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Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased [message #74511]

Sun, 01 July 2018 21:00

timmy

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That does not mean it is a good thing, but it is bizarre that some of "our" number express surprise that, for example:

White LGBT folk, often raised in a relativeky bigoted way, are in some manner racist against black forlk, and hence black LGBT folk. The reverse is also expected.
People who do not understand Bi folk exhibit prejudice against them
LGBT folk express bioas against "breeders". Even the use of the term is pejorative
LGBT folk of different political persuasions exhibit partisanship sometimes far greater than a heterosexual person might.

I could very probably go on. But why are we surprised about this? Does being LGBT make us somehow special and incapable of bias or discrimination?

Look at the businesses who have decided either to print gay banners or not to print gay banners. I don't much care about the rights and wrongs of this, nor do I understand the rationale for compelling these folk to print or not to print them. But what I find I dislike is folk who pick up the cudgel of being "against this sort of thing" and trying to force them either to print a gay banner or not to print one. That, too, is bias.

Or is bias not "real bias" when the cudgel is wielded by an LGBT person?

Yes, there are different elements here. Please do not conflate them, nor think that I am conflating them.

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[Updated on: Sun, 01 July 2018 21:20]

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		Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased By: timmy on Sun, 01 July 2018 21:00
		Re: Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased By: Pedro on Mon, 02 July 2018 18:20
		Re: Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased By: NW on Mon, 02 July 2018 20:55
		Re: Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased By: American_Alex on Tue, 17 July 2018 21:41
		Re: Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased By: Pedro on Thu, 26 July 2018 05:44
		Re: Of course LGBT folk are also discriminatory, biased By: Mark on Fri, 27 July 2018 10:18

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