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Why are many people grossed out by homosexuality?

Why are many people grossed out by homosexuality?

  • It's a learned bigoted reaction that can be unlearned.

    Votes: 12 46.2%

  • It's a natural reaction.

    Votes: 9 34.6%

  • Not enough is known about it to explain it.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other (please elaborate)

    Votes: 5 19.2%
  • Total voters
    26
OscarB63 said:
faggot today is like calling someone a bitch or a bastard. most people don't really get that worked up about it. if you really want to insult someone...... call them a Christian ;)
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I do agree that in many cases calling someone a faggot is just a generic insult but in other cases it is meant to imply being gay is a bad thing.
 
LuckyDan said:
I got an A in biology! Go me!

My "jab at gay people" does however make a point, tho one they like to minimize. They cannot - CAN NOT - reproduce.

Find a judge who can fix that one and I'll convert.

No suit papers are forthcoming, Mistress. I'm sorry to have disappointed you.
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Another point that you ALWAYS miss. Procreation is not a requirement for marriage.

You make this easy by making the same mistakes over and over.
 
CriticalThought said:
Because being gay is considered worse than all of the above. When you want to truly insult someone you call them a faggot.
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Call them an inconsiderate Harley rider? :)

Seriously though, while "fag" and "gay" are used as insults and slurs, the meaning has changed in many people's minds. Most people now use it to mean lame or sucks, rather than as a reference to sexual preference.
 
LuckyDan said:
IVF means an absent parent for the child to wonder about. Adoption usually means something went wrong.
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This is just demonstrating that you have no clue. I've already explained the difference between a parent and a DNA donor. Adoption doesn't mean something went wrong. It's a choice. And, if an adopted child wonders about their biological parent... so what?
 
roguenuke said:
Maybe for your particular unit, but my parents were married in 1979, while they were both in the Army and both stationed in Germany. I'm pretty sure they could kiss in public, since they have pics of them at their wedding kissing. And my uncle was in the Army during the 80s, when he got married also.

The rules, overall, have not changed. If you are trying to say that some part is different, then you should probably specify exactly what it is, instead of acting like your exagerated statement of "I cannot kiss my wife in public without being punished by the military" is true.
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just as true as saying "I was fired because someone saw me kissing my gay lover"

funny how all your objections to PDA seem to include weddings and other special events. I was in a military wedding and got to hit the chaplain's new wife across her ass with a saber. lot's of things that happen at weddings would be against regulations at other times.
 
LuckyDan said:
That, and you cannot reproduce together. Yes.
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Which has been demonstrated to be irrelevant. Let us know when you have any VALID arguments that support your position.
 
CriticalThought said:
Because being gay is considered worse than all of the above. When you want to truly insult someone you call them a faggot.
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Based on...?

Your opinion?

What people use to "truly" insult someone varies. What is "truly" insulting to someone varies as well. I never saw nor knew in my youth for "fag" to be any more insulting then asshole, jackass, ****face, mother****er, dick, ********er, or any other random insult kids tend to throw out there. It may've seem more hurtful to you because...shocker...you're gay. I'm sure if you're fit as an adonis and someone calls you tubby its not going to bother you...but I can assure you call a kid with significant weight issues that and its likely to have a much harsher effect.
 
OscarB63 said:
funny, when I was on active duty, if someone were to see me kissing my wife in public I could be punished for "public display of affection" PDA.
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Funny, that could happen when I was in too, but never did unless they where going overboard.
 
RamFel said:
I think any normal kid would want to know who their real parents are. Happens all the time. A kid finds out he's adopted, he starts to ask questions.
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Yeah... so?
 
OscarB63 said:
just as true as saying "I was fired because someone saw me kissing my gay lover"

funny how all your objections to PDA seem to include weddings and other special events. I was in a military wedding and got to hit the chaplain's new wife across her ass with a saber. lot's of things that happen at weddings would be against regulations at other times.
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Not as true. There were no qualifiers for your statement and it is not true in most cases, as you demonstrated on your own. It is quite possible that someone could be fired for kissing someone of the same sex. It happened with DADT multiple times. It is much more likely that a person in a state that doesn't accept gays would be fired for kissing someone of the same sex than it is that someone in uniform would be punished, in any way, for simply kissing their spouse or anyone of the opposite sex. I would not consider being warned not to do it as being punished.
 
OscarB63 said:
They used to require a blood test to ensure that both partners had the same RH factor.
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I think it was also to test for STDs, specifically syphilis.
 
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CaptainCourtesy said:
I think it was also to test for STDs, specifically syphilis.
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I believe there was a test for syphilis and gonorrhea. Both could be cured before the wedding, however, with a course of antibiotics. Isn't such a blood test required today?

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Zyphlin said:
Based on...?

Your opinion?

What people use to "truly" insult someone varies. What is "truly" insulting to someone varies as well. I never saw nor knew in my youth for "fag" to be any more insulting then asshole, jackass, ****face, mother****er, dick, ********er, or any other random insult kids tend to throw out there. It may've seem more hurtful to you because...shocker...you're gay. I'm sure if you're fit as an adonis and someone calls you tubby its not going to bother you...but I can assure you call a kid with significant weight issues that and its likely to have a much harsher effect.
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When kids want to say something is bad, they don't say, "That is so fat" or "That is so poor", they say "That is so gay."
 
