I did indirectly reference the fact that it was from a while ago (although five months isn't exactly a long time).
You said you dug to find it. That could be interpreted as referencing it, Ill give you that.
You see, D Double claimed to have never been homophobic. Regardless of how he feels now (although he probably does feel the same way, as it is to do with his "religious beliefs" which I assume he still holds close to his heart), that post reeks of homophobia.
Two things here:
1. Have you ever, when angry with someone, or in jest, called someone gay? Or a fa**ot, perhaps? If so, you've demonstrated homophobia in your lifetime. I'm ashamed to say I've done so when I was younger. Context is important, sure. Dagger was stating a worldview, one based on religious beliefs. But it didn't seem he was doing it to be deragatory. Poorly stated? Sure. Meant to be offensive. I
highly doubt it.
Personally, I hope to God the misinformed, contemptuous words that have so callously spilled from my mouth in the past aren't used to judge the person I am now. Not only those, but poor wording I've displayed as well. I can understand the perspective of those who may be upset, but we've all been callous and careless with our words from time to time.
2. Ah, religious beliefs. One of my favorite topics. The people i enjoy discussing religious beliefs with most are those whose
differ from mine. I'm proudly a Christian, yet I loved to read Christopher Hitchens and watch his debates. Our own JGlass is absolutely one of my favorite people, on here or in real life, to discuss religion with. He's an athiest, and I'm quite the opposite. My religious views and beliefs clash with both of theirs, frequently. Yet time to time, I've seen their perspective, and parts of what I believe has changed. My core values remain, but the more informed I've become through discussion or reading, the more I'm willing to concede that some aspects of what I formerly believed were wrong.
I grew up in a very conservative, Christian home. Take a guess as to what my family's views on homosexuality were. They were shared by me until I reached college 11 years ago, and I became more informed. I'm not going to make the assumption that Dagger's beliefs have changed in the past 5 months, but mine changed, and fast. I went from believing homosexuality to be a moral issue to understanding it to be a scientific, genetic issue, quickly. Don't be so quick to assume people can't hear the perspective of others, and change their mind. I'm religious, yet I'm open minded enough to allow someone to change my mind. Perhaps Dagger has as well.
Like I said previously, I don't care if he still holds these views (as repugnant as they are). I'd just like a bit of honesty from The Threadliner.
For someone who doesn't care, you've made it a point to state how repugnant his views are more then once.
I'd just like a bit of honesty from The Threadliner.
Again, this is me speaking personally, but there are things Ive written here several months ago, and when people challenged me at a later date, I didn't remember writing it. When Ive been showed things I've said, I've simply said "My apologies, I honestly forgot saying that."
I'd like more people to be honest with themselves. As I said earlier, Id venture a guess most of us have thrown around slurs in the past. Whether in jest, out of anger, or otherwise, it's homophobia all the same. It may not reflect your worldview, and the context of how it was said may be different, but it's still homophobia all the same.
