Prescription for Tolerance: Is Moral Judgment a Mental Disorder?

Breakpoint ^ | 2 Feb 2006 | Allan Dobras

[Mr. Silverback]

Dr. George Weinberg, a New York City psychologist and researcher, commented that the aversion to Brokeback Mountain is “definitely homophobia.” He said the film is “the idea of one man’s adoration for another. A love affair more deep and lasting and romantic than with their wives.” He advised that those who are uneasy about the film “first understand you have this problem. At least by acknowledging it, that’s a start. It’s like saying, ‘I have a fear of heights.’”

So...if I don't want to pay $10 to watch two guys humping, I'm homophobic and don't love my wife enough. If I don't want to watch hetero porn, does that mean I am heterophobic and don't love my wife enough? Geez, these days some college degrees might as well be from a Crackerjack box. (Credit to my wife for pointing out the homo/heterophobic fallacy in this guy's already silly reasoning.)

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[Mr. Silverback]

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[ClaireSolt]

Well, at least we are starting to discuss this. Up til now I have felt as if the homo activists were intent on ramming this up our collective asses.

[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

...the whole manual reflects social context.

She's right you know. The DSM is a political document not a scientific one. Just another reason why these modern day witch-doctors and the poison potions they prescribe should be completely avoided.

[Sans-Culotte]

...prompting co-star Heath Ledger to claim the cancellations are “akin to racism.” He added: "I heard a while ago that West Virginia was going to ban it. But that’s a state that was lynching people only 25 years ago, so that’s to be expected. . . . Personally, I don’t think the movie is [controversial] but I think maybe the Mormons in Utah do. I think it’s hilarious and very immature of a society—if two people are loving. I think we should be more concerned if two people express anger in love, than love."

I didn't realize lynching was such a big problem in 1980. Inspired by the election of Reagan no doubt.

[VeritatisSplendor]

The original research dealt with people who could not function in ordinary life, could not use the elevator, pick up a newspaper, or buy food because they feared it might have been contaminated by homosexuals. I would guess this to be a particular manifestation of OCD, rather than a disorder that had its origin in a fear of homosexuals.

They might want to rethink this, if we start claiming homophobia is a disability and they can't discriminate against homophobes.

Mrs VS

[Mulch]

Yep. Funny how the people that like to refer to themselves as "progressives" have such regressive ideas.

[FormerLib]

...from the bathhouse to the marriage altar.

I've no doubt that most of them will promptly head from the marriage altar right back into the bathhouse for the Reception.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Well I think a person is at least morally corrupt -- in some cases also mentally ill -- if they are not repulsed by homosexuality. So there! Oh healthy conscience where art thou? No one seems to sport those these days.

[SwinneySwitch]

Liberalism is a mental disease.

[Calico Cat]

And I had no idea that one state could ban a movie, either!

[Onelifetogive]

I heard a while ago that West Virginia was going to ban it. But that’s a state that was lynching people only 25 years ago, so that’s to be expected. . . .

Well, DUH. They are still represented in the Senate by a Klan member...

[Miss Maam]

Ping.

[A. Pole]

According to a December 10, 2005, Washington Post article, “Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness,” it seems there is a serious move afoot to formally designate those who are repulsed by homosexual practice as suffering from a pathological neurosis—“homophobia.” In other words, a person who views the legitimization of homosexuality as sinful, immoral, or destructive to society may have a mental disorder!

That analysis was offered by a number of mental health professionals, including UCLA psychology professor Edward Dunbar, who equates so-called homophobia with racial bias and suggests the “disorder” should be included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

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[Onelifetogive]

If I have a mental illness, when does the government start sending me my check?

[kenth]

that’s a state that was lynching people only 25 years ago,

Actors. Is there anything they don't know?

[sandbar]

Turned the tables, eh? Homosexuality has gone from being a mental disorder, to not wanting anything to do with it being a mental disorder.

Crazy.

[Desert_Girl]

You know, we could make this work in our favor...If we are suffering from a mental illness, wouldn't we be entitled to compensation? I mean, they can't make us work for a livng if they decide we must all be sickos, can they?

(oh yeah, sarcasm off now)

[sandbar]

>>>It does seem to be almost culturally universal that heterosexual men can have a deep repulsion to overt homosexuality, but there is no study I know of to ascertain whether this is a biologically based trait.”>>>

MEN? I thought I was going to throw up when Liam Neesom unexpectedly frenched that guy in Kinsey. I keep asking people, ok, so we KNOW they were doing 'stuff' in Brokeback Mountain, is it AUDIBLE? When I heard it was I said, nope, that's it. I would be physically repulsed by hearing two guys going at it. And I'm a pretty openminded woman who doesn't care if two people are gay. I just don't want to hear it/see it. Doesn't make me homophobic, and don't really care if it does.

So all this time I've heard gays say "It makes us just as sick to see two hetero's going at it", does that mean they have this same disorder?

[VOA]

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