How can we expect the masses, brainwashed by years of institutionalized oppression of people who love people of the same sex, to figure out it's not okay to spit at us and hurt us and such when our own leaders call us a threat to society?
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Nosey-Steve
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Sadly you're right here, that leaders do influence people -- So when bishops and senators denounce gay people and then their hate-filled speeches are followed by hate-crimes, everyone tries to feign innocence. But the connection between what politicians and influential people say and what the average Joe does on the street are inseparable, and we need to hold bigots and hatemongers responsible not only for their wrods, but also for the crimes that follow.
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I agree with Kedar
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How can we change? I think that's what you're asking, and it starts with individuals who know us and learn to accept us and then to love us. We then have to work to see that politicians get elected who say they will fight to help our cause of equal rights, and we have to hold them to their promises. Despite all the hate still out there, I am very optimistic. The world is changing in good ways.
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I'm not gay, but I'm a strong advocate of LGBT rights. That's the preamble for context... Having said that, your question sets up an unwinnable game, because it promotes an "us vs. them" mentality which divides humanity up into the "brainwashed masses" and the "poor victims". These vast generalizations just polarize the conversation and reinforce existing divisions. To think and speak in these terms is to paint life as a battlefield between competing groups... a heroic struggle against ignorance, etc. -- but that mindset isn't really able to make much difference, all it does is feed the hostility. There's only one "us" really -- it's all of humanity: gay, straight, bi, whatever. To clump up too tightly into groups and take those group identities too seriously is the source of all these hostilities, regardless of which "side" is throwing the rocks. If you want to make a difference, learn to recognize yourself as simply a human being first, and stand for tolerance, generosity, understanding, and peace for all humans. LGBT folk can ride that bus as well as anybody else.
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It may seem like a losing battle at times. But first and foremost, we must make ourselves more visible, so that the "masses" see that, despite whom we love, we are just like everyone else. Second, as we become more visible, continue to educate the masses with the truth, until they finally listen to us instead of listening to the lies and stereotypes. Third, those who are not "brain-washed" all need to be registered to vote and exercise that right!
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a threat to society, what vile slander!!!! I hope i never somehow meet the pope. I may not be able to control where my hand flies
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