One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[delwynmarch]

Katie wrote:
> And who assigned you?

Del answers:
I'm not the one arguing that some people 
*have* to change their beliefs. 

> I don't think that it's fair to say that 
> Susan is being bigoted because she is 
> offended and hurt by some pretty insensitive 
> and insulting comments about gay people. 

I don't understand what you're trying to say 
here. Are you arguing that she's allowed to 
say bigoted things because she's hurt?

> Saying that you believe in a God that is 
> offended by homosexuality is a pretty 
> controversial comment, and it seems designed 
> to offend and provoke. 

Controversial, I understand. But "designed to 
offend and provoke"? No, I don't see it.

> Especially for people, like myself, that 
> believe in God AND in tolerance.

I do too. I guess we don't understand the 
concept of tolerance in the same way, though.

> When you say provoking things, people will 
> respond. Isn't that what you're trying 
> to get us to do? 

Go tell that to Susan, she's the one who 
started it. I only started posting on this 
thread after she nearly slandered me in a 
post of hers.

> I am not saying that the pro-gay people 
> who have resonded to you haven't said some 
> provoking things back, but isn't that kind of the 
> idea of this conversation? We disagree and we 
> are trying to make the other people understand 
> the point?

Except that Susan has pretty much admitted that 
she's not interested in understanding other 
people's points. She's already decided that they 
are wrong if they don't think like her, and she's 
just going to keep repeating it over and over again.

> As I have read both your and Susan's posts, 
> you are both trying to get your points across 
> and you are both pretty angry.

I'm not angry, I'm irritated. I hate being 
"taught" about tolerance by intolerant people. 
"You must let me say what I want, but I don't 
want you to say what you want" is NOT tolerance.

> For the record...I don't think it's any better 
> to say, "I disapprove of homosexuality, but 
> it's not okay to deny them jobs, housing, or 
> medical care...etc." than it is to just be 
> openly prejudiced and bigoted against them. 
> Tolerating those kinds of belief systems are 
> what opens the door to ACTS of bigotry. It's 
> just a lesser form of it. 

OK, so *what* would you have people who hold those 
beliefs DO? Not exist? Deny their own beliefs? 
Go through some brain-washing treatment to adopt 
the current PC beliefs? What?? 

Del