Possible gay roommate beat

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homophobia, and in general any sort of deliberate prejudice towards homosexuality is dispicable, and anyone like aejones who opens says he hates gay ppl should be banned and shunned from the poker community. How would the moderators react if someone said "I hate jews, i can't help it, I just hate them!" or what if they said it about blacks, or about hispanics, or anything? Would we tolerate it?

No. Just because a certain element our society-- ignorant people-- think they have some sort of random justification to be outright subversive to progress and open-mindness, does not make it 'ok.'

To anyone with any understanding of history and society, it is so blatently obvious that those who are openly bigoted are living in another era.

[/ QUOTE ] homophobia, and in general any sort of deliberate prejudice towards homosexuality is dispicable, and anyone like aejones who opens says he hates gay ppl should be banned and shunned from the poker community. How would the moderators react if someone said "I hate jews, i can't help it, I just hate them!" or what if they said it about blacks, or about hispanics, or anything? Would we tolerate it?

C'mon now, let's not go there. It's an opinion, I've stated it as opinion, certainly not as fct, and I thought opinions were welcomed on message boards.

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This isn't an opinion in the same way that republicans and democrats, and socialists and capitalists have differing opinions. You are a bigot, you have expressed an irrational hate for AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE. How can you possibly rationalize that? Look, I am all for open and civilized debate and discussion, but for [censored] sake I have no interest in discussing or conversing on whether it is ok or not to HATE homosexuals. Just like if someone came on and said "I hate jews" I would not try to convince him he is a moron, I would just take pride in the fact that my outlook on life and the world is real and good, and his is irrational, wrong, and detrimental to society.

Don't get me wrong, I do not know you at all, and I do not think you are by nature a bad person or anything like that, I just think you are grossly misinformed, and very immature. This isn't like 7th grade where it's fashionable to make fun of ppl for being "gay." You are likely a responsible young adult who is living in the year 2006, and still holds a barbaric view of homosexuality.

I'm sorry for being so openly insulting to you, I really am, but it is just inconcievable for me to understand such a bitter hate from someone who likely has access to modern information and media and likely encounters homosexuals on a daily basis.

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Well said Ansky, you're rocking this thread.

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My new roommate (who I met through craigslist) said he was going to the store earlier so I told him to pick up some alcohol. (8 months to go until 21, beat.) I expected him to get liquor or beer, but he returns with 24 of these bad boys:


Atleast I didn't give him any money for it.

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Maybe he thought you were gay and just assumed that this is what you drink.

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LOL, nice one

[aejones]

Ansky, you are correct in most things you say. However, I must tell you that in your definition of detrimental to society, you include a vast group of people. It may not be "okay" to dislike/hate any group of people, but it is a reality. I live in the real world. I went to a high school that was approximately one-third white, one-third black, and one-third hispanic. Most people were open about race. Everyone joked with me that I couldn't run very fast or jump very high, and that I had white man's disease. This was true obviously, so the joke was accepted and laughed at. In some cases, however, there were people that racist secretively. In fact, I would say that 60-75% (no basis for this information) of people in America hold some type of grudge, dislike, or hate for another group of people in the world (classified by gender, social class, sexuality, favorite sports team, political party, etc.). Not everyone is open about it like I was. Should I keep it to myself? I can promise you that a decision like that is personal preference, some people choose to live in the closet, others are open about their views on life.

I'm not trying to be critical of the things you are saying, I'm simply stating that we don't live in a Utopia. I am glad that your view on homosexuals is positive. I'm glad tha you treat them like everyone else. I'm glad that you do not dislike any group of people in the world, it is a noble and intelligent state of mind. In fact, acceptance is in many ways one of the most rare traits that a human being can have. The reason for this is because people are born into a certain frame of mind, and it takes many years of hardwork to overcome that barrier (see: slavery, colonialism, terrorism, etc.). We are who we are raised by in most cases. Though we certainly can make our own decisions at one point in our lives, it is very hard to stray from what we have grown accustomed to.

Since many people have a stigma like this, you must realize when you say all these people are a detriment to our society that many of them are prominent and important figures within our country. So while you may live a very strong life in that sense, not everyone does. If nothing else, it will give you a hand up into heaven. Hopefully, I'll see you there.

[vhawk01]

Obviously you are correct, and a lot of people harbor secret bigotries and hatred. But since you are aware of yours, and realize it makes you an ignorant tool...why don't you knock it off? Please don't bother responding with "Its just who I am, can't change who I am, just like my daddy."

[aejones]

Personal preference, but I'm closer to apathetic about the entire situation than you may realize.

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Are you [censored] serious? Why not go there? What do you think prejudices are, if not opinions? Facts?

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Personal preference, but I'm closer to apathetic about the entire situation than you may realize.

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Your personal preference is to continue to suck at life? I mean, even you realize that this is a sucky personal trait to have. But you'd rather not change, because of personal preference. Huh.

And you may very well be more apathetic than I realize. Unfortunately I only have your immature posts in BBV to go on, since I cannot read souls over the innarweb.

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C'mon now, let's not go there. It's an opinion, I've stated it as opinion, certainly not as fct, and I thought opinions were welcomed on message boards.

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Are you [censored] serious? Why not go there? What do you think prejudices are, if not opinions? Facts?

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I don't understand what you are trying to say.

[boomshakalaka]

I think we all are pretty much saying that ysal.

[PocketChads]

aejones: hey guys i hate teh gays
board: that's pretty irrational and ignorant
aejones: i know y'all but it is who i am
board: wtf, you realize you're wrong but chalk it up to personal preference?
aejones: ya i guess so hope to see y'all in heaven lolz