RE: My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male
December 27, 2014 at 2:40 pm
(December 27, 2014 at 2:30 pm)Esquilax Wrote: In the end, regardless of how pretentious or manufactured you happen to think it is, all these sexual and gender orientations are are labels made to describe what a person is with more specificity, and I don't think it's too much to ask that they not be treated differently because of that. You may think it's dumb, but all you're really doing is making fun of something that has always existed, but only recently got a name.
You're assuming that the person has labelled themselves correctly. The fact is, it's much more likely that they've heard different labels and created an amalgamation of them which might not be correct at all. It's not like they know what they're doing. It's not like they know everything about themselves. I mean, some people identify with animals! Have you seen some of the stuff on tumblr? Squirrelkin and stuff like that. Tell me that isn't crazy! But regardless, you should be polite, unless of course they identify with animals, which we know they definately are not. If you think you are some kind of animal trapped in a human body, you need help.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
