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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Tim Courtney wrote:
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
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The reason I called everyone homophobic (granted, it was an hyperbole--no
one is actually threatening gay AFOLs, that I have seen) is because I think
people are overreacting to Teddy’s request. Many have assumed there is
going to be some Lugnet.gay discussion group formed, and they want to stop
it. Well, that wasn’t even proposed!
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Calling people homophobic as hyperbole is in my opinion really irresponsible
PC mudslinging. It doesn’t add anything constructive to the discussion, it
just labels people as haters in a really careless way.
-Tim
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I don’t think hyperbole is careless. It makes an important point. I think many
of the opponents of this idea are haters of homosexuality. I don’t think that
they are such haters that they are willing to forego normal human decency.
However, they are haters none-the-less. They would rather find rationalizations
to try and opress homosexuals, and I think what they are doing is wrong.
Just because people are civilly discriminatory, does not make it correct. Using
hyperbole is a well accepted form of discorse that helps to show--by making far
stronger points--what kind of wrong is being done.
I am honestly dissapointed, Tim, to find out which side of the issue you are on.
-Alfred
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| (...) Yes, how many past cultures have had socially accepted, civilly conducted, racially- or caste-based slavery? And how many free democracies still consider it to be acceptable today? (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| (...) Calling people homophobic as hyperbole is in my opinion really irresponsible PC mudslinging. It doesn't add anything constructive to the discussion, it just labels people as haters in a really careless way. -Tim (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.people, FTX)
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