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Oct. 16th, 2008 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hector_rashbaumSo I'd say I'm making this short and simple so it's easy to understand but I've seen people misunderstand it even in these simplest of terms so really I'm keeping it short because I don't have the energy.
Gay people are treated differently from straight people at this point in time, in this culture. To ignore that is to invalidate the experience of many, probably most, gays and lesbians. 99.99% of the time, "it's the same thing" when referring to an action, word, thought, whatever applied to a gay person in one instance and a straight person in another is an incorrect statement. And 100% of the time, accusing the gay person, or socially aware ally, who pointed that out to you of applying double standards makes you look like a douche.
And I can say this as someone who has used the "um, it's the same thing, and by saying otherwise you're the homophobe" argument". It's really not that hard to admit you're wrong.
Gay people are treated differently from straight people at this point in time, in this culture. To ignore that is to invalidate the experience of many, probably most, gays and lesbians. 99.99% of the time, "it's the same thing" when referring to an action, word, thought, whatever applied to a gay person in one instance and a straight person in another is an incorrect statement. And 100% of the time, accusing the gay person, or socially aware ally, who pointed that out to you of applying double standards makes you look like a douche.
And I can say this as someone who has used the "um, it's the same thing, and by saying otherwise you're the homophobe" argument". It's really not that hard to admit you're wrong.
