Above you appeared to indicate, indirectly, that his comments were homophobic. So my inclusion of your post in my earlier one was, in my opinion, justified. If it turns out I was wrong, I apologize.
Freedom of speech.
And with
"freedom of speech" comes the responsibility of
neither mis-quoting someone else,
nor re-stating what they said. There is a legal term called "libel" (if written), "slander" (if verbal), that is offered
zero protection by the First Amendment here in the US.
I have said it before, and I will said it again -- bluntly -- I called
no one homophobic!
Now will you accept that at face value? Or will you continue to tell me what I said, especially not going back to read what I actually said? Again, I think you mistake my comments for someone else's, including quoting my statement with someone else who said something
completely different.
That is one right I embrace and exercise whenever possible. Like here. Just as you have the right to make a public statement on something. Others have the right to pass judgement on that statement.
But you are
not passing judgment on what I actually said.
You are passing judgment on what you
think I said. I cannot seem to re-quote myself or flat-out state exactly what I meant to the point where you can just admit you are wholly incorrect.
And that started with your quoting my statements with Fox's, and they were
not the same at all. I think that's part of your issue, and one that is quickly 'cleared up' by actually reading my past posts. I tried to re-quote them for you, so you could
see the clear difference between my statements, and Fox's.
In fact, in both threads, I stated I
disagreed with him that the poster could be called homophobic.
I respectfully suggest if you do not wish to have people comment negatively on your thoughts, that you not make them in a public forum.
I have no problem with people commenting negatively on my thoughts. I only have a
real problem of people
changing my thoughts so they can disagree.
If you will not re-read my words, then please take my
direct statements as the full, real explanation of what they are. If not, then I have nothing else to say to you, and you can continue to tell others what I meant.
People are so blinded by the concept of homophobia in this thread that they care little about the obviousness of the truth. No, it's actually worse than that. People just want to talk about others being gay or not, what defines it or not, what their views are on it or not, and they just don't want to do anything else.
Ironically, I'm the only schmuck that hasn't passed judgment, other than asking people to read my posts and not confuse them with others, or not tell me what they "indirectly mean" when I flat out and directly state they are not.
"Freedom of speech" is a defense against neither innuendo nor libel.
