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valarltdEver have a moment when you want to slap someone?
I've hit two within a week.
1) The Christianity and fandom panel. Some of those women could NOT get through their heads that what Harry Potter calls witchcraft bears absolutely no resemblence to Wicca. It offended them when I said "Wiccan magic looks a lot more like your prayers than it looks like waving a wand or brewing potions. The latter comes straight out of Christian European pre-science. The former are both religious activities."
2) I wish there was a way to reach through a computer and smack sense ont someone. A straight woman on the LGBT forum at Gojabber says, and I quote:
"This is something I don't understand. Maybe I am ignorant but why would they want their own tv channel? If people want to be part of society and accepted then why do they feel they need to be separated? The gays fight so hard to be loved and accepted and then decided well guess what we want our own society? I don't understand?"
A man responds: "STARDUST, i have the same problem. We have black channel,Mexican Channel,Christian channels We scream equality. Discrimination and then go a seperate but equal route.
I too am confused. "
When I try to explain niche marketing, I get:
"If that is the way you see it. Then we could have solved the race problem by building corporations for blacks, baseball teams for blacks, schools for
blacks, black police forces and fire departments etc. I was under the impression they did not want seperate but equal."
I finally said his arguments sounded like he wanted 1 TV channel with mandatory viewing. Because that is the only way we'll all be equal.
I hate when people say i can't have something. And straights saying "Now why would THOSE PEOPLE want their own station? Why do they have to be gay on the airwaves too?" just irritates the living daylights out of me.
I don't watch BET or MTV or Telemundo or The Golf Channel, but I don't question why anyone would want them.
I've hit two within a week.
1) The Christianity and fandom panel. Some of those women could NOT get through their heads that what Harry Potter calls witchcraft bears absolutely no resemblence to Wicca. It offended them when I said "Wiccan magic looks a lot more like your prayers than it looks like waving a wand or brewing potions. The latter comes straight out of Christian European pre-science. The former are both religious activities."
2) I wish there was a way to reach through a computer and smack sense ont someone. A straight woman on the LGBT forum at Gojabber says, and I quote:
"This is something I don't understand. Maybe I am ignorant but why would they want their own tv channel? If people want to be part of society and accepted then why do they feel they need to be separated? The gays fight so hard to be loved and accepted and then decided well guess what we want our own society? I don't understand?"
A man responds: "STARDUST, i have the same problem. We have black channel,Mexican Channel,Christian channels We scream equality. Discrimination and then go a seperate but equal route.
I too am confused. "
When I try to explain niche marketing, I get:
"If that is the way you see it. Then we could have solved the race problem by building corporations for blacks, baseball teams for blacks, schools for
blacks, black police forces and fire departments etc. I was under the impression they did not want seperate but equal."
I finally said his arguments sounded like he wanted 1 TV channel with mandatory viewing. Because that is the only way we'll all be equal.
I hate when people say i can't have something. And straights saying "Now why would THOSE PEOPLE want their own station? Why do they have to be gay on the airwaves too?" just irritates the living daylights out of me.
I don't watch BET or MTV or Telemundo or The Golf Channel, but I don't question why anyone would want them.
