Originally Posted by
HunnKhan
Why, if a man thinks that he is an alien or a robot,
he is going to be treated in psychiatric facility
but if he thinks that he is a woman - no
One, gender confusion is different from homosexuality. You can believe you were born the wrong gender, but still feel heterosexual attraction based on your biological gender.
Two, gender confusion does not inhibit somebody from functioning in everyday life, unlike schizophrenic delusions.
Three, gender is both a biological and social construct. It's biological that a male will have a penis and a female will have ovaries, but it's socially constructed how each gender is required to act. People with gender confusion can either believe they were born the wrong gender, and thus act like the other gender in the social construct and usually attempt hormone therapy to become as close as possible to the other gender (basically a biological focus), or believe that they are better functioning within a different gender's social construction, and thus adopt it (basically a sociological focus).
Four, this is exactly the kind of ignorance that causes discrimination. You don't understand the subject, but you believe you do, and thus make decisions on false, and usually destructive, information.
Originally Posted by
iLiltay
you ask why homophobic slurs, or jokes arent taken more seriously. I ask why are racial jokes arent taken more lightheartedly. If you were to answer both questions without bias, knowing the full story on both topics, including opinions and emotions of the People, You would know why they arent handled the same.
Because clearly, you know. You must know if you know exactly how you can know. After all, it's not like both blacks and homosexuals were lynched, denied basic rights, and experienced genocide at the hands of white, heterosexuals. They definitely did not experience the same discrimination, right? Right? It's crazy that homosexuals and blacks would want to be respected as an equal for once, right?
Originally Posted by
iLiltay
anyways as said a million times, the only way these jokes would be taken more seriously, is if people took them more seriously. That may sound like some bullshit You'd read off a fortune cookie but slow down and read it and you'll understand. If you want people to take something more seriously, people have to take offence to it, otherwise it will just be you trying to force your opinions of humor on others.
Because everyone knows that if everyone accepts it, it must be right. We can't change their way of thinking because we believe it to be insulting. No sir, that would be immoral.
Oh wait...
Originally Posted by
iLiltay
Now on a side note, the gaming community as a general accepts homophobic humor, hands down, however it can be taken to far, and thats when its punished, and since I'm on the subject, I dont like homophobic jokes, in real world speach, or such. In real life, Id accept racial jokes, depending on their content, however rarely would I take it in the gaming community
Why does medium of the discrimination legitimize it? Is it more acceptable if I insult a person on race or sexual orientation face to face, or over the phone, or through letters, or with smoke signals?
Read that last question back to yourself really slowly, and you might realize how stupid your argument sounds when you try to legitimize discrimination because of the way it's presented.