Another friend's post today, quoting an interview with Governor Rick "Goodhair" Perry of Texas in which he affirmed his homophobia (because homosexuals are all about and only about sex, he's certain), reminded me of an exchange I had years ago with a co-worker.
Her: "It's okay for people to be homosexual, I guess, but if any of my co-workers are homosexual I don't want to know about it, because I really think it's Too Much Information about their sex lives."
Me: "So, why do you have a photo of your husband and children prominently displayed in your cub? Isn't that Too Much Information about your sex life? After all, your children weren't adopted. That photo amounts to telling people you have sex."
Her: ::changes the subject completely::
Too many people think [to use the term loosely] like that. "If it makes me say 'ick' then it's wrong." Sadly, no. Setting your personal preferences up as the moral standard for everybody, that's wrong.
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Another friend's post today, quoting an interview with Governor Rick "Goodhair" Perry of Texas in which he affirmed his homophobia (because homosexuals are all about and only about sex, he's certain), reminded me of an exchange I had years ago with a co-worker.
Her: "It's okay for people to be homosexual, I guess, but if any of my co-workers are homosexual I don't want to know about it, because I really think it's Too Much Information about their sex lives."
Me: "So, why do you have a photo of your husband and children prominently displayed in your cub? Isn't that Too Much Information about your sex life? After all, your children weren't adopted. That photo amounts to telling people you have sex."
Her: ::changes the subject completely::
Too many people think [to use the term loosely] like that. "If it makes me say 'ick' then it's wrong." Sadly, no. Setting your personal preferences up as the moral standard for everybody, that's wrong.