Famed 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife, killed in N.J. Turnpike crash

[CavLancer]

I do not judge gay people, that's not my job, it was just a silly joke on those who readily accept decisions over their lives by people in a position of power. Nixon? Yes, he may have screwed this country over good but no, if he thought gay sex was a good idea he didn't make it mandatory, and that was the silly joke. Not to let government decide details of our lives, you might not like what you get. Wasn't even a joke on gays, it was a joke on folks who readily accept government intrusion. Starts small with good ideas, but who knows where it will end?

 

[Borachio]

So, if it's not your job to judge gays... whose job is it? And how much does it pay?

 

[Leoreth]

Whatever your conservative SuperPAC is able to collect.

 

[CavLancer]

The same whose job it is to judge the rest of us I assume.

 

[Hygro]

I do not judge gay people, that's not my job, it was just a silly joke on those who readily accept decisions over their lives by people in a position of power. Nixon? Yes, he may have screwed this country over good but no, if he thought gay sex was a good idea he didn't make it mandatory, and that was the silly joke. Not to let government decide details of our lives, you might not like what you get. Wasn't even a joke on gays, it was a joke on folks who readily accept government intrusion. Starts small with good ideas, but who knows where it will end?

So the joke precondition required the joke recipient to be:

• An unquestioning recipient of authority.
• Who willingly knew he was an unquestioning recipient of authority.¹
• And was straight.
• And feared being gay.
• And thought that all authorities pushed their personal preferences as law unto everyone else.
• But was smart enough to read CFC posts in the first place.

You were poking that guy's button? How many people do you think there are like that in the entire world? Eight?


1. And not like most people who are unquestioning recipients of authority who think they are independent thinkers, like our authorities want us to think.

 

[CavLancer]

That is too complicated. Btw just curious, why do gay folks consider that straight folks fear being gay or are repressing their own gayness? What's the deal with that?

 

[Kyriakos]

The term 'fear' in such settings is way too abused. Fear is one thing, another is indifference, negative view, all the way up to contempt/disgust the latter of which more arguably tie to some projection (i doubt many feel strong disgust without there being some reflective reason, eg carrying trauma oneself, triggered by something else).

Basically you cannot demand to be accepted just cause you need to be. As with heterosexuals, acceptance happens due to traits one likes, no out of some 'you must do this' attitude that leads nowhere and gets tiring.

 

[Hygro]

That is too complicated. Btw just curious, why do gay folks consider that straight folks fear being gay or are repressing their own gayness? What's the deal with that?

The complication is necessary for your joke to be a joke.


In other words, I've given you two get-out-of-homophobic-comments-free cards and in reply, you reveal weirder prejudices.

 

[CavLancer]

Blah blah, yadda yadda.

 

[Borachio]

Gay folks very often do consider straight people - who express disapproval of gayness - fear being gay or are repressing their own gayness, imo.

Moreover, imo, gay folks are very often right.

Probably because they've gone through the process of fear and repression themselves.

 

[Antilogic]

That is too complicated. Btw just curious, why do gay folks consider that straight folks fear being gay or are repressing their own gayness? What's the deal with that?

Nah, plenty of straight folks think that too. I'd imagine it has to do with all the news of anti-gay Congresspeople being outed as gay. Or how those pastors always describe gay sex as super tempting and you have to resist it with all your might.

 

[Hygro]

Blah blah, yadda yadda.

Moar like gaylancer amirite