Monday, May 5, 2014

Enough With the Gays Already!


I... don't... hate... Gays.

I believe that you're born as you're born, and that a certain percentage of men and women are born Gay. 

Here's the deal, though... enough with "pushing the agenda." Enough with girls kissing girls, guys kissing guys, and threeways (and beyond!) intruding upon the plot lines of almost every television show I watch!

I'm not a prude, but for Christ's sake... for our childrens' sake... enough with the debauchery...!!!

Parenthood... (the show, not the institution)... the youngest daughter comes home on break from her freshman year of college and all of a sudden she's a lesbian.

Dallas... (the show, not the city)... a cheated upon wife decides the best response to being cheated upon is to show up at the hotel where here husband and his lover are holed up... and join them in a threeway!

Hey... folks... teens, twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings... older folks... can't we keep the aberrant behavior on the down-low as opposed to publicly reveling in it... instead of actually pushing it...?!

The Internet Is For Porn... porn is not for family-hour TV... nor prime-time TV... nor even late-night TV.

I don't care what people do for sex kicks. Knock yourselves out! But for God's sake, stop trying to drag mainstream America down the road of "Anything Goes."

Hypocrisy has its place in a civilized society! Every vice practiced behind closed doors in private doesn't need to be "celebrated" under the bright light of day! And though I know many of you don't consider homosexuality as a "vice" (hey... scroll back up to my opening sentence... and to my second sentence), it is "abnormal" behavior not to be "celebrated" as just another lifestyle "option."

Again... I'm not saying homosexuals should be discriminated against or shunned. I'm just saying... "Cool It!"

Enough with the "marketing" of homosexuality.

Hey... enough with the "marketing" of debauchery altogether! As much as I enjoy Archer and  Two and a Half Men and a whole host of other "inappropriate" television shows, the fact is that we as a society would probably be better off without them... or at least without their being so available to a larger American audience which has become jaded - and I fear desensitized -  by seemingly ever declining standards of not just good taste, but acceptability itself.

Self-censorship. More circumspect behavior. That's what I'm calling for.

As to the Gays...

(*SIGH*)

I'm not saying that there should be no Gay characters... no Gay role models...

I'm just saying, please, knock off the constant "marketing" of homosexuality as "just another lifestyle choice." It's not.

 

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're right, it's not another "lifestyle choice". It is how you are born. So what is the problem with portraying a diverse population in media? And what you define as "normal" is completely irrelevant and subjective. Being gay is just as normal as being black, or having blond hair. There are less people with natural blond hair in the world than other hair colors. Are blonds "abnormal" to you?

William R. Barker said...

Well, well, well... yet another "Anonymous."

Do I know you?

(*SMILE*)

Just curious! (In any case, THANKS for responding.)

To answer your questions, there's a difference between "portraying" in a realistic fashion and going completely overboard in portraying abnormal behavior as normal.

Which brings us to your charge that what I consider "normal" is completely irrelevant and subjective.

1) Irrelevant...? This is a BLOG. (*SNORT*) It's relevant to me... and apparently to YOU as well!

(*GUFFAW*)

2) Subjective? No. (You might wanna spend some time curled up with a dictionary.) Homosexuality is abnormal. That doesn't necessarily make it "wrong" (as long as we're talking only a tiny minority) or even unethical, BUT, it is abnormal. (As in... NOT the norm.)

(*CHUCKLE*)

I could explain to you why your comparison to being black or having blond hair is wrong... but... I won't bother. The very fact that you tried to make the comparison demonstrates I'd have to go to too much bother teaching you things you should have learned in school.

(NOT an insult; simply an observation!)

Anyway... thanks for dropping by!

BILL

Anonymous said...

You are completely insulting, and that is clearly your intent. You are also incredibly narrow-minded and refuse to acknowledge any point of views other than your own. You think you are right, therefor you will only ever consider yourself right. Debating with people like you is impossible, since you refuse to address the opposing sides. If you want to have real debates, and not faux debates where you declare yourself the winner simply but stating so, then you will need to change how you handle conversation. If you get to the point where you are able to do that,I would like to continue this, but after reading some of your other "debates" I don't hold out much hope for your growth.

Also, as an aside. All of these "SNORTS" and "GUFFAWS" and such are just odd and don't add anything at all productive to any conversation. They are rude and detractive and they cast your responses in quite a foolish light.

William R. Barker said...

@ Anonymous

COMPLETELY insulting...? Nah.

Narrow-minded? CERTAINLY NOT!

