FuzzlePup wrote:
I understand ya, I know where your coming from.
Thanks. :) We do actually agree on lots of things, so I'm trying to do my best to not be all militant and mean (while not being afraid to stick by my convictions.) I feel bad about that.
FuzzlePup wrote:
I wouldn't compare flaunting your sexual preferences to someones religion, because they are two very different things. People get sick of it because nobody really wants to hear what turns someone else on...its like, you like other men?...okay...thats ...thats nice. I like people to know I'm Christian, I will wear a cross (If they didn't keep breaking, darn stupid Formica)...but I'm not going to go throwing it at people as if everybody must know. "flaunting" yourself obnoxiously is annoying no matter what its about, but not being afraid to let it be known is different.
Ah, I see what you're saying. In that case, I can sort of understand. I find people who throw anything around and flaunt it to be annoying. It's like, "Yes Carlos... I know you're Latino, I know... can... can you please stop telling me about Mexico?" (and that's an actual conversation I had XD). But at what point does being open become flaunting? I wouldn't say effeminacy or how someone dresses is flaunting necessarily, because, that's just expressing who you are. I wear blue clothes because I like blue, I'm not flaunting that fact, just expressing it. Now, if someone's in full-on drag and screaming they're gay to everyone, yeah, that's creepy/annoying and flaunting. But I don't think wearing, say, a pink triangle necklace is unreasonable.
FuzzlePup wrote:
So I be giving the idea here that Christians hate people just because they don't agree with certain lifestyles. There is going to be as much hypocrisy and wrong doing in anything, anywhere, with everyone. And just like some Christians will treat gays like garbage, there is definitely going to be an equal number of gays who do the same to Christians. Just leveling the playing field people.
Oh, I know the road goes both ways, believe me, I've met some militantly anti-Christian gays (they embarrass me.) However, being hateful because someone else just makes things worse. The only thing we can do is try and do our part to stop the hate. If enough people stop, there's a chance for things to be worked out. But it just spirals out of control otherwise. One person spews hate, so three on the other side spew hate in return. Five people on the first side retaliate with hate, and it degenerates into something no one want,s but the force behind it, once put in motion, is never easily stopped. Look at Israel and Palestine.
FuzzlePup wrote:
They seem to think that guys like huge boobs, when honestly....I think they are gross, and If anything I like very small breasts. I don't like big hair, eye liner, eye shadow, lipstick, or hair dyes....they are stupid...I think its all bull crap. I don't like that they cover up who they physically are just to impress someone...do they think they are going to keep on this mask forever?
A lot of straight guys do like large breasts though, I have to say. Most straight guys I know like them to a point (I think large boobs are gross, FWIW.)
Luca Fox wrote:
I'm pretty much against all forms of public affection other than holding hands and maybe a quick kiss on the cheek. No one has to do that in public. There are private places to do that crap.
I find it ironic that you tell me to just "ignore" things that bother me but say this. I have a right to do it in public as long as its not disturbing the peace or indecent exposure, so why don't you, ah, "Grow up. Stop complaining [and] learn to ignore people"? :P I would also say I think it's laughable to say people can't show affection in public during extenuating circumstances. In this case, my friend wouldn't be seeing his boyfriend again for a few months. I don't think it's unreasonable to want to spend the last few moments before his plane leaves trying to be close.
LucaFox wrote:
And what the hell is gay pride anyways? Wow, you're gay. Congratulations. Wow! I'm Filipino. I'm proud of that and to show it I'll go start a parade. I'll also sue the hell out of anyone who makes a nasty comment towards me because that's what we do in America. I would really like to know why it bothers you so much when some idiot starts ranting about someone's lifestyle. Grow up. Stop complaining. Learn to ignore people.
Gay pride is saying "I'm not going to let people make me feel like crap because of who I am. This is who I am, and I like me for being this way." It bothers me when it becomes hateful and attempting to put down, berate, or demean someone unfairly. I don't think it's uncalled for to express annoyance when someone says something derisive. I don't think you can say someone hasn't said something about you, your faith, your family, etc. that didn't get under your skin (but hey, could be wrong.)
FuzzlePup wrote:
Yes modern art blows, its talentless (for the most part) and is basically a lazy persons way to say that they are conveying feelings and emotions in a stupid shape that they completely made up.
EXACTLY! Ugh. I once saw a print that was three blurry-edged rectangularly shaped blobs of paint of ugly pastel colors. "I can do better than this!" I said. I got a laugh from someone nearby. But it's true. Like an exhibit that was just garbage scattered on the floor in patterns. Michelangelo, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Monet, they're artists. These... people... aren't.
MeaCulpa wrote:
I'll flat out say I'd be uncomfortable if I saw a gay couple kissing. That's what's called your business, and none of my own. Please don't make it my business.
So it's not unreasonable if I say that seeing straight couples kissing makes me uncomfortable and that they shouldn't make it my business?
MeaCulpa wrote:
And I agree with Luca on the definition of sexy, along with pollution and loss of oil.
I just can't agree. There's too much evidence that indicates otherwise. I'd rather be safer than sorry with something where the livelihood of our entire race hinges on whether we're wrong or right. Figure, if we're wrong, we're still breaking our dependency on foreign oil, will switch to cleaner energy, reduce smog, have no worries of losing our energy source, and overall be making progress.
MeaCulpa wrote:
I need to do a rant, but I'm so blunt, stubborn, and Conservative I'd probably skip stepping on toes and crush them into oblivion.
As long as you're respectful, go for it. :) I like reading other points of view.
Delusional Kangaroo wrote:
I don't say this often, but people like those protesters need to go crawl in a hole and die. And I don't feel bad saying it. These people pick and choose scripture and base their lifestyles around the scripture they like the most, and it sickens me. That is NOT what Christianity is.
Moreover for me, they act in the most un-Christian way possible. Unless I missed something, the Bible doesn't say "For God so hated the world, He gave His only begotten Son to save a few people." It doesn't say, "Love thy Christian neighbors, and hate the rest." Sad, sad people.
Delusional Kangaroo wrote:
Flaunting it is one thing, forcing it on people and constantly exclaiming it is another. I don't like to be constantly reminded that you subscribe to a lifestyle that I think is particularly unnatural.
How is it "forcing" it on you? And likewise, I don't like to be reminded people subscribe to a belief system that says I'm unnatural and abominable. But I don't get uptight about people showing off their religious feelings. And it goes without saying I don't agree that it's "unnatural," but that's another thread. :P
I dunno... sometimes I just feel hopeless about this world. I'm much to young to feel hopeless, and I think that says something sad about this world. I see people dying every day for no reason. Violence and hate and suffering because others commit violence, spew hate and cause suffering. People alone, hungry, unloved, beaten, abused, raped, and you see all this just going on and you feel like, the world's just going mad. The best way of describing it is the feeling you get when you hear "Mad World" by Gary Jules (from the Donnie Darko soundtrack.)[/quote]