So these are serious questions, and I would love answers.
1. Do you walk around openly disagreeing with people about integration or the civil rights movement of the 1960s?
2. Would you expect to "disagree" with someone about something racially insensitive and not get (at the very least) the cold shoulder?
(Sorry for allowing this guy to derail the thread, but I feel that his attitude is worth engaging. As someone in Orlando and someone with close friends in the LGBT community, I do not want to give anyone even an inch of slack on this subject. People like him often hide behind the claim that "everyone is entitled to their opinion." Well, that's simply not true.)
http://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-entitled-to-your-opinion-9978
(An excerpt)
So yeah, you can come up on a pilot forum and say you think airplanes are held aloft by fuzzy pink unicorns, but don't expect to be taken seriously and expect to not be ridiculed. Good night.
If I could have liked your post a dozen times, I would have.
Last evening when I made my short post and read what had transpired here,I decided to hold my thoughts and see what developed, hoping that would be the end. I very well understand that everybody has the right to be a racist, a bigot, a hate monger or whatever. I understand that with real freedom also come the rights of groups of people to march around in sheets, or in SS uniforms and spew hate and divisiveness against others who are not like them.
I must not be that enlightened. Enlightenment means to me that we have reached a stage as a society, as a civilization and has human beings where we value and support all life because we understand just how truly precious and remarkable lives are and that all lives matter. It means we have looked beyond a person's religion, their race, their ethnicity, or their sexual preferences. So while a person has the right to say and act the way he wants to towards others, I also have the right not to tolerate or accept such behavior. I have the right to stand up and fight such behavior. The truth, is far more important to me. Being gay or being a lesbian is not a lifestyle. It is not a choice. It is the way some people are born. Period. Just as I was born with brown eyes and dark hair. It is not something I chose or have any power to change.
49 people lost their lives. And for what? Because someone who is not enlightened, has tolerance issues, most likely has other issues, suddenly decided that these strangers who he has never met and does not know, should die and that he had the right to kill them. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 50. A barista, an accountant, a recent high school grad. A young man who wanted to be a firefighter. A teacher. A pharmacy tech. An athlete. A dancer. A musician. An employee at LGA. A restaurant manager. A student. A salesman. A singer. A hairstylist. A store manager. A realtor. A Captain in the US Army reserve. A chef. A law student...and much more These people were sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, fathers, mothers, friends and lovers.
So,
@DeltaAlphaNovember, I have a photo I want you to look at. What I really would ask of you is to search on line for this location and read it's history and what happened there. Then I want you to come back here and tell me your thoughts and feelings.
