RE: Why Should We Tolerate Heterophobia From The LGBT Community?
"...gay shop assistants treat me like dirt because they suspect I'm heterosexual."
What in the absolute crazy cracker kinda crap is this? Let me tell you something buddy, anywhere you go and whatever you do (maybe except in a gay bar) the first assumption anyone will have is that you are straight, because that is the world we live in.
Heterophobia? I've yet to see in the news the story of a teenager committing suicide because they were bullied for being straight. I still haven't heard of a single straight couple being beat up on the street because they were holding hands for being straight. Please kind sir, what is the slur that the evil gays use to demean and morally beat down heterosexuals?
If everywhere you go people seem to be treating you badly, how in the world are you going to shove all LGBT people in a bag and say that they're being "heterophobic"? Buddy, consider this: the problem is you.
Whenever somebody says "I'm not homophobic but...", "I have nothing against the gays but...", "I'm actually a supporter of LGBT people but..." NO. Stop. Why don't you try replacing the keywords for "racist" or "Jews" or "black people"? How does it sound then?
Sure, the LGBT community has its issues. But if you're going to talk about "heterophobia" show me the oppression, show me the abused straights. There's what you think that's happening around you and then there's what's actually happening. Get a grip.
Right then, firstly it is not the case that anywhere you go and whatever you do the first assumption is that you are straight. There are many open flamboyant homosexual and bisexual people in all walks of life and of course public life as well.
Yes unfortunately some LGBT people have been targeted because of their sexual orientation and have suffered. However, the vast majority of people no longer care whether you are gay or straight. In Britain we live in a very tolerant society and LGBT people are mostly accepted, except for an exceptional minority of bigoted fools.
Despite this equal playing field the LGBT community still insists on embracing the victim culture all the time and making a social fight out of everything. Minorities still dominate the agenda and it should stop. That needs to stop right now. That is not the road to equality. It is the road to division.
It is patently obvious that many members of the LGBT community are obsessed with themselves and crave constant attention. That shit also has to stop. The problem is not me as you so eloquently put it. The problem is many member of the LGBT community. And people like you.
As regards your analogy to race and colour you clearly have no understanding of much in the way of contemporary social politics. You must look at all the facts before you make your judgement. Do not dismiss a perspective, constructed on facts, just because you don't like those facts. Heterophobia is an uncomfortable subject but we must start talking about it and bring it out into the open.
Perhaps you are comfortable living in your little bigoted Marxist world. But don't assume everyone is like you. Thankfully they are not.