Reply #27: You make it pretty difficult

[Booberdawg]

"you have no say as to what isn't homophobia"

I am trying really hard to appreciate your position. You are making it very difficult. What I "appreciate" is someone who has obviously endured a lot of unfairness and hardship because of the ignorant and outright hateful behavior of others... that has resulted in a big chip on your shoulder. Justified? Probably. What I "see" is a ridiculous edict you have declared that a straight person (Read NO straight person) has no say as to what isn't homophobia.

I respectfully suggest you are mistaken. I think I can figure out what it is. And I don't think I'm special in that regard.

Is what you're trying to say is that straights have no say in what a gay perceives as a lack of understanding or empathy? That I could understand. I don't mean to nitpik on semantics - I'm just trying to decide for myself if these severely tilted statements are really what you believe and intend to say.

Linda