Some of this was a bit harsh, although I know you were ranting.
Specifically:
I think that makes him a bad person.
Voting against gay rights doesn't necessarily make you a "bad person". It might make you a misguided or uneducated person, but it's a little strong to automatically assume that a person who votes that way is a "bad person". It could very well be that in this particular individual's case, he voted against gay rights policies simply because that's what his party's platform has historically supported, or even because he was disturbed by his own homosexual tendencies and trying to repress them through his voting habits.
I just think it should take more than not liking gay behavior or homosexuals to label someone a bad person.
I have a bloodlust for people who do the wrong thing on an on-going basis. In this instance the wrong thing was ... being a member of the republican party.
o.O
I'm a registered Republican, y'know. Does that mean I'm doing the wrong thing on an ongoing basis?
Don't get me wrong, I totally understand the ranting, and I agree that this guy is a hypocrite for continually voting against gay rights while acting out his own homosexual tendencies on the side. But the semantics of some of your rant are just a little strong. :P
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Date: 2010-03-06 12:31 pm (UTC)Specifically:
I think that makes him a bad person.
Voting against gay rights doesn't necessarily make you a "bad person". It might make you a misguided or uneducated person, but it's a little strong to automatically assume that a person who votes that way is a "bad person". It could very well be that in this particular individual's case, he voted against gay rights policies simply because that's what his party's platform has historically supported, or even because he was disturbed by his own homosexual tendencies and trying to repress them through his voting habits.
I just think it should take more than not liking gay behavior or homosexuals to label someone a bad person.
I have a bloodlust for people who do the wrong thing on an on-going basis. In this instance the wrong thing was ... being a member of the republican party.
o.O
I'm a registered Republican, y'know. Does that mean I'm doing the wrong thing on an ongoing basis?
Don't get me wrong, I totally understand the ranting, and I agree that this guy is a hypocrite for continually voting against gay rights while acting out his own homosexual tendencies on the side. But the semantics of some of your rant are just a little strong. :P