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Celebrating George Michael while Totally not Getting it

calamity said:
I accept statistics and observed realities; I reject PC. But, feel free to preach, UF.
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No you don't, your attitude to transsexualism and treatment of it demonstrates that your posts are not data led. Your complete misinterpretation here and within this thread demonstrates that your posts are based upon faulty premises that arise from your personal prejudices. What good points you do make get lost in a strange desire to be as unPC as some people are PC, ever the contrarian, ever detrimental to your reputation and a complete negation of a claim to being a 'centrist'. And, sorry to break it to you but, a protest vote for Trump changes nothing.

Sorry calamity but, your posts demonstrate you haven't even found Damascus on a map yet let alone started to walk the road to it.
 
William Rea said:
No you don't, your attitude to transsexualism and treatment of it demonstrates that your posts are not data led. Your complete misinterpretation here and within this thread demonstrates that your posts are based upon faulty premises that arise from your personal prejudices. What good points you do make get lost in a strange desire to be as unPC as some people are PC, ever the contrarian, ever detrimental to your reputation and a complete negation of a claim to being a 'centrist'. And, sorry to break it to you but, a protest vote for Trump changes nothing.

Sorry calamity but, your posts demonstrate you haven't even found Damascus on a map yet let alone started to walk the road to it.
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This thread isn't about trans, the questionable science thereof or anything other than what is discussed in the OP and supporting article. Nice try to deflect and derail though. 9.5 for effort.
 
calamity said:
This thread isn't about trans, the questionable science thereof or anything other than what is discussed in the OP and supporting article. Nice try to deflect and derail though. 9.5 for effort.
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No calamity, it isn't but, your blatant misinterpretation of the article is part of an emerging pattern with your posts and part of a picture being painted that you cannot be trusted on any of these issues that involve 'unconventional' sexuality or, as you might know it, 'icky stuff'.
 
William Rea said:
No calamity, it isn't but, your blatant misinterpretation of the article is part of an emerging pattern with your posts and part of a picture being painted that you cannot be trusted on any of these issues that involve 'unconventional' sexuality or, as you might know it, 'icky stuff'.
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My OP is spot on: Author celebrates Michael's choices regarding random sex while ignoring the risks associated with said randoms.
 
calamity said:
My OP is spot on: Author celebrates Michael's choices regarding random sex while ignoring the risks associated with said randoms.
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Then, all you have to do is point to something in the article in context that argues this rather than argues that we should celebrate that he didn't give a **** about what people thought.
 
William Rea said:
Then, all you have to do is point to something in the article in context that argues this rather than argues that we should celebrate that he didn't give a **** about what people thought.
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:roll:

In fact, after the pop star was caught in 1998, he turned the incident into a celebratory song (accompanied by a splendidly self-conscious video featuring a public restroom that turns into a disco and Michael dressed as a cop) about the joys of having sex outside:
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calamity said:
:roll:
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In fact, after the pop star was caught in 1998, he turned the incident into a celebratory song (accompanied by a splendidly self-conscious video featuring a public restroom that turns into a disco and Michael dressed as a cop) about the joys of having sex outside:
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You think that that quote is the author celebrating George Michael's sexual choices? Are we speaking the same language here calamity?

So you skimmed past this one where the author literally tells you what the intent of the article is...

'I also meant it. It was my way of paying tribute to how open, outspoken and unapologetic he was about who he was (once he came out in 1998), his sexuality and looking for gay sex in what could be referred to as non-traditional locales'.

I highlighted it for you in big bright letters just so you can't say you missed it this time calamity.

I did wonder if you would skim past this if I asked you to quote directly from the article and you didn't disappoint.

I already pointed out how you skimmed past the by line which I have highlighted for you again below.

'We could all learn a lot from his unapologetic approach to his sexuality'
 
William Rea said:
You think that that quote is the author celebrating George Michael's sexual choices? Are we speaking the same language here calamity?

So you skimmed past this one where the author literally tells you what the intent of the article is...

'I also meant it. It was my way of paying tribute to how open, outspoken and unapologetic he was about who he was (once he came out in 1998), his sexuality and looking for gay sex in what could be referred to as non-traditional locales'.

I highlighted it for you in big bright letters just so you can't say you missed it this time calamity.

I did wonder if you would skim past this if I asked you to quote directly from the article and you didn't disappoint.

I already pointed out how you skimmed past the by line which I have highlighted for you again below.

'We could all learn a lot from his unapologetic approach to his sexuality'
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All would be good, if only the author had added one little line about using condoms. Said line could have seemlessly been inserted right there too.

BTW: did you really read my OP? I said the author gets it, but he also doesn't get it.
 
calamity said:
All would be good, if only the author had added one little line about using condoms. Said line could have seemlessly been inserted right there too.

BTW: did you really read my OP? I said the author gets it, but he also doesn't get it.
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I accept your surrender on this point.

Sure I read it and if you had stopped at that point we could have had a decent discussion on safe sex but, you decided to push a narrative about the author's intent that simply was not present in the article and it needed to be called out...

calamity said:
I didn't write the article, which celebrates Micheal's love for random sex. My thread is commentary on that.
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calamity said:
The article in the OP celebrates his "lifestyle choice." And, although I agree with the core of the guy's article, I believe he missed something very important. Thus, the thread. You can choose to participate in the discussion or not. No problem.
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The author himself stated his intent in the article and you chose to skim past that for over 25 pages of the thread, I think that CLAX nailed it on the head that you could not let this go because you wanted to stir the pot.
 
William Rea said:
I accept your surrender on this point.

Sure I read it and if you had stopped at that point we could have had a decent discussion on safe sex but, you decided to push a narrative about the author's intent that simply was not present in the article and it needed to be called out...





The author himself stated his intent in the article and you chose to skim past that for over 25 pages of the thread, I think that CLAX nailed it on the head that you could not let this go because you wanted to stir the pot.
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Like I said, read the op. It stops your entire line of attack in its tracks.

calamity said:
This author gets it, but then he doesn't. In one way he celebrates what Michael did for the cruising set, but meanwhile he completely misses the boat on the fact that the guy is dead at age-53, and how that cruising lifestyle probably led to his early demise. SMH

George Michael Was A 'Filthy' Gay 'F***er' And We Should Honor Him For That | The Huffington Post



If you're going to cruise bathrooms for strange dick, at least be sure you slip a raincoat over it before sticking it inside your butt.
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