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Old 04-11-2013, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Maryland
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Term in bold italics is subjective. Who are you to determine what is and what isn't normal?
Normal - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Old 04-11-2013, 08:58 PM
 
Location: H-Tine, Texas
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Because they're normal. Just because some choose to be abnormal doesn't mean society has to cater to it
Oh, okay. Didn't realize banging over 150 random women while you were married constituted as 'normal'.

Completely normal.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:01 PM
 
Location: Maryland
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I'm heterosexual and I don't watch sports. A lot of other heterosexuals I know don't watch sports either.

What's your point?
Facebook's algorithms would suggest you may be gay then.

Gay? Conservative? High IQ? Your Facebook 'likes' can reveal traits - Cosmic Log

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The accuracy rates for predicting sexual orientation were 88 percent for males and 75 percent for females. But don't think reaching that result was as easy as seeing who clicked the "like" button for "Gay Marriage." Less than 5 percent of the gay users were fans of such obvious pages, Kosinski and his colleagues said. The predictions were based instead on inferences from likes for less obvious pages. For example, the computer model associated the fan pages for Kathy Griffin and "Wicked, The Musical" with homosexual males, while heterosexual males were associated with the pages for Bruce Lee and WWE wrestling.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, California
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As I said, the term 'normal' is subjective.

The dictionary isn't an end-all, be-all acceptance of what words mean and what they stand for.

People have an unspoken agreement those definitions are acceptable for what is being defined. It is until we start questioning these definitions that they change.

Or in other words: subjective.

Get it?
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, California
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Facebook's algorithms would suggest you may be gay then.

Gay? Conservative? High IQ? Your Facebook 'likes' can reveal traits - Cosmic Log
Cool story, bro.

Facebook doesn't have a Ph.D in medical science or psychology.

I'm a heterosexual and I don't watch sports. Why would I want to watch a bunch of dudes get all sweaty and bounce over each other?
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:13 PM
 
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The media is gearing up for the circus side show.
And some of us are gearing up to watch all the ultra-conservatives' heads explode.

It's gonna be soooooo much fun.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Deep Dirty South
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Because they're normal. Just because some choose to be abnormal doesn't mean society has to cater to it
So, was your sexual preference a choice?

Is your assertion that homosexuals choose their orientation?

That's simply addressed: you are just clearly ignorant on the subject and should educate yourself some.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:18 PM
 
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Good way to not worry about being cut. Then if you somehow get cut and nobody signs you the cries of discrimination and homophobes are running all these organizations will rain down.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:21 PM
 
Location: Deep Dirty South
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Of course, according to this definition, left-handedness, congenital blindness and deafness, dwarfism, etc. are all also "abnormal" in that these things deviate from the norm.

Then again, you seem to be laboring under the baseless nonsensical BS that people choose their sexual orientation. It's hard to make a factual point with someone who holds to that kind of Dark Ages thinking...
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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And some of us are gearing up to watch all the ultra-conservatives' heads explode.

It's gonna be soooooo much fun.
what about your fellow democrats?
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