"If you called one a “Sodomite” in front of me, I’d put your lights out."
See the word "if"? There it is. Say "Hi!" Make it your friend. And then there's the world "called" . Not in the present tense, but in the conditional tense. Also note the word I'd as in "I would" - also conditional, not present, grammar fans.
It means: this... is... a...hypothetical example.
Hy-po-thet-i-cal. Look it up.
Now IF (cond.) I HAD (cond.) said: "Say that to my face, and I WILL punch your lights out" - THAT would have been a threat.
No, that was a threat.
Didn’t we all learn to parse from Clinton! Your post was a threat. You need to keep a lid on the anger. I have been taking a break from FR. Sometimes we need to get some perspective. I needed to. Others may also need that breather. Fighting to keep our country from sliding into the pit is frustrating.
You can phrase it however you want, but the reality is that you said you would hit someone who calls a sodomite a sodomite.
Why shouldn't a person who commits sodomy be called a sodomite?
These people CELEBRATE sodomy, it's who they are. Heterosexuals do not define their lives by sex, homosexuals do.