of PS3fanboys who would love to think they are being kept down by "the man" but its just not the case.ThisNewGuy said:Finally, intelligence! And for people who are like "Sony fanboys, wah wah wah," please cut the shit, that's just as annoying as ultra-conservatives going "Gay right activists, wah wah wah."
As a PS3 owner you can join the military, get married, adopt, get health insurance, kiss your partner in public without fear of reprisals, I could go on...
A very poor and irrelevant comparison.
Let me make it a bit more clear:
people who whine about Sony fanboys is to Sony fanboys as ultra conservatives who whine about gay activists is to gay activists.
It's not a comparison of Sony fanboys and gays in terms of social rights. It's the whining, not the legal rights issue. It's the analogy that people who whine about Sony fanboys just outright label them "sony fanboys" to dismiss anything that they say in an attempt to discredit their opinions before considering their arguments similar to how the ultra-conservatives call gay-rights activists "gay liberals" in an attempt to discredit their opinions before considering their arguments.
Let's put it into an example:
People who dismisses "sony fanboys" might say "oh and just another Sony fanboy being a Sony fanboy."
just like
Ultra-conservatives who dismisses "gay rights activists" might say "oh and just another gay liberal being a gay liberal."
I hope I don't have to explain the English language again.
Where have the fanboys been dismissed in an attempt to trample their civil rights? There is a world of difference.
Finally, there were no SATs when I was in school, guess I missed out on the fun. How about you discuss the issues, as is the purpose of the forums, instead of being patronising?