Even my sister's watching frozen now...

I figured you weren't but I wanted to clear things up for anyone who might be. I also think Hatok was talking more to Hayabusa than he was to you.

(Was gonna comment on your 'she' statement but then I was like wait ... what would a Madame do? ;) lol)

-Nights

 

Yup.

But the point is that you're still assuming something about a bunch of people when that assumption might not be correct. I'm personally not a fan of this, even if she (?) clarified what the post meant after making it.

It isn't a big deal by any means, but it does bother me.

 

But it's not about ALL people, it's about a sizeable group that definitely DOES represent that. Anti-gay is a common angle of the right wing at large, not ALL people subscribe to that, but it's a well represented demographic that most people are aware of. It's just much easier shorthand to go with the term right wing, it's short and easily understood. There are more specific ways to express it, but that's no always the ideal way to express it in casual conversation. There are just as many implications to carefully laid out politically correct sentences and quick, generalized ones

 

It wasn't an assumption about a bunch of people. If I had assumed the entire group was like that then I wouldn't have made the clarifying post, which explained how often I do this when conversing. I was referring to the public image that has been created by the portion of the group of which I was referring. As Hatok mentioned, only someone who was overly sensitive would've taken offense to the remark. I don't assume that every right wing conservative gives a damn about sexual orientation but I believe a larger majority do. I don't believe every Christian dreams to see anything different burned at the stake but I believe there are quite a few extremists out there who do. I don't believe that every human is hiding behind their beliefs to gain status or power but I believe a lot of them do. There are exceptions to every rule and thus why should I make it a habit to clarify, to the letter, with whom it is I am referring?

You assumed that I made an assumption against every right wing conservative. To be honest I don't really care who's feelings get hurt if they can't identify themselves as a target or not. You either have a problem with homosexuals or you don't. You can either take my remark to heart or with a grain of salt, the latter of which would often be those whom I wasn't referring to. I only bothered posting the clarification to spare some feelings, and so I wouldn't receive a lot of crap from confusion.

I'm sorry it bothers you but that's just the way I do things. If it makes you feel any better I do this with every group I refer to.

Also what @hatok said above^

-Nights

 

That underlined part is the whole reason I replied :|

The point I was trying to make, and I'm still trying to make, is that you should simply type out what you mean, not require a later clarification, especially when it's something like people's values. That's all. Is that not understandable? I don't think it's that hard...