Reply #33: You really mean this? [View All]

[Sapphocrat]

Yes, I'm serious: Are you really saying you believe "alternative lifestyle" is a "the non-offensive term replacing the offensive term 'pervert' or 'abnormal'"?

Would you also say that "retard" is the "non-offensive term replacing 'moron' or 'idiot'"?

For the moment, never mind how people are making it very clear right in this very thread just how offensive "alternative lifestyle" as a synonym for "gay" is. For the moment, I'll even put aside the concept of "tolerance" (which implies that I am a thing to be tolerated, not a human being to be accepted).

Forget all that for the moment, and please answer this question:

How can a term be even remotely "inclusive" when it draws such a distinct line between "the norm" and "not the norm" -- i.e., "the abnormal"?