Reply #82: OK..but look..I request you examine THIS [View All]

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

While over the course of time you and I have seemed to come to an understanding, I request you take THIS MUCH into account.

IF during the civil rights era, I BLAMED black people for Nixon's success, or wrote a treatise on why black people should WAIT for their rights, or why they overreached, people would INTERPRET my actions as being bigoted. WHY? Because I am white..I have NO BUSINESS telling others to wait for political expediency to be able to enjoy the same rights as others.

That is very much like YOU coming into this forum and (with especially your first post) telling gay people they have a lot of nerve (which essentially you did) to have reached for the EXACT SAME CIVIL rights as other Americans.

Now that you have SHARED your perspective over time on this thread..you've certainly clarified things..but go back and read your first post and several subsequent ones...it took you a very long time to go from lecturing people in this forum, to explaining TOLERANCE in the manner that you just did for me.

Therefore, I am asking you to look at HOW you became to be perceived as having espoused bigoted thoughts...(for the record, I never called YOU a bigot, I said your post was bigoted)