Originally posted by Big RICHARD
You ask for evidence of someone being prejudged due their being straight and as soon as someone does, you put it down to a 'couple of bigotted gay people' giving this fella a hard time because they have had 'a lot of **** from straight men'.
This is exactly the problem we have. We can explain our way out of prejudice when it isn't against the minority, but this 'put up and shut up' attitude causes more problems than it solves. It causes hatred between groups, rather than understanding.
We don't tell the [insert minority group here] to put up and shut up! We arrest the perpertrator of such prejudice for [insert and -ism here]-ist abuse!
Oh, sorry, I've never heard of heterophobia or straight-ism!
You must have ignored the part of my post that stated
I'd tell them to **** off and take their bigotted views elsewhere. Quite simple really.
I think you need to be careful not to confuse some bigots with the sort of widespread homophobia that can and often is present in UK society.
I totally agree that people should be arrested for holding these views. There should be no discrimination based on any form of difference, be it sex,sexuality, race etc.
I am NOT condoning them because they were gay. They are just as much in the wrong as a homophobe saying the same thing to a gay guy in a straight pub.