Originally Posted by tristanrobin

...We have all got used to the 'kill gays' 'exterminate gays' 'gays should be butchered', etc. rantings from the more fringe element of the anti-gay extremist movement.

And we have all seen the postings from fxashun, garysher, etc. who self-righteously defend themselves saying they have never advocated violence against homosexuals.
These postings are, of course, either disingenuous or uneducated. I believe they know the impact their words have on the society - I don't believe they are as stupid as their words would lead one to think they are.

Whenever a person denigrates, dehumanizes and demonizes a separate community and/or group of people, that person is helping to foster the society, atmosphere, culture that commits violence against that group of people. It is common strategy used by any culture which is determined to marginalize and discriminate against an individual minority group.

By making the general public feel this group is 'less than,' 'inferior,' and 'not human,' they give tacit approval for the violence performed against that group by the violent fringe of their movement.

Just as every racist in America did not drag James Byrd to his death, every person who helped foster an environment which said that african americans were subhuman, less than whites, and inferior helped to chain him to the back of the pick up truck that dragged him to his death.

Don't be fooled by these people who seemingly want to engage in debate - but are actually spreading the dehumanization and demonization of all gay people throughout the society. Their disingenuous 'non-violent' words do not tell the story of the reality of their words.

The reality is, they are absolutely doing their own personal portion of the extremists' agenda.