Hang on a second here my angry friend, I have no problem with gays or gays marrying etc so don't make sweeping assumptions about me please. I am all for people respecting each other and I do agree that has to be the way forward for society, but I do not and never will accept that peoples thoughts and speech should be controlled, apart from where they are used to deliberately stir up hatred and division. I think it is very dangerous to ban free speech, because if you do that you push it underground where it festers and becomes something extremely nasty instead of being out in the open where it can be debated in a sensible way.
Debated in a sensible way. Okay, let us debate in a sensible way.
Is there any good F***ing reason for anyone to hold any prejudice against homosexuals, be it the act of kissing or the act of marrying or anything in between.
If you say yes, explain your good reason and please make sure you note that you are equally prejudiced against heterosexual actions of this nature, including your own, as this is the only way you can be safe in the knowledge you are not a hypocrite.
If you say no, move on with your life as a decent human being.
This is the F***ing point. Freedom of speech is all well and good, but when you bang on about your freedom of speech while making flippant statements about another persons lifestyle, that isn't harming yours in any way, but makes them feel less of a person for them, then you're infringing on THEIR freedoms. And therefore being a c**t.
You love my gifs I know, so here we go:
Maybe my intent wasn't clear...by integrate into society I basically meant "get along with everyone" at least to the degree with which you can. Now that can be harder to do when you have disagreements or particularly when you discuss things like politics or religion. I used to spit fire to have my opinion heard and make my mind known but as I've gotten older, I've come to learn that most folks are going to believe what they will believe no matter what arguments you make to the contrary and no matter what facts you provide. Me included. I can't say I understand how it feels to be the subject of prejudice behavior and while I've grown a lot and have tried to overcome my own prejudices towards others, I know that some still exist and I try very hard to at least quell them if I can't get rid of them altogether. Ultimately I think the best way to change people's minds is to show them with your actions (peaceful, loving actions) what kind of a person you are, not with arguments and words.
I do disagree about everyone having the right to be happy. It's a nice idea, but really there's nothing in religion, nature, science, or wherever that can convince me that the purpose and right of a human being is to be happy. For one, everyone's idea of happiness is completely different and the idea that you put limits on someone's happiness as much as it extends to the infringements of someone else's....well that's unfortunately wishful thinking. If you want to argue the right to happiness from the most basic biological standpoint...the infringement on others has nothing to do with it.
Either way, I digress...there I go trying to do the very thing I said you can't do...change someone's mind
I disagree again with your noting that their is no right to a human being to be happy, as I believe that is a fundamental part of human rights if we are to discuss them. Purpose? Sure, it depends what your purpose is. My purpose I feel is to try and be a better person for this world, which as you can see, flies directly in the place of happiness because it is angering as F**k trying to convince others of this kind of thought
But I do believe if everyone tried, it's possible - but that's the issue, just like the John Lennon song, or communism. It's perfect in theory, but there will never be utopian support.
So yeah, you're right. We all are trying to do the thing we say we can't do
Respect though, a well written response.