Haters gonna hate.
SinisterGehe said:
So have you been discriminated by gamers because of some stupid reason, or because of your, beliefs, sexual orientation, nationality or similar reasons. I don't count gender here - sorry! I know it matters also but we know that happens. I wanna know if there been other reasons also.
Why do people act like this?
How did you respond to it.
Because I don't want to feel all alone as a victim, I want to know if there are others who been discriminated like I have.
Please tell me your experiences, I want to know!
Why wouldn't you count gender? As I see it, gender is the among the main reasons for discrimintation. I also wouldn't want to set priorities, saying discriminate people for being gay is worse than discriminating them for being black etc.
I sincerely hope you didn't mean to say that it's alright to hate on homosexuals, but that it is more common. Which is correct.
Well, I've been discriminated against for being male, vegan, polyamourous, nonsmoker, nondrinker to name a few examples. I want to clearify that I reflect on my gender, and that I get the point of the predjudices against it, so I'd say that part is more or less understandable though I hope that my behaviour leaves little to complain. With most of the other examples I think people hate to see people do other, maybe better or "more moral" things than they do. Tell someone who can hardly stand that you don't drink and chances are that he feels like an idiot. Chances also are that when he drinks his next beer he'll tell you some excuse for why he drinks it, or he mocks you for being a drag. This person knows that he does the unhealthy thing, and the fact that people don't makes him question his own decision. So, to fortify his own position he attacks the other.
I think with sexuality it is mostly fear of the unknown. I guess most homophobes are less afraid of the gay on the street, than of the gay inside, that they might start to feel that way too, which is against their beliefs.
I have no idea whiule people dislike asexuals, but my guess is that all that mating behaviour others put up to get laid must look pretty stupid from an objective point of view, doesn't it?
And to admit that you are driven by instincts others don't have...