When I say something is “wrong” I mean something that is not like the average individual of that species…
Being different is not the same as being wrong. That view is the foundation of racism and bigotry.
I’ve never said anything negative about gays or trans people.
You called them ‘wrong’ in this thread, so yes you have. That is an extremely negative thing to say.
I guess I should call it a mental differentiator instead of a mental disorder.
Or you could just stop trying to come up with a label that tries to separate them from the general populace. Maybe you should stop talking about them at all and spend time observing how they see themselves and how society treats them negatively by focusing on how they are different as if being different was inherently a bad thing.
madjo@feddit.nl 1 year ago
What you call “wrong”, I would call “different”.
It’s not wrong to be gay, it’s not wrong to be trans, it’s not wrong to be ace.
It’s different to be gay, trans or ace.
Tgo_up@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I don’t think it’s wrong to be gay or trans, just like I don’t think it’s wrong to only have 1 leg.
punkisundead@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I think comparing gender or sexual orientation to a disability is also not the way to go. Its a very different experience with very different challenges in our current society.
If what you say is true about not being anti queer, I think you should try to refelct the way you view and talk about queer people. The reactiona to ypur comments are so big/aggressive because the rhetoric you use is very similar to the rhetoric many bigots use when talking about queer folks. So even if you mean it differently, from our perspective it really looks the same / similar.
madjo@feddit.nl 1 year ago
I’m convinced that person is just an outrage troll at this point.