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Originally posted by SoTrue1920:
Hey Celestial,
I didn't meant to make it seem like I was attacking you. That wasn't my intent. However, when I see words like "higher" or "lower" used to classify relationships, it seems to me that you're making a value judgement whether you like it or not. Binary oppositions like "higher/lower", "black/white", "good/bad" "natural/unnatural" only serve to keep a system of supremacy in place, whether it be racial supremacy, cultural supremacy, or heterosexism. When a paradigm is reduced to an "either/or" proposition, it's always a prejudicial choice between what you prefer and what you don't. Like you, I believe in the completeness of things, but I don't believe things have to be exclusionary to be complete. I've tried in my life to get out of the "either/or" mindset and to embrace a "both-and" way of thinking.
It's okay to be conflicted on the issue. Like I said, you don't even have to like gay people or what they do. But to somehow think that they're "base" or "succumbing to a lower nature" is perjorative and denies them their basic humanity. Gay people aren't only what they do in bed. They're people, first and foremost.
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i didn't feel attacked...and again...i said it was my opinion...and my philosophy...
[This message has been edited by CelestialBlu1 (edited July 06, 2001).]