I did get some troll vibes, but I generally prefer to think someone is being a little obtuse in the moment ( we all have our moments) instead of purposely rude and disruptive. There’s possibly a chance to educate someone.
So Tink, what are you doing here? Go ahead, tell us what you are trying to add to the conversation?
If you answer with something lame like, “I was trying to add a different perspective “, well, as I already said, that’s lame. You don’t think we have already heard that BS perspective every day of our lives?
Someone I actually care about said something dumb recently about indoctrination, and I had to point out to her that society has been trying to indoctrinate me my entire life to be straight (which clearly didn’t take), so could straight people stop worrying that their kids will suddenly turn gay if they hear the word? And if the kid does realize they’re gay, well, they weren’t straight to begin with! Nobody is trying to turn anyone gay. We just prefer people not hate themselves and other people to stop treating people like crap and lesser than.
Some days I think I need to start my own church. A church where the premise is that we’re supposed to help each other while we’re on this planet. I’ve had two epiphanies in my life, and two moments of what I will call grace, because I don’t have another word. During the moments of grace, I shared God’s love for every person. It was amazing. It was short lived (although basically an ok person, I’m not one of those intrinsically kind benevolent folks), and I unfortunately can’t bring back the feeling just by trying to, but I experienced it twice, and I feel extremely blessed. The part of me that remembers more shakes my head at the bigotry