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Originally Posted by haertig
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:
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.
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You'd've had a different response if the passive-aggressiveness wasn't dripping from your question.
What boggles my mind is your suggestion that being heterosexual somehow excludes you from knowing how to speak to/about LBGTQ people without offense. I'm also heterosexual and still manage to pull it off.