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@trister Well I'm basing this off how I see younger generations acting, they are treating sexuality in particular as being very decisive of you as a person, and that they use "gay" as a term that is meant to induce a feeling of shame or to say something is wrong doesn't give me high hopes
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 01:47:41 UTC from web-
@macpony55 yeah, it's used as a bad term today, but there isn't usually any thought behind it, there's no hatred of homosexuality included other than on the part of whoever hears it. Some people are still against homosexuality, but they are decreasing in number. Back in the day being called gay was something serious, new reduced to playground slurs, it will likely die off just like 'groovy' did as a term
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 01:53:47 UTC from web-
@trister Just last week I got a mass email written by a student at a school right next to mine titled "What's wrong with homosexuals", it was three pages of BS but it got the point across that homosexuality was highly frowned upon in his mind, there was also a billboard I saw sponsored by a church that said "Homosexuality is an abomination." And based off history and even today the church has huge influence in daily life
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 01:57:01 UTC from web-
@macpony55 yeah, religion could be a problem in that sense. but the point I'm making is that it's mainly individuals who have a problem with it, it's no longer a social convention, so progress has been made, and even individuals often don't have a problem with homosexuality even if they use words like 'gay as insults. one of my Uni lecturers is homosexual, 100 years ago he would be locked up, today he's working at a university. people aren't going to go back to that. I'm not saying prejudice will disappear overnight, just that there are signs of improvement
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 02:00:55 UTC from web-
@trister Yes but I so still think we have a ways to go before people can actually feel like they can be open without being ridiculed
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 02:05:15 UTC from web-
@macpony55 hm, I disagree there. it's just that people have to be a bit more mature in order to understand. I think school ages are bad ages to admit to it. I know a good few people who are openly homosexual or bisexual, though most of them didn't admit it until after school. I do agree that there is a way to go until it is fully acceptable though, people being what they are some are going to be stuck in their silly views no matter what
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 02:08:17 UTC from web-
@trister It's really hard to tell exactly how it will change, but I do agree it is getting better though I do doubt the rate at which it is changing. I do still worry about what will happen when those in school now become adults, I've always paid very close attention to how those around me act and I really question if things are going to get better with this particular generation.
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 02:11:43 UTC from web-
@macpony55 the problem with living today is that we didn't live before. so we don't know what it was REALLY like, every generation has problems, worries about 'the youth' and thinks things are going down the drain, and every subsequent generation looks back on those previous years with clouded nostalgic eyes. the golden age never existed, it's just an idealistic view of the past. Things aren't as bad as they seem, and they will get better. It may take a while, you're right, and new problems will certainly arise, but there's no point in worrying about that just yet
Thursday, 15-Mar-12 02:14:48 UTC from web
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