Turelisa- wrote:Esalia wrote:Yes. And?
What made you go "what on earth are you talking about?"
Harry S Truman is not infallible, and I do not care if you think you have respect for humanity.
You apparently conflate racism with both homophobia and moral opposition to homosexuality.
Aside that the racism comparison isn't necessarily "racism is as bad as homophobia" but "a word that covers hatred against a group will cover hatred against that group", I see functionally little difference between people who hate gay people and people with "moral opposition" to homosexuality.
Both lead to the same end result, the oppression of gay people. That those "morally opposed" to homosexuality wrap their desire to oppress in something other than open hatred changes nothing to me, just as the hypothetical person "morally opposed" to black people might wrap their desire to oppress black people in something other than open hatred.
So taking this;
A racist thinks a black person is inferior based on his emotive reaction to his racial features and hates black people as an existential threat. His hatred is objectified in violence against black people, which is perversion.
A homophobic person thinks a homosexual is inferior based on his emotive reaction to his homosexual behaviour, and hates homosexuals as an existential threat. His hatred is objectified as violence against homosexuals, which is perversion.
A Christian thinks homosexual behaviour is an existential threat to the homosexual person and criticises their behaviour, which is perversion, because he is a Christian who hates perversion.
I see functionally little difference between the homophobe and the Christian. If either of them get their way, gay people will be oppressed. That the Christian wraps up their hatred in patronising """care""" for the gay person changes nothing.