But why do you find it disturbing?
This is what I find odd personally. You yourself just stated that you find racism ridiculous, yet in the very same sentence stated something that is simply another form of discrimination. People can't help their ethnicity no more than they can accept their sexuality, yet as a culture we are far more accepting of homophobia than racism, yet they're basically the same thing.
x majority bash on y minority for skin colour (something they can't help)
x majority bash on v minority for sexual preference (something they can't help).
Clarify the difference for me?
just can't imagine it's ever going to be possible though. you have to take the human out of being human for that to happen. we haven't figured out how to take the wolf out of dogs, which is why every year hundreds of thousands are attacked by dogs for no reason.
i think the best we'll ever be able to do is simply raise OUR kids to not be those ignorant dipshits. poke fun at everything, even yourself, and then let it go. don't let it influence your relationships (business, personal, whatever) and you'll be fine
i've noticed that a LOT of "racists" will say awful things then be buddy-buddy with the black guy, the mexican, etc. 1 on 1 most folks are pretty decent, throw in a big group of people and that mob mentality takes over.
i think it's something we'll always complain about, will never be fixed but isn't going to result in slavery, jim crow laws, etc again
that's fine if you ask me
Excuse me if I sound offensive because that's definitely not my intent, but I feel like homosexuality is something that's not supposed to be. I wear glasses becuase something obviously went wrong when my body was being developed right? That's how I feel about gay people, something went wrong. The differential is disgusting to me, the thought of two men having sex is so wrong to me. Racism, well, my parents are both from different countries and I know lots of people from other parts of the world that are really cool people. I think the difference between gay and straight person is bigger than the difference between a white and black man.
Coming from my work history, chefs are the exact same way. We never cared if you were gay, straight, black, yellow, stupid, fat or anything else. We just cared about whether or not it offends you when we poke fun at you, because being able to "dish it, but not take it" is what makes you not one of us.
"Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you."
-A little piece of wisdom from the Half-Man, Tyrion.
How about if you're gay, keep it to yourself and move on. I wanna kill raid bosses, not be dragged into some sort of sexual equality argument every time I log on. I don't consider myself a homophobe, but I also know for a fact that I'm not a homo-fan! But, what you do is none of business, and I don't care. Do whatever makes you feel good, just leave me alone and I'll do the same for you.
Please don't misunderstand my message, I did not say "Hey fag, don't speak to me...you go to your side of the planet, and I'll stay on my side!!!" I am saying, log into WoW to play a video game. Let's kill shit, gather loot, and kick ass. Why does any of the other crap even matter?
chances are, you've not been around gay people much. my brother was like this, now his best friend is gay. dogs who only see one type of person (white, black, dark, light) might develop an aggressive response against someone who looks different.
people and animals and everything else like their comfort zone, your comfort zone is full of straight men obviously lol
It's time to level up and quit your newbie ways
You need to go outside and get some new V-rays
A fresh breath of air will help you talk again
Inhale, exhale, feel the Oxygen
- Woodman
at the same time, some people don't feel like "one of you" when you bash them.
it's disrespectful to ASSUME that someone you don't really know is ok with you making fun of their race, religion, gf, mom, kid, whatever. when you know someone well, then you'll know if you can joke with them like that
a lot of younger people who do most of their socializing online and anonymously never develop that part of their brain i guess. they can make a joke that offends someone and there aren't repercussions online. do it in real life and you might get punched, you might get your dad fired, you might get killed. there ARE consequences in real life that help guide a person into a spot in society where they fit in.
internet has really stunted the development people used to go through that allowed them to feel a situation out. if you approach everyone the same way, you are going to get your teeth knocked down your throat at some point.
Skimmed over thread; Bottom line, I used to only say nig/fag/spic/etc to make other people feel bad about being such a baddie. I honestly couldn't give much less of a crap what race/sexual preference someone is IRL as long as their cash is green.
TL;DR, I hate everyone equally.
Kael'thalas?
You're right, there are relationships in WoW, but so are there relationships in Lord of the Rings or other movies/books. It would be very unrealistic if there were no couples, because that's usually the way how people are. But it's not a big theme, usually.
It's hard to deal with the topic without it either drawing too much attention or turning out like what J.K. Rowling did with Dumbledore.
Oh and Varian's wife's name was Tiffin.
For Kael'thalas!
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