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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:47:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Trobaugh wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
   Now there’s a topic worthy of off-topic.debate!

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Kollross wrote:

   Parents should feel comforatable letting their kids view and post to LUGNET without fear of encoumtering topics they may feel are inappropriate for their childs age.

I agree! Parents should feel comfortable, knowing that no topics contained herein will harm their children. It is a very serious shame that many parents are so confused aout right and wrong and health and harm that they might consider the exposure to homosexuals “inappropriate for their” children.

I think the point was that why should sexual orientation of any kind be a topic on a LEGO hobby site such as LUGNET. I believe it’s the love of LEGO that has brought us together on here, beyond that I don’t think we need to single out folks based on their other love interest outside of LEGO be it heterosexual, homosexual or other.

jt

I am in agreement with you as well. It doesn’t matter as long as you love building with good old Lego!

James, I can tell you why this is an issue with homosexuals. They want to tell other people they are gay because unless they are blatant about it (visually or verbally) you and I don’t know it and they don’t like people NOT to know it. They don’t like people not knowing they are gay, because as the vast majority of people are not, they assume that everyone else is like them too (not gay). They want affirmation from others about their homosexuality. They desire external approval of others regarding their sexual orientation.

As you can see from the posts on this issue, they sure don’t want to hear anything negative or less-than-approving of what they want to do. That is something they don’t want to tolerate, and will spend much time trying to label people who don’t embrace what they want to do as ‘homophobic’. And you can’t have a ‘safe space’ if you’ve got ‘homophobic’ people actually disagreeing with what homosexuals want, so now maybe we start down the path to censoring LUGNET people, or maybe banning people because they think differently than a protected sub-class.



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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) Allow me to politely disagree with this view. I don't think they are seeking any sort of approval - they seem to just wish to avoid disapproval, which is not the same thing. Basically, they just want to post with people who are comfortable (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)  
  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) Since I am (I believe) the one who started using the homophobic term in this thread, let me add that I am happily married, striaght, catholic male. Not that any of that matters, really, but you seem to be saying that the homosexuals here are (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) I think the point was that why should sexual orientation of any kind be a topic on a LEGO hobby site such as LUGNET. I believe it's the love of LEGO that has brought us together on here, beyond that I don't think we need to single out folks (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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