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11/12/2013 3:21:14 AM
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But we are human, so we should not behave like animals. That includes not being aggressive towards things that are different, which is what homophobia is.
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That makes no sense RC.
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Animals don't like things that are different. Different species of animals don't mix well for the most part. Often, animals that are born with different features are abandoned by their mothers. They aren't tolerant of things that are different. You basically implied that we are above animals, which I suppose is true in many ways. I would hope that one of those ways is tolerance of things that are different. Homophobia is more animalistic than homosexuality because it is intolerant.
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[quote]Animals don't like things that are different. Different species of animals don't mix well for the most part. Often, animals that are born with different features are abandoned by their mothers. They aren't tolerant of things that are different. You basically implied that we are above animals, which I suppose is true in many ways. I would hope that one of those ways is tolerance of things that are different. Homophobia is more animalistic than homosexuality because it is intolerant.[/quote] I see your point RC, but tolerance isn't what's in question here. Nor is homophobia. The question here is homosexuality right. It is possible to believe that homosexuality is indeed wrong/not right and not be homophobic or intolerant of it. My only point is that using "animals do it, so it [i]must[/i] be natural" is a horrible argument to promote the idea that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality, as you have already stated in the first part of what's quoted above, that just because animals aren't tolerant of something that is different, does not give us the right to be. The same can be applied to their homosexual tendencies. Just because they do it, doesn't make it right.
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The statement "homosexuality is unnatural" is arguably an even worse argument against it than the aforementioned rebuttal. Whether homosexuality is natural or not is entirely semantic, and every conclusion you can possibly come to using the various definitions of natural in no way suggests that homosexuality is wrong, unless you also concede that any modern technology is wrong, which I think that we can all agree is stupid. I'm not sure if you said that it's unnatural and therefore wrong earlier, but yeah.
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Where did I say it's unnatural in this discussion? You're missing my point. Natural, unnatural. That isn't really relevant. The question is, is it [i]right.[/i] you can't use nature to prove something is right in a topic like this, if any. Likewise it can't be disproven with nature. It's all about what you believe and why. If someone believes it is wrong, it does not make them homophobic.
