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In reply to the discussion: My sexual orientation is being used as a political fucking football. 43 years of this crap. [View all]sibelian
(7,804 posts)24. That one makes my blood boil.
I've never met a single gay person who ever told me that they used to be a homophobe.
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My sexual orientation is being used as a political fucking football. 43 years of this crap. [View all]
sibelian
Dec 2013
OP
Your post is so well written and makes so much sense and I am sorry some words and deeds live on...
Tikki
Dec 2013
#3
So are Blacks even with a Black president. So are Hispanics, Muslims and so many others.
vaberella
Dec 2013
#107
yup parts of the glasgow area are mental, hence the city motto. no mean city, kinda ironic
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#27
omg, you millionaire you. lol. bet you even have someone to pre chew your highland toffee lol
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#64
Dude, I can't say where I live in Edinburgh online, but let' just say you'd probably think
sibelian
Dec 2013
#66
lol, well bearsden and morning side probuably means you prefer the weird shaped balls
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#86
Putin's reason for bringing out homophobia is for an easily identifiable reason.
grantcart
Dec 2013
#14
"getting an assist in his human rights Potemkin Village charade by Glenn Greenwald." What
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#23
The ones that piss the fuck off out of me are the people who treat as a kind of REBELLION.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#65
"I've sort of resigned myself to the idea that this is probably how it will always be."
DemocraticWing
Dec 2013
#21
Some of the Christian attitudes towards womanhood are just inexplicably fucked up.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#75
Apparently the Russians have always had a bigoted streak in this regard, and Pootie is exploiting it
MADem
Dec 2013
#61
Hugs. I wish everyone would just mind their own fucking business, instead of obsessing
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#70
good point, words evolve over time, for some certain words may be hurtful but for others its
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#77
Well, I livein the UK where things are possibly a far bit better than the US.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#105
My heart bleeds for what you went through. But Gays are not the only target.
vaberella
Dec 2013
#108
Targets of bigotry often assume that they are somehow immune from being bigots.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#109