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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 07:44 AM Original message |
Can someone be "pro-gay" but not be "pro-transgender"? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why do "people" have to even care one way or another? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Right on |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. I agree that what people do in their personal lives is their choice... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Excellent! Why worry about ANY others, if they don't inflict on you? nt |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Which part of being transgendered do you think is a choice? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. People can think what they want. |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. I suppose. Homosexuality and gender dysphoria are completely different issues. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think there will always be people who feel uncomfortable with people they don't understand |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. What do you mean "put off by them"? |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sure you can. |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. But let me make it clear, if you think THIS gay is OK, but those transgenders not.. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. They are different issues - but I think it's about being PRO EQUAL RIGHTS rather than pro gay, |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. So how is being transgendered a choice? |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
45. I don't know... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. TG is not a choice at all -- not anymore than sexual orientation |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. the psychological component is not chosen, but the associated behaviors are... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Mind telling us.. |
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DubiousLee (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. sure...its like being "pro-asian", but feel "put off" by the blacks. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Good way to put it |
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DubiousLee (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I personally don't understand those that chose to be black. |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Personally, I'd give anything to have some color |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I know, I can't understand why they made it their lifestyle choice |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. When you say "you," you mean "I", don't you? (n/t) |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hmmm |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm not a bigot to other religions or creeds |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, but that would qualify the person as a first rate bigot. No better than right wingers. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. unless I'm dating someone, their gender is a nonissue to me |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. that's a personaL choice some peopLe make |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. Yo, OP! What is your opinion on these opinions? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Looks like we got us a drive-by, swimboy. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yup |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Hmm, odd thing to say... |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Yes, in fact I did go on to other things... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. PRO/ANTI is specious horse shit. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
53. point taken. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Such choices" |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. I take a dim view of self-mutilation in general... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The "surgical cure" is for a problem in the genetalia, not in the brain/mind |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. there are those who say the same thing about elective amputation of their legs... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. No offense intended, but.. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. would liking people that are asian make it okay to be prejudice against people that are black? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. already asked and answered... |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. That's what I was thinking about this morning when I initially asked this question. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. I don't think it's being anti-gay; but it's a form of prejudice in itself |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. Don't fear happy feet. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. This is the problem with "moral" judgements conflicting with science |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
35. I'm not sure I understand the question... |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. uncomfortable, not discriminate. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. I think letting your biases guide your actions is a bad idea. nt |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
40. apparently you can still be an idiot |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I can't help that fact... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. A former girlfriend of mine stopped using a pharmacy because of a transgender clerk |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. There is no "choice" to become transgendered.. |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
54. What? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
55. Locking |
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