(*GRIN*)

I am USUALLY right. More often than not right. FAR more often than not right. (Not quite sure what has you confused about the title of this blog as it applies to me as its author.)

"People like me." Humm. Could you be a bit more specific?

By the way... do you have a name? Perhaps I'll call you... umm... Dom. (Yeah... you come off as a "Dom" to me.)

I've addressed your points. Again... not quite sure what it is you seek of me.

Finally... the (*SNORT*) etc. style is mine... and while some people deride it, others seem to enjoy it and even throw it into their own writings. In any case... if you don't like it... don't read.

michellez said...

Abnormal as in...I'm a stay at home wife with no kids, therefore, by societal standards, I am...abnormal.

There was a TIME not having children was "abnormal", and in many areas it is still considered as such. I have been unable to, so there...we go from choice to circumstance. It doesn't change that it makes me "abnormal".

Conversations are difficult because nobody values the actual meanings of words. We've been trained to just get offended...

William R. Barker said...

Actually, Michelle, that wasn't where I was going... or rather coming from.

What I was disappointed in was that Anonymous was clueless about the very concept of BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE.

(*SNORT*)

We're hardwired AS A SPECIES to procreate and thus to be HETEROSEXUAL.

(Once upon a time this was taught in elementary school...)

(Once upon a time I wouldn't have to explain such basics to individuals such as "Anonymous.")

Skin color... hair color and texture... facial characteristics... the sort of examples Anonymous threw out...

(*SIGH*)

No. THOSE aren't abnormalities in the scientific sense homosexuality is... or in the sense an extra chromosome is.

In any case, though, clearly Anonymous isn't capable of following EITHER or our lines of thought.

Sad.

Depressing.

Anonymous said...

The only thing depressing is that such uneducated people as you still exist in this world. Gay people can have children, gay does not mean sterile. Many gay people DO have their own biological children. You need to educate yourself in matters, and just stating that you are correct does not make it so. The only person who thinks you are correct in anything, is yourself. And as we can all see, you are usually wrong.

Also, the word normal is quite laughable. And seeing an adult use the word to impress conformity is equally laughable. Stop being a child, where everyone has to conform to be the "cool kid". Who wants to be normal? Being unique is far more valuable. Good luck on your quest for normalcy, it will end with you being inconsequential, as you already are.
:)

William R. Barker said...

Listen... Anonymous... I believe in giving people every opportunity to express themselves here, but you're just repeating yourself.

And being insulting. (And not even in an amusing fashion, but rather in a "I know you are, but what am I" 5th grade fashion.)

Yeah. I'm uneducated. Clearly. (*SNORT*) Same with Michelle. (*GUFFAW*)

I'll have you know that both Michelle and I graduated 8th grade!

(*GUFFAW*)

Seriously... you're not making your case. All you're doing is opening yourself to ridicule.

No... gay does not mean sterile. What's sterile have to do with the valid points I've made? There are no doubt sterile homosexuals just as their are sterile heterosexuals. Being unable to naturally procreate is a defect... but of a different sort from being homosexual. Being homosexual is more of a short-circuit. If however the numbers were suddenly reversed... homosexuals as the "norm" and heterosexuals representing 2% of the population (or whatever...) then mankind would have a very large problem on its hands indeed.

Anyway... having read you last paragraph it's clear you simply want to insult and then take your ball home. Hey... if you can convince yourself you've "won"... more power to you! Put that self-esteem on the shelf next to your... er... participation trophies. (*WINK*)

Words exist. "Abnormal." "Normal." If "laughing at them" makes you feel better about yourself...

(*SHRUG*)

* ONE LAST THING: I've humored you! I've approved each one of your comments and replied to them. So tell me... DO I KNOW YOU in real life?

michellez said...

Special snowflake syndrome...

michellez said...

And contradictory. In the first post, homosexuality was as normal as peanut butter and jelly. Then in the end...special snowflake.

Soooo...which IS it?

Doubt anon reveals an identity, William. Bullies are silly types that are only brave in groups or being nameless. If they BELIEVED in what they said...well...why hide?

William R. Barker said...

Actually, Anonymous DID issue another venom dripping screed... but I deleted it. Being published here is a privilege, not a right.

(*WINK*)

Basically it was just more of the same... a few more insults thrown in... nothing NEW... nothing ADDED to the discussion.

Agreeing with me ISN'T a requirement for getting one's comments approved.

Being CIVIL is.

And it's a HUGE help when one can at least make a decent argument to the contrary of mine.