I am just getting sick of this

[fpb]

What the Devil is the matter with supporters of "gay marriage"? Why do they have to renounce all claims to reason and manners whenever one gets on the subject? Why is it that you are not allowed to even discuss the possibility that "gay sex" may not have the same status as straight? And why is it that they all use the same ugly and stupid insult - namely, "batshit insane" - for anyone they disagree with?

Honestly, I am sick of this to my back teeth. Three times I have tried to engage supporters of this idea in serious, calm, reasoned debate. Three times I have met with livid rage, utter refusal to even try to reason or argue, and the astonishing fact that these people take pride and brag of their rage, their irrationality, and their hatred. I have had enough. People who take this attitude are asked to defriend themselves from me now, and spare everyone the grief.

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[becomethesea.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. I'm always very open to hear the other side of the argument (always a good thing to know in the event of debate over a subject), but 90% of the time I get personally insulted because of whatever reason since I'm not a supporter. It's just a lack of maturity and (in my opinion) hypocrisy by said people - they often describe themselves as "progressive" and "open-minded", yet they don't have the open-mindedness OR maturity to engage in calm discussion with someone who doesn't share their opinion. SIGH.

[patchworkmind.livejournal.com]

You should read Thomas Sowell's The Vision of the Anointed. Really.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Sowell is brilliant in many ways, and I quoted him a couple of times in the past. Pity that his economics, which are the thing he takes pride on, should be quite remarkably bad.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I also think that they have never been taught to argue. They have had it drummed into them that certain positions are "progressive" - argal unarguably just, because progress is just, is it not? - and that all you need to be in the right is to be progressive yourself. They have been taught to ignore leaps of logic and to make immense assumptions. And when they find that someone not only disagrees with them but has the presumption to present reasons to do so, all they know to do is to become aggressive.