Mr.Ganji wrote:SteakSauce wrote:
yeah... you can observe it and you can try to make conclusion but you wont know for sure so even worry about it.
And I thought my analogy was good
Telling someone has aids using only sight= Impossible.
Telling someone is gay using only sight= impossible.
simple to me
I have seen men who dress differently... It usually doesn't lead me to concluding that they are gay. But there are always stereotypes to keep that one alive.
And if your idea of having a successful social high school year is being a drone and avoiding everyone that is different from other people that's not always the brightest thing to do.... The beauty of mankind is that we are all individuals... Why should you avoid people who are different?
Do you think I do this for fun? Like I said, I don't care about the people who I observe, most of whom are complete strangers. I could care less about their sexual preferences and live my life the right way without being bothered.
Stereotypes exist for a reason - its because they're often true. Gays dress differently, talk differently, and have different styles from straights. Thats a fact. Thats how you distinguish most gays. Sure, you're right, of course there are exceptions - some people might dress gay cause they think its cool and not because they're gay. Its a big world and there are always exceptions. I am talking about the majority, not the exceptions.
Let me rephrase - observance alone is not enough to distinguish most gays in most cases. Obviously you would have to hear them talk, see who they hang out with etc. Seeing is only part of the equation of figuring out if someone's gay or not.
Choose your friends wisely...I'm sure you can agree with that. I'm not speaking of just gays that i avoid - its people who would have a negative influence on you. There are lots of people that are different in a good way and different in a bad way. There's nothing wrong with choosing who to hang out with as long as those choices aren't slanted or bigot.
ps. this has got to be dumbest thing ive argued about in my life. i dont give a flying f about gays and i certainly dont amuse myself arguing about the subject in real life or online-_-lets stop steak.[/quote]
congratulations, You've just joined Squirt int The Idiot Club for Idiots. He's not alone but i digress. Im Gay, i don't talk differently i don't walk differently. The only name brand thing i've on my body is a pair of Vans. I hate the Gap, Aeropastel and have a strict policy of never paying more than $20 for shirts. I wear a hoody and shades everyday with a pair of baggy jeans.
There is no way you could tell by looking at me that i like men. It doesn't happen. It hasn't happened. All my friends are straight except for a lesbo here and there and most of them are guys. Average joe schmoes, the kind that spend weekends playing counter strike and Halo matches, though more recently RockBand. My point is that if the people i've hung out with my whole life didn't suspect anything, if my parents, my sister, my brother did fathom it then how would you a total stranger be able to tell at a glance at me, my friends or hearing me speak.
Its presumptuous of you to assume we're all that transparent, cause there are thousands of gay people out there that are like me. There are some of us who have a wife, kids a family and no one suspects anything but you alone can see through what all other cannot, give me a break. Gaydar for straights is looking at stereotypes and coming to a conclusion nothing more and just like stereotypes they don't apply to all or even most.
I'm not speaking of just gays that i avoid - its people who would have a negative influence on you.
There's nothing wrong with choosing who to hang out with as long as those choices aren't slanted or bigot.
if the first quote implies that gays have a negative influence on people then i'd call that a pretty slanted choice....
