Originally Posted by hilarybbfan:
“I find it interesting you use the word 'detrimental' when discussing why someone would hold a homophobic view, would you think the same if someone would say a racist may have themselves in their bloodline the very race they choose to judge and insult, perhaps they know their ancestry and have decided because of their own shame they will now be racist towards others because of their self-hate and shame. Isn't it more detrimental to write people off as ignorant than to see if there are reasons behind certain views that can in fact be exposed. That for anyone at the receiving end they can say well, maybe that person doesn't in fact hate me but hates themselves, so instead of letting them upset me for being me, I choose to pity them for not allowing themselves to live their lives without judging others or themselves. Because one goes with the other. I find it very beneficial to think this way, and I hope it helps anyone that was hurt by what Evander said even though I will never know if my theory is true, it is a hypothesis and there are psych papers written on the subject. I think anyone hating a group of people has repressed something within themselves and in that respect I am very Freudian in my belief on human psychology, I think it's very comforting to know that people are generally misunderstood or repressed rather than having hate in their hearts for no particular reason at all, even religion can't count when the bible says not to judge.”
Without meaning to sound rude, you've totally misunderstood the point I was making.
Please don't misconstrue my use of the word detrimental as being anything to do with my stance on homophobia being quite ridiculous in 2014.
I refer to the argument made in the OP who said that 'anyone at all expressing homophobic remarks is doing it because they are fully gay or have gay leanings that they are totally ashamed of and unwilling to admit'.
This is a quite ridiculous statement to make.
When I say detrimental, I am merely saying that throwaway almost playground-esque generalisations that have no base in fact are detrimental to those who are making the rather more reasoned intelligent arguments re what Evander said.
You say you find it interesting that I used the word detrimental. I find it interesting that you took the time to write that reply to me when it didn't really have any relevance whatsoever to my post.
Peace to you, but on a topic as serious as homophobia, I really feel I have to make this clear.
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