Dittohead not! said:
I believe there was a test for syphilis and gonorrhea. Both could be cured before the wedding, however, with a course of antibiotics. Isn't such a blood test required today?

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Some states, yes... 5 or 6. Most, not any more.
 
OscarB63 said:
yeah right. them dirty cops is always beating up fags, niggers and jews for no reason. we should kill all them crooked pigs :roll:
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Are you kidding dude? It was not that long ago that homosexuality was still illegal in some parts of the country. You don't report a crime when you are targeted by police. Cops used to openly raid gay bars. Even in San Francisco they use to beat on em.

That culture has not all of a sudden disapppeared after ten years of the ruling party basing their entire campaigns on stopping the homos from marrying.
 
CriticalThought said:
When kids want to say something is bad, they don't say, "That is so fat" or "That is so poor", they say "That is so gay."
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They also say "that is so retarded"

Guess how many kids actually are probably thinking or literally meaning "That is so mentally handicapped due to some kind of genetic disorder"?

Guess what, they say things are cool. Its obvious they're doing this because Kids are always thinking that Ice is the greatest thing every known to man and thus saying something is "cool" is comparing it to Ice.

For a while there kids were saying a good thing is dope. This was obviously because kids were implying that the particular item was similar to heroin and therefore great.

Contrary to the asinine and ridiculously commericials by that obnoxious unfunny Wanda Sykes, I'd put money that most kids who are saying something is "gay" aren't doing so thinking "Man, that is so obviously bad like the notion of someone being sexually related to someone of the same sex". The vast majority use it for the same reason they might say those fireworks were cool, or a new car their friend got is sweet, or they refer to their significant other as a boo, or they say that a Dunk they just saw was sick, or that their friend is retarded for choosing to study instead of going to a party. Its part of the vernacular and language that is likely thought of and considered in a series manner about as much as any of those other words.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Some states, yes... 5 or 6. Most, not any more.
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I'm pretty sure that it doesn't actually prevent anyone from getting married either. It is more of an informative thing.

Rh is only done in Colorado (if there), and it is most certainly done as an information thing. There is no way that they could justify denying a marriage license to a couple for having different Rh factors. It does provide an opportunity for couples who plan to have children an understanding of what specific complications could arise if the woman has a negative blood type and the man a positive blood type though. I'm not sure if it is/was done, but it would certainly be good if the people who did the testing provided the information to the couple.
 
Zyphlin said:
They also say "that is so retarded"

Guess how many kids actually are probably thinking or literally meaning "That is so mentally handicapped due to some kind of genetic disorder"?

Guess what, they say things are cool. Its obvious they're doing this because Kids are always thinking that Ice is the greatest thing every known to man and thus saying something is "cool" is comparing it to Ice.

For a while there kids were saying a good thing is dope. This was obviously because kids were implying that the particular item was similar to heroin and therefore great.

Contrary to the asinine and ridiculously commericials by that obnoxious unfunny Wanda Sykes, I'd put money that most kids who are saying something is "gay" aren't doing so thinking "Man, that is so obviously bad like the notion of someone being sexually related to someone of the same sex". The vast majority use it for the same reason they might say those fireworks were cool, or a new car their friend got is sweet, or they refer to their significant other as a boo, or they say that a Dunk they just saw was sick, or that their friend is retarded for choosing to study instead of going to a party. Its part of the vernacular and language that is likely thought of and considered in a series manner about as much as any of those other words.
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I agree with you...but also CT. MOST of the time the words 'gay' or 'fag' are tossed around almost playfully...even amongst queers. SOME find it as offensive as SOME blacks find the word nigger...repulsive no matter who speaks it.

BUT...when you get right down to it...there are very few words you can call a guy that will stand as effectively assaulting their 'manhood' as calling them a 'faggot.' Call a prisoner a clown, a fool, an asshole...whatever...it might get tense but you will probably be OK. Call a felon a bitch...well...have back-up. Call a cowboy a goat roper, a sheep ****er...whatever...but call him a faggot and you are fighting. It plays on (most) mens insecurities.
 
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RStringfield said:
Are you kidding dude? It was not that long ago that homosexuality was still illegal in some parts of the country. You don't report a crime when you are targeted by police. Cops used to openly raid gay bars. Even in San Francisco they use to beat on em.

That culture has not all of a sudden disapppeared after ten years of the ruling party basing their entire campaigns on stopping the homos from marrying.
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true dat, dawg. I'm a military cop, nothing I like better than tazering fags. drag em out of the bath house screamin and a kickin, knock em over the head a couple of times and then taze em in da family jewels for a couple of minutes. then me and my partner roll around to da hood and pepper spray all da liddle black kids. I love to hear em squealin when dat pepper hit dey eyes.
 
OscarB63 said:
true dat, dawg. I'm a military cop, nothing I like better than tazering fags. drag em out of the bath house screamin and a kickin, knock em over the head a couple of times and then taze em in da family jewels for a couple of minutes. then me and my partner roll around to da hood and pepper spray all da liddle black kids. I love to hear em squealin when dat pepper hit dey eyes.
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Moderator's Warning:
Enough Oscar. Whatever point you are trying to make, make it in a less flamebaiting way or there will be further consequences.
 
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