much respect...
my sista, serenity_24...much to your dismay...i must post a #35 but you are not required to read it. i recognize that throughout this thread you have given your answers. and they are appreciated. surely you did not believe that the post that i made before this one was in any way directed solely at yourself.
i appreciated that everyone was using an example from my question of how can black people use the rhetoric of hate used by those who would do us harm and justify these actions as right and at the same time call someone else a racist. but the fact was...everyone picked up the example about homophobia...and failed to recognize that there were other examples. like how we treat other racial or ethnic groups [for example=i have heard black people say things like "wetback", "spic", "jap", "jew 'em down", "sand nigger" etc.], or how we treat other religious groups [for example=i have heard black people call people sinners for believing in or celebrating santeria and yoruba. i have heard black people tell muslims that their religion is not real. or that they are going to hell] or how about how we treat one another [for example=why do we continue to use the word nigger? nigga...whatever...its still the same!]
now no one even talked about how these examples of oppressive speech can continue to divide us. and then on top of it...why do we even engage in this oppressive speech if we know what it is like for it to be used against us.
now some of you "get" where i was going. but the constant use of homophobia...instead of looking at the larger picture of oppressive speece, discrimination, bigotry etc. and how it affects our lives was disregarded.
again...as i have said in my past posts...i respect and appreciate everything that those of you have written. some i agree with some i do not. but in a thread such as this we must instead of trying to attack one another find some way to communicate without attacking, being accusatory, and attempting to shut one another down.
when i asked that no one else post to the thread...i saw that for the most part...this thread had descended to a discussion on the "morality" of homosexuality and how as a christian if one should or should not defend someone from being bashed *whether the words are extreme or not*. the thread was not being productive...and so i wanted to end it before there was a great shouting match.
so although i appreciated all of your posts...i just thought that before the thread got out of hand...and the ability to have rational intellectual conversation got completely thrown out the window...we could end it on a note of agreeing to disagree.
peace,
lastpoet
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