{"tag":"astrology","articles":{"blog\/mythology\/don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2020-07-23T10:48:26+02:00","publishedAt":"2020-07-23T10:48:26+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia","title":"Don\u0027t you DARE comparing skepticism to homophobia!","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022351.00548446069\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022351.00548446069\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-tag\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022702.01096892139\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022702.01096892139\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\n                        \u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\n                        twitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\n                    \u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-tag\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy sexual orientation is a part of my identity. It comes from within, and it\u0027s completely harmless.\nIt simply describes who I\u0027m attracted to. Not even what I do with that attraction, just how I feel.\nTrying to deprive me of my human rights, telling me that I\u0027m worse of a person \/ husband \/ father than you\nbecause of who I\u0027m attracted to is just plain bigotry and hatred.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContrast that with believing in a religion, astrology, witchcraft, tarot, etc.\nIt\u0027s something that someone made up, and others decided to believe.\nIt\u0027s just claims that no one cared providing evidence for.\nI can make up any claim, but it will neither make it true or worthy of any respect.\nHere: dogs can fly, they are just very good at hiding it from people.\nIt would be nice if that were true, right? But it\u0027s not.\nAnd if you told me I\u0027m silly for believing that, you would be absolutely right.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe all know the absolute worst that a religion can make people do.\nWe all saw 9\/11, ISIS, we all learned about the inquisition, crusades, conquista, religious wars\u2026\nAll of that because of a set of claims that nobody can prove are true, but many are ready to kill and die for.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut even the mildest, most peaceful belief based on blind faith,\neven the idea of witchcraft, hexing the moon, talking to tarot cards, believing horoscopes, etc.,\neven those are still harmful in a way.\nBecause they reinforce the notion that every claim, every made up fairy tale is worthy of respect,\njust because someone believes in it.\nSuch notion, if accepted by a lot of of people, makes it possible to more radical religious groups to exist and thrive.\nSuch notion shuts down the conversation and reinforces ignorance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am a victim of blind faith making people believe that I\u0027m inferior and not worthy of human rights.\nI\u0027m emotionally scarred for life by homofobia. I\u0027ve lived through mental abuse. I had to leave my country because of homophobia.\nAnd you\u0027re trying to tell me that I can\u0027t fight back against the source of bigotry that has hurt me,\nbecause that would give people the right to hurt me more?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you trying to teach me \u201crespect\u201d by telling me to \u201cshut my mouth\u201d?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you telling me that disrespecting a living, breathing person for their sexual orientation\nis in any way comparable to criticising an unproven, rectum-derived idea that an educated person in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century\nshould be ashamed to take seriously?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you comparing my trauma with me telling someone that \u003Cem\u003Ewitches aren\u0027t real\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you \u003Cem\u003Eusing\u003C\/em\u003E my identity to try to shame me into giving up my rationality?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow dare you!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["homophobia","sexual orientation","skepticism","religion","astrology","tarot","witchcrat","bullshit","mythology","paganism"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_small.png","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022175.50274223035\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022175.50274223035\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csmall\u003Etwitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy sexual orientation is a part of my identity. It comes from within, and it\u0027s completely harmless.\nIt simply describes who I\u0027m attracted to. Not even what I do with that attraction, just how I feel.\nTrying to deprive me of my human rights, telling me that I\u0027m worse of a person \/ husband \/ father than you\nbecause of who I\u0027m attracted to is just plain bigotry and hatred.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContrast that with believing in a religion, astrology, witchcraft, tarot, etc.\nIt\u0027s something that someone made up, and others decided to believe.\nIt\u0027s just claims that no one cared providing evidence for.\nI can make up any claim, but it will neither make it true or worthy of any respect.\nHere: dogs can fly, they are just very good at hiding it from people.\nIt would be nice if that were true, right? But it\u0027s not.\nAnd if you told me I\u0027m silly for believing that, you would be absolutely right.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe all know the absolute worst that a religion can make people do.\nWe all saw 9\/11, ISIS, we all learned about the inquisition, crusades, conquista, religious wars\u2026\nAll of that because of a set of claims that nobody can prove are true, but many are ready to kill and die for.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut even the mildest, most peaceful belief based on blind faith,\neven the idea of witchcraft, hexing the moon, talking to tarot cards, believing horoscopes, etc.,\neven those are still harmful in a way.\nBecause they reinforce the notion that every claim, every made up fairy tale is worthy of respect,\njust because someone believes in it.\nSuch notion, if accepted by a lot of of people, makes it possible to more radical religious groups to exist and thrive.\nSuch notion shuts down the conversation and reinforces ignorance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am a victim of blind faith making people believe that I\u0027m inferior and not worthy of human rights.\nI\u0027m emotionally scarred for life by homofobia. I\u0027ve lived through mental abuse. I had to leave my country because of homophobia.\nAnd you\u0027re trying to tell me that I can\u0027t fight back against the source of bigotry that has hurt me,\nbecause that would give people the right to hurt me more?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you trying to teach me \u201crespect\u201d by telling me to \u201cshut my mouth\u201d?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you telling me that disrespecting a living, breathing person for their sexual orientation\nis in any way comparable to criticising an unproven, rectum-derived idea that an educated person in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century\nshould be ashamed to take seriously?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you comparing my trauma with me telling someone that \u003Cem\u003Ewitches aren\u0027t real\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you \u003Cem\u003Eusing\u003C\/em\u003E my identity to try to shame me into giving up my rationality?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow dare you!\u003C\/p\u003E","words":488,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}}}}