No.. you're using a fallacy of logic. His point had nothing to do with the level of mutability of the attributes involved. It also had nothing to do with whether being gay is just an "unhealthy fault."
His point was that the author makes no real arguments in favor of his position, except "because I've succeeded in pissing them off."
Whether or not you agree with his arguments, you can still call him on his stunted writing and juvenile reasoning.
For clarity.. in my first and second paragraphs the pronoun "his" refers to xenophiles, in the third it refers to the author of the column.
No.. you're using a fallacy of logic. His point had nothing to do with the level of mutability of the attributes involved. It also had nothing to do with whether being gay is just an "unhealthy fault."
His point was that the author makes no real arguments in favor of his position, except "because I've succeeded in pissing them off."
Whether or not you agree with his arguments, you can still call him on his stunted writing and juvenile reasoning.