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 Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:26 am
(( Moving thread to life issues sub forum, 10/15 ))
My uncle pretty much said today that gay people need to be shot and it made me feel really uncomfortable. Like I was one of them that needed to be shot with everyone else. And I just said "Some of my best friends are gay." and my dad just looks at me and says "I'm sorry." In a d**k faced way because he's against gays too.
My aunt didn't really 'stop' them per say but she made me feel a tiny bit better because she stepped in and said that "Women are more tolerable of things then men."
And the only reason that "fraction" of a conversation started out was because a show on cheating spouses was on; and one guy went on a 'dog walk' to have sex with a male prostitute in the park's bathroom.
And it makes me feel like s**t because I just recently came to terms with the fact I'm bi. Witch by the way feels really weird to type out. But thats another story.
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:24 am
What if the guy on the show was having sex with a female prostitute? Would your uncle have said all women should be shot?
I'm not saying the show made him suddenly homophobic, but his idea that homosexuals are awful, careless scumbags was clearly proven by a story like the one on the show.
(That was sarcasm, in case no one caught that.)
I will admit that there are some nasty, evil people out there who are gay, but hello, so are a lot of straight people! An entire group can't be judged on the actions of a few. It sounds to me that that sort of judging is what your uncle was/is doing. As I say in regards to all homophobic people; I hope he has a near-death experience and the person who saves his life is gay. Maybe that would show him that homosexuals can be good people.
Hope that random rantlike reply made sense. And I really don't wish ill upon your uncle. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:41 am
Wow. Perhaps your struggle will open your uncle's eyes? Though obviously, he wouldn't be the first that I would tell.
-LD
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:12 am
Leavaros -
neutral I haven't told anyone but my two friends, a "sergeant" mom kind of person I look up to, and now any one that reads this.
I doubt my family will ever know, and defiantly not my uncle or my dad.
Qwerty One -
Yeah, but also on top of that I know theres a generation gap. And I know its nothing towards my uncle, I don't take any offense. Its just really hard to hear a family member say that because it feels like its being thrown into your face.
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:41 am
I know you mean. I've had a similar, though not quite so harsh, experience in regards to asexuality ("who the heck would want to live their life that way?" uh, me maybe? and I don't recall wanting it). So I can relate a bit. I think a lot of older people are trapped in the past. It's pretty depressing.
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:35 pm
Yes, but the world changes every day--we have to make it a good change, that's all.
And dear Shmoo...never say never. Who knows? Lots of things change when you least expect them to. People might surprise you, given a chance.
Love and Vale,
-LD
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:41 pm
Qwerty One I know you mean. I've had a similar, though not quite so harsh, experience in regards to asexuality ("who the heck would want to live their life that way?" uh, me maybe? and I don't recall wanting it). So I can relate a bit. I think a lot of older people are trapped in the past. It's pretty depressing. Yeah, and your talking to someone who lives with there 88 soon to be 89 year old Great Grandmother. I know perfectly what you mean when you say "stuck back in the day".
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