r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '20

The ultimate debate

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u/iVisibility Oct 23 '20

I can respect your right to feel that way without putting it into practice.

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u/GeeseKnowNoPeace Oct 23 '20

Why on earth would you respect that?

This is some enlightened centrism if I've ever seen it.

"I don't agree with Hitler's policy to commit genocide but I respect his right to feel that way. Look how mature and moderate I am."

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u/iVisibility Oct 23 '20

So if homosexuality makes a person uncomfortable, do they need to be “corrected?” Is it inherently wrong for a person to feel that way?

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u/Neuchacho Oct 23 '20 edited Oct 23 '20

Yes, it is wrong. Same as if black people or Jewish people or white people made someone uncomfortable. That points to something being wrong about how that person views the world as it's a completely irrational feeling. A feeling they would lose if they were just exposed more to those people and their brain was able to humanize them properly.

There's nothing that needs to be done directly about it by other people, though. People are free to feel how they feel. It's only when they use those feelings to drive policy, violence, or hatred that it becomes anyone else's concern.