Internet argument! Oh boy! [@Buddha] >It's like having those weirdo's walk around in public with a dog leash on their s/o. I don't want to see that and it makes me cringe. "I don't want to see that and it makes me cringe." I'm not even exaggerating your argument here, dude. This is your argument. lol I'm sorry the world is so challenging for you. I don't want to see hate crimes, they also make me cringe. >I don't want to see that. Then like turn around ahahaha like just pout and cross the street, dude ahahaha >I have to admit it was a misleading post but you have to realize it's hard to come up with a well-flowing counter argument to 20 points that are raised by gay people, that more often than not have 0% to do with 'gay pride' and more so with 'look, I'm gay, see how poorly we are treated!!!' as a counter argument to everything. Yes, because that's what gay pride (and the greater LGBT pride) is. It is literally a movement to combat the poor treatment of people. A movement combating those like 200 anti-LGBT bills floating around this year in this country-- and fighting so much more elsewhere. You haven't come up with an argument against it at all, all you've said is that you don't like seeing scantily clad dudes do gay stuff. This is going to sound like a strawman, but I seriously wonder where you hang out that it's this big of a problem for you. >Yes it should be. Acceptance = fitting in. Hatred comes from standing out. This is basic history and also basic sociology so please stop inferring you can stand out and at the same time be accepted. Bruh are you seriously implying in-group bias can't (and shouldn't be) overcome? It's a completely arbitrary caveman brain thing, go read up on Jane Elliott's "Blue eyes–Brown eyes" experiment. >And yes it is my place to regulate the excitement of people and how they choose to express themselves. Please reread this. This is not an argument, you're just saying that you're right and I'm wrong because you don't like the point I made. >Public space. I explained this before. I'll give you a brief summary, read back my other posts if you want to know more. >The issue I have with gay prides (besides their uselessness) is the fact that they are forced upon people that do not want to partake. For example people living in a certain neighborhood or people traveling to work. 'But heterosexuality is forced upon us too in public spa-' no it's not. I would like to imagine someone living in little boriqua where there's a giant pride festival every few months is okay with a slightly longer commute for a few days but that's just me. >Because it's public space, everyone (including, yes, me, so no thanks, I won't be shut up) can critique and comment on it and that includes making it clear they do not enjoy it and would rather not have it. Oh, no one's trying to shut you up-- it's just that your whole argument is [i]"I don't want to see that and it makes me cringe."[/i] like omg I'm not even strawmaning you here ahahaha. But yeah, that argument is the not the basis for anyone to actually [i]listen[/i] to you. >You would be right in saying I have no right to regulate it if they did it at a private venue. Which I actually advocated. I would very much enjoy if they did it in a private venue. So I leave you with that. If you're not gonna read my other posts and simply pretend you realize what I am saying, I would not like to further this debate with you simply because you've already assumed multiple things about what I've said and I'd rather not argue with a brick wall. >If you're not gonna read my other posts and simply pretend you realize what I am saying, I would not like to further this debate with you simply because you've already assumed multiple things about what I've said and I'd rather not argue with a brick wall. >I'd rather not argue with a brick wall [tom_cruise_LAUGHING.jpg] >Okay, so you're calling me an Uncle Tom, a slave master, or one of those cray white people that hates black people? Okay fam. If you wanna talk to me about that kinda shit, I'll gladly accept that label. You want to call me a racist right? Fair. I'm a racist. You can call me that from now on if you need to have some label to refer to me as instead of 'Buddha'. Cheers. 'Buddha the Racist' that's me now. Oh wow nigga you seem upset, did I touch on something sensitive? Do you not like considering that you telling one marginalized group "I don't want to see that and it makes me cringe" could be completely damning when applied to a similarly marginalized group? Do you feel that breeze? It's the point, whooshing way over your head. If you can't see why I would bring up similarities between racial discrimination and LGBT discrimination (aside from the fact that they often literally overlap) then I'm not sure you know enough about this topic to actually argue your side. >As for those people, no, I'm not really one of those people. I don't go 'but my friend is black so I can't be racist.' I roleplay with a bunch of black guys and I've always been incredibly honest with them when I said I think there is some issues with the black community in America, but how is that at all related to what we are discussing here, you absolute mong? And I think the 'non-ghetto black guy' label is incredibly stupid so fuck you for using that. Being from the ghetto or not does not define blackness you moron. Okay, cool, mudslinging. Argument over. For the record-- you just told a queer that it's my fault and I should just fit in, and then tried to a school a black female on what blackness means, said fuck me for mentioning shit you clearly don't understand, then proceeded to have a point fly so far over your head it entered orbit. Then, to ensure that you really won this exchange, you called me a moron. [img]https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/avatars/DCC616C8C41323355187166986240_524228b0cbc.9.0.jpg?versionId=kJH1tlyjC9yerl_R8K4fFAiAXqV2iYkR[/img]