It happened again...

[Kevin]

Originally posted by librasoul22


Second of all, you are really skewing the concept of tolerance to fit your argument. Gay people having a parade is the same thing as someone wearing blackface? Can you please break that one down for me? Is there some sordid history of people putting on gayface in order to mock and belittle religious people? Help me out.

Also the fact that you don't believe you have racist thoughts doesn't mean you do not. I did mean YOU, and if it hit close to home, then maybe you should do some introspection. It wasn't meant to be an insult, just my point of view.

Must there be a sordid history to make it similar? Please do not get me wrong I am NOT defending what these people did. I think I've said this enough times that maybe you'd pick up on it but I will continue to repeat myself until you do.

My point in using the gay pride parades is that yes, for some religious folks a gay pride parade is basically laughing at everything that they cherish. Is this a valid viewpoint for me? Nope. I'm fine with it but others are not. So yes, in their mind it does belittle their culture.

It's a matter of perspective. Sometimes people get so wrapped up in their own agendas that they can not be objective enough to see that there are other people out there with different values, beliefs, attitudes than themselves. That is my problem with our culture that says that I *MUST* be accepted and if you do not accept me you must *NOT* be accepted.

Let's attempt not to make this a personal thing. I take great offense to you calling me a racist. You don't know me well enough and if you'd read what I've posted I don't see where exactly you're getting that I am one. The very fact that I am sitting here discussing these things with you to clarify my intentions should be enough to help you understand this. I find racism in any form to be appalling BUT it is not the role of government or law enforcement to regulate in this area. Churches, parents, the media, organizations all have the duty to be positive influences in this area and very often they have failed to do this.

And AGAIN I will say... Should Kappa Sigma do something about this? Probably. Should UT? Nope.. they're a government organization and it should not be their role to regulate speech.