One individual answered I don't know I am not gay. He recieved many thumbs down. How can we preach tolerance and openmindedness when we are disaproving someone for being straight?
2007-08-31 14:43:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
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2007-08-31 14:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Teach him by letting him see all the thumbs down !! Straights have a VERY limited attention span for things they are not interested in. And really, 90% of them are not interested in our sexuality; how it is and all that, they are just titillated by it. So, I am saying a little emotion in the message is a very good thing. We have been Far, Far too tolerant already. I have some straight friends. How many hundreds of hours do I have to listen to stories from Them of their girlfriends; how they did what to them that time; put Their fingers in where and how oohh, oohh, wouldn't they like to do this or put that in, or twist this like that? !!
Now, what happens if I try to get 5, yes, only FIVE minutes of ranting into the conversation about some boy I like (or how I walked Mr. Reyes, at 87 last January, arm in arm around the neighborhood, kissing him on the cheek in public, and then pushed his butt up the four flights to his apt. for the last time before he became bed-ridden last Jan.) ?? What Happens ?? After about Three minutes I get "I don't want to hear about that Perverted SH** !
So please be fair, but not a wooss !
2007-09-01 13:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he got the thumbs down treatment because he lacks class.
I've seen that guy's answers to several questions and he doesn't seem to try to give anyone a sense of what he is about. He also doesn't care to think hypothetically, either. He just seems to give "middle of the road" answers and I've noticed he likes to gay-bash. There straight people like me, who aren't threatened by homosexuality and there are straight people like him who view it as a reason to put people down.
Take it easy on him, though, sometimes he can be funny. I really think that is what he's after.
2007-08-31 21:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Good point. Personally, I only give "thumbs down" if the answer is homophobic. Many straight people support us and I would never want to do anything but thank them for their support.
I did not see the answer to which you refer, but if the only thing being disapproved of was the fact that he said he was straight, I think that is wrong.
By the way, I like your avatar.
2007-08-31 21:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Agreed. It's an odd thing, isn't it?
But I think they thumbs downed him because of the "I don't know" part because it's pointless to answer a question as "I don't know." That like someone asking a question in the pet section on what food to feed your hamster and someone saying, "I don't know, I don't own a hamster."
So it's not about the orientation as much as the lack of a real answer in my opinion.
2007-08-31 23:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by [192882] 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he didn't have anything to add, why in the world should he get thumbs up? >>
It would be different if he was straight and perhaps had something positive to contribute, but he didn't. He picked up his 2 points, and left, from a question that was actually serious (not troll questions).
It wasn't because he was straight, I can assure you.
2007-08-31 22:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by The Smile Man 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In a sense, I agree with you. However, if someone does not know the answer to a question, whether or not they fit the requirements of the questioner (ex. only gays), they should not bother responding. Nor is it necessary for those who leave rude remarks to do so, but they are immature enough to do so regardless. It seems more often than not, that open-mindedness is only present when responses agree with one's own opinion.
2007-08-31 21:56:46 · answer #7 · answered by Darke Angel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree with what you're saying, but I think he got thumbs down because he answered the question at all. Since it was obviously for "gay dudes," he was just answering to collect his 2 points, which is annoying and unhelpful.
2007-08-31 21:50:08 · answer #8 · answered by Aura 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is entirely possible that the thumbs down were because he didn't answer your question, but instead just gave an "I don't know," perhaps just to gain 2 points.
I didn't see the question, but you may have jumped to a conclusion.
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2007-08-31 22:40:01 · answer #9 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmm I can't speak for everyone else, I haven't even seen the question, but hearing it from you makes it seem kind of stupid for those people to do that. I can understand how you could be a bit mad.
2007-08-31 21:49:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I disagree... the first line in that question was "Calling all gay dudes". He was not requested to answer. If the question is to women, I don't answer. If it is Asians, I don't answer.
He was thumbed down not for being straight, but for being ignorant.
2007-08-31 21:48:16 · answer #11 · answered by Don't Try This At Home 4 · 12⤊ 1⤋