Bisjac summed up the issue pretty well.
i have an issue with anyone whom plays at their own differences for the sake of victim support. its just a different type of attention seeking.
everyone's differences should be acknowledged. but no one has the right to demand tolerance or acceptance.
VerticalHorizon used his lifestyle as a transloveual to claim victim status and get attention, because he was insulted by many people for choosing to follow said lifestyle. I acknowledge the fact that VH chooses to live as a transloveual, but I do not condone or accept it whatsoever because in my eyes it is immoral and perverted. But regardless of how I feel about it, it was not right that he was mistreated like that.
Likewise, many others on this forum do not condone or accept my belief in Christianity, scoffing at it with a wide variety of insults and labels, and I get made fun of every day because of my belief in Jesus, but you don't see me making threads about how much of a victim I feel I am, or demanding people "educate themselves" and accept me, or asking around "okay, now who here dislikes Christians so I can know who to avoid?". This comparison is not to imply "how good I am compared to VH", as that would indeed be arrogant and hypocritical, but to point out that using lifestyle choices - and the way you are treated for following them - as a leverage point or means by which to get special treatment or attention is neither righteous or commendable.
all persons deserve respect and thats a lot to ask of you big boys out there on the forums
No they don't. Respect is what it is for a reason, because it's not just freely handed out. It is given when earned and deserved. People like Chester Turner, VoDKa, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Luis Garavito, Andrew Philip Kehoe, Charles Manson, and Seung-Hui Cho all committed terrible crimes and murdered many people, but you're telling me that regardless of that, we should still automatically give them respect, because "everyone deserves it"? Have you lost your mind? Don't be so open-minded that your brain falls out.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RespectAlso remember that you can still be nice to someone and treat them kindly without respecting, tolerating or accepting the way they choose to live.
