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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:43 PM Original message |
My father said the oddest thing about DADT and accepting homosexuality... |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Someone at Offutt said something I found quite hilarious... |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. LOL Well the military is known to go overboard at times, LOL....n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's quite a story - thanks for sharing! I think you might be onto something. nt |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If he came out, I would congratulate him on his courage and of course would accept him totally... |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. But then we wouldn't have you..... |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LOL Actually I'm the product of an affair my mother had during the marriage...so not |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You seem okay to me. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Thank you. :) I love your quote! :) n/t |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. The world is better because of you |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Thank you, AD. I think the same of you. :) n/t |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I have written proof that many would disagree with you on that |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. LOL - well if we don't make some enemies in life we aren't trying hard enough! :) n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Reading your OP and this thread made my day better. |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Forgive me if I shouldn't be asking this....but I'm curious. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes, there is another side to him. He's a very strange enigma to me - |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, I think some of these guys fear "the gay" might be lurking in them, like |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, that's what I mean! It's just weird! Really makes you wonder what on earth is |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. One doubts it. The most homophobic guys... |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It's just so hard for me to understand people who are so afraid and hateful. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I just posted something on this--please have a look. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thanks! I will go read it now! n/t |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Oh, very interesting! Makes a lot of sense to me! I mean it all kind of fits. It's really |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Thanks for this!!! Very very interesting and much as I had suspected. n/t |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Honestly, the experiment sounds like the plot of an early Woody Allen movie. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. If you can trust his numbers, Kinsey said 46% of males had attraction to both sexes... |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Wow, that's interesting! That's a high number. Maybe he's right...I could see |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. His sample is unreliable because it wasn't random. People self-selected |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have never been concerned |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. He is not gay....he is just driven by fear |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. Everyone should give it a shot, at least. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. One of the saddest things in John Cheever's journals |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Oh, that is sad. I guess he felt he had to suppress his desires to match what |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Cheever felt like a FAILURE because he couldn't consistently |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. here is a kind and funny rsponse to your dad next time he |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. LOL - now there's something to think about! :) n/t |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. Likely... |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. To be honest, I'm still afraid of the man. I'm not going to be the one pointing anything out....n/ |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. misogny and homophobia seem to go hand in hand |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Yes...I can see that....interesting! Thanks for posting this! n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sounds like your father is a misogynist. When faced with the aroused pupils of |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Wow, that is interesting! Yeah, he couldn't stand for any of us to be happy, that's for sure. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. I think hating women or worshipping strong men doesn't necessarily translate to being gay, though. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. I think you're on to something. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
43. K&R - I believe this is the REAL motivation for a very large percentage of vocally anti-gay men. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
44. a lot of people on the right say that, but if pressed for details, they will quickly reassure you |
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Randypiper (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. They are telling us more than they would want us to know. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. So? nt |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've never understood it either. Like it'll "spread"? LOL |
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