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In reply to the discussion: "Gays can't be trusted with children" [View all]Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)We have not discussed this here in the group yet. Everyone else has had their say in other parts of DU. We deserve a turn too, considering we are the ones who are actually affected by such misinformation and slanderous allegations as those hideous pedophilia comments.
It is perfectly reasonable and perfectly acceptable for members of the group to be pissed off by comments like those. This thread is giving members of the LGBT Group a chance to express WHY those types of comments harm us as individuals and as a community.
You say you are sick of call out threads. Well, I am sick of everyone else getting their say but when we try to express our opinions, we are told that we are being childish and told not mention the elephant in the room. The fact is that the poster in question DID make those comments about us. The fact is that the poster in question DID bring it up on DU. The poster, themselves, brought all this up then asked that others bring up more of his comments too, then got belligerent with anyone who did. On top of all that, the poster in question deleted the apology thread. Why? Deleting the other threads was understandable. Deleting the apology thread was retracting the apology along with any mention of the posts...effectively sweeping it all under the rug because it made so many people angry. Actions have consequences.
Prism is expressing what many feel about the comments. Prism has every right to be angry at the person who made those comments.
Also, saying that anyone, who mentions the poster who made those egregious comments about our community, is not being an adult... is out of line.
Why would you say something like that simply because you do not want anyone to mention the source of the pedophilia comments? If that is where the pedophilia comments came from, then that is where they came from. We are not dictators. We are hosts. Many in our community have been hurt by those comments, no matter how long ago they were made. If we cannot allow the members of the group to express how they feel about it, what good are we? We are not mods. This isn't DU2. No more sweeping it under the rug and telling the LGBT community to not talk about it when a poster on DU makes rude comments that have affected us directly. The poster in question didn't have to go drag those old comments over to DU, but the fact is, they did. When a person shines a bright spotlight on themselves like that, basically saying, 'Look over here. Look what I said,' they should not be surprised when people notice and have something to say about it.
1. The Jury results for the OP are posted in this very thread. The jury let it stand.
2. The OP fits the SOP of the LGBT Group.