More like it would be ignored in favor of whoever made the thread "Peanut butter and jelly oppresses women?!?!"Parasondox said:
People express pride in their sexuality when it breaches the societal norm because they are still marginalized, derided, and in the worst cases abused for something they probably can't control. I suppose in a more perfect world there wouldn't be much of a need to have any sort of pride in any sort of sexuality or differing identity. But we're clearly not there yet.Emanuele Ciriachi said:
Well, overpopulation is a major issue in the world today. Also we have the technology to non sexually create children. So even if everyone in the world was gay, life would go on, since I'm guessing the same % of gay people as straight people want to raise families, even if it means adopting or working with others to create them. Hell, even without the tech, I'm sure plenty of Gay men and women would put up with the act merely for the ability to have and raise children.Emanuele Ciriachi said:
The thread itself, as it was started?wulf3n said:
Which is garbage... there's no moral duty to protect all societies. Moreover, a society doesn't become more moral the more kids it has. Plenty of societies out there that I don't care a jot about if there were a revolution. It's not encumbent on me to make a moral evaluation as their right to exist. Maybe their people would be more happy in a society split into two, three, became a fire truck... who knows?Emanuele Ciriachi said:
For the record, being aggrieved is this:wulf3n said:
It has nothing to do with "tameness". This forum has long had a history of being incredibly passive-aggressive due in part to how the rules were enforced; that makes it far more "tame" than other websites where people are allowed to rant and rage openly without many consequences, but it doesn't stop people from being resentful of what they perceive to be unfair treatment. We have people in this very thread claiming that they're "being attacked" for simply being a straight white man. What else would you call that?
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They seem like pretty strong emotions, that I'm just not seeing here [on the escapist].bitter said:
That's not really what I was referring to by tame. I meant it more so in the level of emotion, not the level of attack.shrekfan246 said:
The inherent loss of expression that stems from a significantly visual method of communication being stripped down to just words. probably.shrekfan246 said:
Wait, have you actually seen someone use that hashtag who isn't either:Thaluikhain said:
This is what it feels like to me. No proof, but it just "feels" like #EndFathersDay.The Dead Singer said:
TBH, not seen any tweets about this instance at all, but this is hardly the first time this has come up, or similar things like "White Pride". Now, sure, maybe this time it's not about reactionary bigots getting upset other people exist, but...it is. We know it is.Schadrach said:
... I don't even know what to say to that. I'm serious, if you think "indignation" and "bitterness" are strong emotions, then I actually don't know how to continue having a conversation here.wulf3n said:
Again, have you literally never seen someone bottle up their emotions? Generally speaking, people can be pretty good at that, especially since around here letting your anger out will frequently result in punishment.
Not really sure what exactly is being lost in that expression, there, but okay.
More so than the idea that people are actually claiming so?Street Halo said:
Putting aside the struggle for gay acceptance in society, yeah, that's not a bad analogy. Though perhaps it seems more like someone grumbling to their mates about how they totally should do that, then going back to whatever they were doing.Worgen said:
