Nakena wrote:New Astri wrote:Well, you see, the distinction between gay and straight people is that gay people like only the same gender and straight people like only the opposite gender. It's interesting that you would call such a objective and harmless categories "harmful," and "plainly wrong," to say the least.
I consider your take of human sexuality to be rather ridiculously reductionist. It is sad that you try to force people like this into specific boxes and categories.New Astri wrote:I'm not really sure how you're equating my acknowledgement that
1. Homophobia exists
&
2. Gay people are not a root of homophobia
with treating gay and straight people like different species.
I also don't really understand what point you're trying to make here, but frankly, you sound pseudointellectual right now.
My point is that you keep talking as if gay and straight people are two separate human races. You may not notice it but you do.
Saying that some people like only the opposite gender and some like only the same gender is forcing them into boxes now? You serious? By your line of thinking, saying "That person has brown hair" is also forcing people into specific categories.
And I would absolutely love to know how quoting the literal definitions of "gay" and "straight" or acknowledging that homophobia is straight people's fault is treating the two sexualities like different species.