Well, that is a common view of various homophobic folk - like AIDS is god's punishment for unnatural sex.
dlowan wrote:Well, that is a common view of various homophobic folk - like AIDS is god's punishment for unnatural sex.
Yeah, but Reality Checker never claimed that.
He just made his inane diatribe and then left, leaving us all wondering what he got his panties in a bunch over....
Too bad he left before getting to his point. It would have been fun.
Doesn't he think that there is a homosexual conspiracy to deny the facts of AIDS - presumably for some sort of propaganda purpose?
I never quite got what the point of the conspiracy was supposed to be - maybe to win acceptance for homosexuality, and take over the world? Perhaps by out-breeding us?
Actually - I am only half kidding.
My real take on this sort of toxic paranoia is that we, as meaning-seeking creatures, when beset by a feeling, struggle to find a reason for it.
For some reason, some things induce a visceral antipathy/fear in some people - like homosexuality. I think the weird beliefs come about as a way of trying to come up with some seemingly (to the person/people concerned) rational reason for the strong emotion.
This fits with the induction of emotional states in people by stimulating the appropriate part of the brain - the emotion is caused by the stimulation, but the folk being poked always find a reason that makes sense to them for having the emotion, and believe that this is what caused it.
dlowan said
Quote:Well, that is a common view of various homophobic folk - like AIDS is god's punishment for unnatural sex.
ILZ responded
Quote:Yeah, but Reality Checker never claimed that.
No, and he won't, recognizing that his 'unbiased scientific argument' will be somewhat undercut by the admission.
This is the same stylistic approach we can see in the creation science/design literature, where the theistic 'self-evident truths' are kept out of view.
The thread by Medved "debunking" evolution is a perfect example of the technique, Mr. Mountie--i did some digging last night, and found Medved's source at "Creation Science Evangelism Ministry."
