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Originally Posted by Jel
I could have put a million dollars on that. Here's what I figure: you, I, anyone - has zero right to have a say in what other people want to think and/or believe. Think about it - your basic human right is the right to think what YOU think, and you'd be (and in fact often are, regarding your own truther beliefs and whatnot) up in arms if anyone told you you HAD to think abc or xyz. Why are you so grandiose and arrogant as to believe you have that right though, when it comes to someone else?
From what I can make out, from your cryptic and evasive replies, is that because eg homophobes will 'get power', and 'make us' believe they beliefs are correct, and so on, until we are all under control by 'them'. So you need to control others' thinking, so that they don't in turn instil in you the 'wrong' type of thinking as defined by you.
Well fuck that thankyou very much, and fuck you for not having the balls to answer a direct question and state *your* beliefs. I have more respect for any ignoramus who is homophobic, racist, etc for at least standing by those beliefs  |
you, i, and everyone DO have a right to say what other people think and believe
in fact, you have the power to forcefully stop them. It's called murder, rape, and a series of other horrific crimes that society as a whole has decided 'isn't correct'.
Why democracy, and 'caring what other people think', is so important. Without information and the ability to counter-act misinformation, you (as a whole) could let down your country by allowing laws and bills to pass that could effectively remove constitutional rights based on 'beliefs and opinions'
I don't care, at all, what the 'belief of a homosexual' is, anymore than a 'heterosexual'. I care about people
you ever hear that quote about 'assumptions'?