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Mike 03
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:15 PM Original message |
Question: Why do those of us who are "straight" feel the need to say that when we defend GLBT |
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polichick
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I say it so gays know they're not alone in this fight. We have to stick together. |
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MikeE
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. And I, as a gay man appreciate it |
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polichick
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. We'll get there yet... |
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Individualist
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Ditto |
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mike_c
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I can only speak for myself... |
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Lars39
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your last sentence should be read as a statement. |
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Believing Is Art
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Interesting, never thought of it as insecure |
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unpossibles
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. a combination of things |
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glowing
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think I try to.. When I went back to respond to my post, I realized that |
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BeFree
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:25 PM Original message |
Not me |
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Uncle Joe
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've said it once before because I didn't want to turn off |
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ananda
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:26 PM Original message |
The word "straight" |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I feel the need to broaden the set of 'those concerned' |
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BR_Parkway
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. I never saw it as insecure or anything - simply an admission that you |
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alsame
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. I identify myself as straight as a sign of support. I am also |
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bertman
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. For the same reason many of us march in gay rights parades and demonstrate for |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. I (am gay and) am fine with it. |
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Kceres
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. I agree that it's not necessarily a negative thing to do. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not that there's anything wrong with it. |
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Bucky
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Great question. 1- to show solidarity and 2- it's a relic of my adolescent homophobia |
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FormerDittoHead
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. To indicate you're arguing not from self interest but from principle. n/t |
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annabanana
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. lol. . . "not that there's anything wrong with that". . . . n/t |
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EFerrari
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. I only do sometimes when it might show that the number of people that support |
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TheWraith
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Shrug. I've deliberately never mentioned one way or another. |
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