Comments on: “Mommy, why is that girl sitting on the stickshift and making that boy make those sounds?” “It is not my responsibility to explain things to you, honey.”

By: THP

THP — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:34:40 +0000

WOW.

What a sweatervest.

It’s hard enough to deal with ignorance in the world – it’s harder when it comes to people we’re friends with.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:04:43 +0000

From my perspective, the frustrating thing is that she isn't the only person to think that. [Via] A clear majority of Americans are against full marriage rights for gay couples. Briefly, there's a conflict in that the majority belief is often correct, but that majorities are also rarely but consistently wrong in predictable ways. This tendency as an argument is technically a fallacy, but it's useful. Consider "No reputable scientists dispute the existence of global warming." That's very similar reasoning, and it's also very persuasive. So especially for an issue like gay rights, where my opponents believe it to be a moral issue, where there aren't really demonstrable facts to objectively debate the veracity of, the argument "most people believe this to be immoral" is even more persuasive, or at least admissible (for me) when presented with other lines of arguments. Frustrating, though, right?

By: Gin

Gin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:27:44 +0000

I love it when people justify their argument with the statement, “I know I am not the only person to think this either!!” translation: me and my invisible friend.

By: jill

jill — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:37:34 +0000

just so youre aware ive been to disney during gay days and its spectacular.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:32:55 +0000

I will never understand what the big deal is about “explaining” same-sex PDA to kids. When I was 5 I asked my mom if “a groom could marry a groom” and she said yes, he could. And that was that. The only trauma I suffered from it was when I repeated it to my babysitter and she flipped out at me and told me my mommy was wrong. THAT part was scary.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:05:04 +0000

You may not be judging or disparaging your high school friend, but I sure am. Wow. This actually ranks above my ex boyfriend (who is now, by the way, engaged to a beautiful and sweet girl but used to be flaming it up with his boyfriend, Matt) who, when he found out that he and Matt would be in Disney for gay days told me he was upset by this because he didn’t think that people should have to have “days” to celebrate their differences. He felt the same way about say, adopted kids day, or twins day. He felt that rather than be proud of being unique (uniquely adopted, or twin, or gay) you should want first and foremost to be considered the same as everyone else. To want a day in celebration of your otherness implies that you want to be considered an other rather than part of the human experience. I found that to be wrong on so many levels. But now that I read what your “friend” wrote, I wonder if he might not be right- perhaps the answer is that everyone should hide who he or she is to fit into some predetermined “norm”. Alright then, George Orwell, bring on the 1984.