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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm not sure you can correct it. In addition to reducing being gay to a "lifestyle", you've also unfortunately implied that LGBTQ characters in books must be " advocating" being LGBTQ rather than merely going about their day in their story. You've also implied that you're somehow not part of a community that contains LGBTQ people. *shrug*
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I understand that some people are perpetually offended. I don't think anyone can please that group of people no matter what they do. However, I did try to learn how to not be offensive. I asked how to correct my ignorant mistake. And for that I got, ... well, people can read the response on their own.
And I also got this bizarre one:
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You've also implied that you're somehow not part of a community that contains LGBTQ people. *shrug*
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I thought it was quite clear that I was stating that I am not up to date on everything that may be offensive to the LGBT community (can I say "community"?) because I am not in the LGBT community. I am heterosexual.
That is neither a point of shame nor a point of pride for me. It is just a description of my situation. It boggles my mind that you could not understand what I meant, and went off on some silly tangent of "not part of
a community that
contains LGBT people. To use your own words ... *shrug*
Let me ask you this: If someone makes a mistake, asks how to be better next time, and then gets attacked for asking ... is that more likely to (1) invite them into the group at hand, or (2) repel them from it? If you want to gain friends and supporters, you kind of have to be friendly and supportive back.