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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:45 PM Original message |
In relation to some of the Valerie Jarrett comments... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. It wasn't just choice, it was lifestyle choice |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Okay so she was talking about it being a lifestyle choice. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I hope you find someone to love, that can return love and intamacy to you. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Found a beutiful song or two or three or four :) |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. the one thing that I noticed |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Agreed. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. There's considerable support for your analysis in |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Brilliant post |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Hi, jumptheshadow. |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. "People aren't born gay" |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. As I said....I believe everyone is born bisexual. |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Meh... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Possibly. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I made a thread about this yesterday and it predictably met a lot of opposition. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. but gay men will be sexually attracted to someone they don't love also |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Vaberella, I understand what you're saying. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Thank you for understanding. I notice a lot of people are confused by my terminology. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Great line. |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. So Is What You're Saying |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. I don't know what you're reading in my post. n/t |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Please Don't Be Disingenuous |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
59. Different issue |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. love and attraction are not the same, we are attracted to people we don't love |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Good post. I have loved many women, but I don't "function" sexually with women. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I had stated as much in my post if you read through it. n/t |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. I read your post and I don't see your point. Did you read AND understand my post? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I'm not so sure I agree with all you're saying |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I clearly made the difference in my post if you read it through again. |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. Vaberella - "I don't believe that people are born gay" |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. With Jarrett, she was using specific jargon of the Ex-gay crowd |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I think there's some confusion in what I see as bisexuality and what everyone else sees. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. I understand what you're saying, but... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Very well said |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Interesting post! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Thanks for this. I believe a poster above said the same. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Meldread, between you and Vaberella this is one of the most thoughtful exchanges here in days |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I think Mimosa is the one who really grasped my thoughts properly in post 10.nt |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That too |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
21. Every gay person I've ever asked said they were born that way. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. No, because I know many gays who believe in both. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Fuck it. I'm not doing this. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Okay. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
27. 'since I don't believe that people are born gay' - well, that explains a lot. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. What does it explain? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. "I figure everyone is born bisexual."... isn't that far from thinking: |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I think the best explanation of what I think is along the lines of post.# 10. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. "I don't believe that people are born gay" |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Well...that's my point. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. The last 50 years of context would help. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I don't get your thinking. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Know any furries? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
44. Not bigoted, just ignorant. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. So gay is something you "just kind of go with" depending on who you may be attracted to. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. People are tying to blow her comments out of proportion. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. not just a poor choice of words |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Good post. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. When you have no control over who you're sexually attracted to |
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KossackRealityCheck (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
57. You are bisexual and therefore you don't exist |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
58. I'd just like to take the opportunity to say a few more |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
60. But people are born gay. |
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