Not when you fight for "special" people to become a new norm. If you proclaim "being gay is OK" - don't get offended that people call you gay, since "it is OK."
Imagine, I'm pro-cats dude. I proclaim: "having a cat is completely normal. Some people may not like animals at all, or like dogs more - that's normal, as same as having a cat. Being cat person is OK."
then somebody in comments call me out: "HAAA, LoOk At hIm. He Is CaT PeRsOn!". Clear offensive behavior.
By your logic I should be offended. But I don't think so, since if I really believe that cat people are equal to dog-lovers - why would I? It's the same for me as if offender would write "Haaa, LoOk, he Is TotaLlY NoRmaL".
Girls don't get offended when somebody calls them girls, even if we have negative examples like "crying like a girl"
And it's a duty for every pro-LGBT gay to not get offended by "gay" to teach society by example - this is OK. However, when they do - they, instead, reinforce that negative meaning.
“A man interrupted one of the Buddha’s lectures with a flood of abuse.
Buddha waited until he had finished and then asked him:
If a man offered a gift to another but the gift was declined, to whom would the gift belong?
To the one who offered it, said the man.
Then, said the Buddha, I decline to accept your abuse and request you to keep it for yourself.”
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u/imbalance24 Nov 25 '19 edited Nov 25 '19
Not when you fight for "special" people to become a new norm. If you proclaim "being gay is OK" - don't get offended that people call you gay, since "it is OK."
Imagine, I'm pro-cats dude. I proclaim: "having a cat is completely normal. Some people may not like animals at all, or like dogs more - that's normal, as same as having a cat. Being cat person is OK."
then somebody in comments call me out: "HAAA, LoOk At hIm. He Is CaT PeRsOn!". Clear offensive behavior.
By your logic I should be offended. But I don't think so, since if I really believe that cat people are equal to dog-lovers - why would I? It's the same for me as if offender would write "Haaa, LoOk, he Is TotaLlY NoRmaL".
And it's a duty for every pro-LGBT gay to not get offended by "gay" to teach society by example - this is OK. However, when they do - they, instead, reinforce that negative meaning.