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analog · 10-04-2007, 10:23 PM

Great post... well-applied and articulated observations.

I've had several gay and lesbian friends, and it's never occurred to me, growing up (either by myself or through societal/parental/religious conditioning), to think differently. People didn't seem to harp on the evils of homosexuality all that much when I was in religious education classes, from 1st through 12th grade. Or maybe they did on occasion but I zoned it out.

Machismo is hard to get around, and even harder to break a person of, it seems. Once that sort of macho culture has set in, it's exceedingly difficult to get the person to reverse it.

I just never got told to hate anyone, and I can't imagine wanting to hate an entire group of people for any reason, let alone for a reason that has no impact on me whatsoever. I meet people all the time who are like this, however, and it always boggles my mind to see a person blindly hating others.

10-04-2007, 10:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
analog Banned	Great post... well-applied and articulated observations. I've had several gay and lesbian friends, and it's never occurred to me, growing up (either by myself or through societal/parental/religious conditioning), to think differently. People didn't seem to harp on the evils of homosexuality all that much when I was in religious education classes, from 1st through 12th grade. Or maybe they did on occasion but I zoned it out. Machismo is hard to get around, and even harder to break a person of, it seems. Once that sort of macho culture has set in, it's exceedingly difficult to get the person to reverse it. I just never got told to hate anyone, and I can't imagine wanting to hate an entire group of people for any reason, let alone for a reason that has no impact on me whatsoever. I meet people all the time who are like this, however, and it always boggles my mind to see a person blindly hating others.