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To: ArGee
Well, you answered my question, but you didn't address my question.

If I didn't answer the question the way you like, it's probably because I disagree with the premise of your question. If I disagree with the premise, why should I answer it in the way it's phrased and lend credence to an invalid question?

The problem is, they have shown a remarkable lack of willingness to keep it private. I'm not talking about individuals, I'm talking about the group as a whole.

It bewilders me how conspicuously so many conservatives do an about face from their normal stance of shunning the group identity in favor of the individual. Instead you focus on the anecdotal and nebulous misdeeds of the group as a whole and overlook the rights or merit of any gays as individuals.

Amazingly, as conspicuous as it is, it seems to be done obliviously by the ones doing it.

You wouldn't accept that kind of illogical denigration if it was a liberal talking about gun owners, so why do you practice that kind of illogical denigration when you talk about gays? By employing that particular fallacious thinking, you're lending credence to every gun grabber who says guns should be outlawed anytime a twisted nutcase shoots up a school or restaurant.

329 posted on 06/11/2003 9:45:36 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: tdadams
It bewilders me how conspicuously so many conservatives do an about face from their normal stance of shunning the group identity in favor of the individual. Instead you focus on the anecdotal and nebulous misdeeds of the group as a whole and overlook the rights or merit of any gays as individuals.

I'm a conservative, not a libertarian. And I do look at groups all the time. And individuals. One of the differences between conservatives and libertarians is that we know when it's appropriate to do either.

You still haven't answered my question. Since you objected to it's phrasing I'll try a different one.

Why should we normalize homoerotic behavior?

Shalom.

330 posted on 06/11/2003 9:56:23 AM PDT by ArGee (I did not come through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving-man... - Gandalf)
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