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Originally posted by TSLGNMA
I just wanna say one more thing:
I'm openly gay and my grandpa is a complete homophobe and yet he is one of my favorite people in the world and we still get along great. We embrace "flaws" and don't judge somebody based on specific sides or viewpoints. He can't expect me to not be gay because it's who I am and likewise I'm not going to expect him to ever change after growing up in a strict Christian household in which he was constantly told how homosexuality is awful. I wish we lived in a world in which people could understand people without such hostility.
This doesn't include things like murder and rape which physically harm other people. That's a whole different category and should be discussed as such.
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No one is obligated to be kind to those they feel attacks them as a person even if it's indirect. There is a line to draw on what flaws should be embraced for many people, and sometimes it has to do with in this example homophobia and other things that affect them.
Ideals can hurt people, cause they can be made into laws and have been used as reasonings to make others feel less than equal for years. Thoughts and ideals aren't just separated from action all the time.
Not to say this forum is trying to pass laws or anything.