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| Violently |
I hope that you will forgive me for making any sort of personal remarks. I did actually edit most of my strong opinions out (you should have seen my first draft!) but alas sometimes I loose my cool factor 
| mcncirce wrote: Bandying the word bigot around in an effort to make me recoil for fear of being labelled as such is a bit pointless. I know I am not a bigot and I have no problem in holding my opinions. I have always been happy to adapt opinions when opposing ideas seem logical to me but I won't change them out of fear of name-calling.
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No I am honestly not bandying it or using it as some sort of threat. I'm using it as an accurate and valid word.
big·ot·ry 1. stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
2. the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.
It's hard for me to try not to take your opinion personally because obviously I am bisexual and have vested interests in what I label as my own sexuality. By that definition I am myself a bigot 
but to be fair I do say that you are free to have your opinion - I just disagree with it.
However please do not feel that I am trying to cower you into accepting my beliefs. I don't think that's right either. I hope I never knowingly do that to someone and I am really sorry if you felt that way.
| 15 Jan 08, 9:12 AM Violently UK(B), 12 yrs |
additionally : Having re-read what you wrote about my finding a web document to support my claims about bisexuality... please note that I originally intended to write my thoughts alone on the subject but the H2g2 document said what I would have said just as or even more so eloquently. It has nothing to do with finding documents to support my claim. Further I have posted my own recount of my personal experience of prejudice against my sexuality in an effort to explain to you why I see bi-sexuality as a sexual orientation that I have no choice about in pretty much the same way as any hetero or homosexual. -- A Kervert Pinky |
| 15 Jan 08, 9:46 AM mcncirce  UK(BH), 9 yrs |
Thank you. I do accept bisexuality as a sexual orientation but not as a sexuality.... ... but I also accept that language is fluid and evolves and that common usage and foreign input has a habit of changing definitions, perhaps this the case here. Michelle Trussed UK ~****~ Thoughts on BDSM |
| 15 Jan 08, 10:40 AM thought_full_guy 4 yrs |
I have recently learned that there are very few absolute truths and that each subject no matter how strong one's opinions, are shrouded in varying levels of grey .
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill |
