I need to make a point and ask opinion aswell?

Question

Being a minority, is it not better to allow people to have opinions and voice them no matter how offensive.

If you down score folk they will not bash you openly anymore and you will lose touch with the reality of who doesn't like you. Basically bashers are putting their cards on the table leaving you with the upper hand.

In addition, when you wish to voice your opinion of a section of the community you may not like, then you will be treated the same negative way you have treated others.

My impression is the GBLTI set up are people full of hate and just waiting for a chance to pounce on any word to try and twist it into hate against them.

Now, I would have thought that GBLTI would be sensitive in a loving way not an aggresive, chip on your shoulder way?

What do you think?

Answer 1

that is a rather complicated subject but I tend to agree with you

Answer 2

Frankly, I find your idea naive.

You are attempting to apply reason where there is none.
Those who bash will bash regardless of anything others will say.
My "minority" status isn't a constant banner that is seen by every person on YA, nor do a majority of the people in other locations of Yahoo answers care enough about my responses to look at the other questions simply to determine my sexuality.

Your "impression" notwithstanding, if a question is stated in a well thought out manner and has honest content, the answers received will reflect that(except for the ones from the bashers), if not, the response will also reflect the same malice that the group asked perceives. Here, more often than not, you get what you give.

"Now, I would have thought that GBLTI would be sensitive in a loving way not an aggresive, chip on your shoulder way?"
I think you need to look at the real world and stop seeing it through a "positive" stereotype that is just as misleading as the negative ones.

Answer 3

Judging by some of the answers rec'd I cannot argue with your sentiment. That said, it must also be noted that, there comes a point when people or a group, having been put down or constantly under seige, will react as they have been treated. This is not new nor is it just the purview of the GBLTI, but all groupings. Consider if you will, Blacks, having been subjected to much hate in the past, sadly today many blacks still carry the sting and thus tend to be hostile to whites in general and whites in authority in particular. Again, it's merely human nature.

Where I do agree with wholeheartedly is when a gay person is critical of the community and is attacked for it. I myself have disagreed with some things in the community and have been made to feel as if I were criminal in my intent, when the truth is that I merely want to better my community by reminding them that sometimes, even WE make mistakes or poor policy.

In closing, I would have to say that in the end, people are people and will react as Newton stated: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Many bashers do come on the site and do say the most horrendous things. Many gays, particularly young ones, react instantly to these attacks in an equally hostile manner. I personally prefer, being older, the more subtle approach of squewering my opponent with wit and ascerbic parry. It usually works because bashers end up looking foolish. Better to fight with humour and wit than with anger and bile, it just makes people look foolish and small. "The best way to fight a personage of a lower brow is to look upon him, pause, smile at him and then show him how"

Answer 4

I agree that it is better to allow people to have and express their opinions, even if they are offensive to me. First Amendment rights are important.
However, there is a difference between voicing opinions to create dialogue or persuade an audience, and voicing opinions just to rant and spew hatred. I think at that point, the ranter has given up their right to free speech, and the rights of others not to be subjected to hate speech or foul language may take precedence.
For example, certainly everyone has the right to cuss. But does that right include standing in front of a grammar school screaming obscenities? No, because it creates a public disturbance and violates the childrens' right to age-appropriate language.
So the rights of free speech have to be balanced with other rights. Also, everyone has the right to RESPOND to the objectionable speech with their own speech. So if someone posts something in the LGBT section that others disagree with, they have the right to respond in protest.

The first amendments are always the trickiest....

Answer 5

In general, I agree with you. I tend to have an issue with people who specifically come here to make trouble though. They're going out of their way, and that's assinine. I don't think most people lose touch with the fact that we're oppressed. Look around at the laws, look around at life outside of queer space (not that this could count as that anymore). When all we get is aggressive abuse, if there's ANY ambiguity about someone's motives or intentions, of course we're going to assume the worst. I think that fact shows just how in touch we are with how many people don't like us.

Answer 6

Well if you have kept up on the news reports, heterosexual marriages are becoming extinct. We will one day be majority which doesn't surprise me. I don't let the basher's bother me. They are obviously people with hidden sexual issues. I just keep trying to educate them...

Answer 7

Yes..please shut up.

Answer 8

Why don't you just shut up?