Sarah Palin Says Homosexuality Is A Choice

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   Lika Starr

   October 4, 2008 at 3:28 pm | Permalink | Reply

   This video received over 25,000 views and over 200 comments in just two short days.  Of course all the action was on YouTube instead of here.  What I didn’t think of was all the nutjobs that would be posting comments on video.  It’s not that I didn’t expect it, it’s more that I didn’t expect the video to gain so much popularity in such a short period of time.  Popular videos on YouTube are usually the product of a popular channel.  Marketing my YouTube channel has not been something I’ve worked at.  I mainly just uploaded the video there so I could post it here.  But I learned if the timing and keywords are right, you might have a winner.

   I’m glad that occurred there and not here because I probably would have censored the comments on this blog.  Believe me, I’ve deleted my fair share of hate comments in the past. I think it’s important for everyone to see the hate that’s out there but only if it’s on neutral grounds such as YouTube.  Which is why I haven’t blocked any users on this video. 

   I must say the majority of the comments are positive rather than negative.  There were only a few ‘real’ haters but most of those did post multiple comments.  Out of all the over 200 comments so far there was only one person that attacked me personally.  That was the idiot that called me a loser for posting the video and blamed me for the hate comments because of it.  Stupidity at its best.  I thought about it for a while and reluctantly responded.  It wasn’t my intention to respond to anyone in regards to the video.  That medium is meant for the community to comment and discuss amongst themselves.  But since this person chose to attack me personally and I ultimately chose to react.

   Of course, my doing so fueled the fire and it didn’t end quite so pretty.  I was determined to get the last word in our convo because, well, this person had the first word.

   Here’s the conversation:

   CrissJami
   Furthermore, the hatred towards gays in the comments I see of this video wouldn’t be here if some loser hadn’t made Palin’s comment an issue. None of this would be here. They unnecessarily played the victim to nothing, then brought some real hatred in result.

   My other comment mentioning how playing the victim will further make you the victim is justified by that fact.

   LikaStarr
   @ CrissJami
   You blame me for the hatred amongst these comments? Get real! If the hatred didn’t already exist there would be no need for videos such as this.

   Why? Because the material wouldn’t exist in the first place. Stop being so damn stupid with your rhetorical nonsense.

   …and, you call me the loser? Check yourself before you judge others. Sorry about that but you pretty much asked for it.

   CrissJami
   Everyone’s responsible for their own actions, which means those leaving hateful comments are responsible, just as you are. Think about it, would they be here without the pointless video? That’s simple logic. I’ll lay this out for you:

   Palin clearly says, “her friend made a choice.” Now if you’d study up on this, SOME (not all) homosexuals choose it just to be trendy and eccentric, others have the inherit biological and psychological factors that they can’t help.

   CrissJami
   You obviously don’t know her friend according to the mid note stating “nobody can find this friend of 30 years”, therefore you can’t accuse Palin. You think people went up to Alaska searching for Palin’s friend? Please, I think you need to check YOURself before you judge others. Making an issue from a couple words someone said that can easily be clarified is whining and playing the victim.

   I think homosexuals should stop kicking and screaming like babies and people would take them seriously.

   LikaStarr
   Is that the best you can do?

   I am responsible for my actions but I am not responsible for others. I didn’t say the comments wouldn’t be here. I said hatred against gays exists with or without this video.

   The HRC did send ’someone’ to go look for this gay friend that most likely doesn’t even exist.

   Palin plainly said she didn’t make the same ‘choice’ her friend did. Anyone with half a brain can figure that one out.

   The context was in reference to being gay 30 years, not some trend.

   CrissJami
   Eh? Best I can do? It’s evident this is some pea-brained competition to you. I should have known by the “logic” behind even creating such a video in the first place.

   Anyways, HRC my ass. If you actually believe the HRC “sent someone” to Alaska to solely search for “Sarah Palin’s gay friend”, you’re insane.

   1) The term “friend” varies in definition among different people and cultures, therefore they’d have no grounds to even begin.

   CrissJami
   2) If they found a friend, they’d then have to interrogate personal sexually-based questions to find if they are in fact gay. What did they do, commit a crime?
   3) The HRC has better things to do than to send a search by a simple informal comment. Have you ever casually said something and it didn’t come out right? Nobody’s stupid enough to waste that kinda time on it.

   Furthermore, as I said in a previous comment, living the lifestyle is a choice, but having the inherit feelings (for some) isn’t.

   LikaStarr
   Pea-brained competition? Sounds like this is your cup of tea. Remember, you took the first shot when you called me a loser.

   If I wanted a competition I would be replying to everyone, not just you. If you don’t want this conversation then shut the fuck up. You had the first word, I get the last. Got it?

   Search youtube for this: “LGBT Alaskans on Sarah Palin” then Google “PPM106_palin_doc” and look at pg. 21 and get off my ass.

   I’m done with you. Further comments by you will be deleted

   So…  Was I wrong or right for doing this?  I ask because now I’m second guessing myself.  The reason is because this person wasn’t genuinely hateful towards gays but more of the type that thinks they have all the answers especially about things they know nothing about.  At least that’s what I get of theses comments and the others this person left on the video.

   CrissJami also said he/she had written an article in defense of gays about a year ago.  It was this that led me to believe this person is not gay (I never asked).    I didn’t really care that this person completely missed the whole point of this video but what I did care about was that I was attacked and blamed for the everyone else’s hate comments.  Had this person accepted my response and just left it, I would have left it alone as well.  But, no, the rhetoric wouldn’t stop.  I kept my promise and deleted the last comment from this person.  I also deleted the email notification so I don’t have it to post here.  It wasn’t important anyway, just said something silly like they were right all along and that I couldn’t take a few words, etc.  Just stupid stuff. 

   This got me thinking why some gays are so bothered when heterosexuals think being gay is a choice. Which was the whole purpose of this video.  Some of us couldn’t care less what others think and others are extremely offended.  I fall somewhere in between. It just depends on how personal it is.  But when it’s a public official it makes a big difference to me.  There are many reasons for this.  Most of them have to do with they just don’t get it. If they did, things would be different across the board, such as equal rights, tolerance, acceptance, everything.

   I originally wrote a much longer response to CrissJami but it would have been chopped into 5 different comments and I really didn’t want to mess with that so I chose the short and sour option.  My mistake?  Here’s my original post:

   @ CrissJami

   You blame me for the hatred amongst these comments?  Get real!  If the hatred didn’t already exist there would be no need for videos such as this. 

   Why?  Because the material wouldn’t exist in the first place.  Stop being so damn stupid with your rhetorical nonsense.

   …and, you call me the loser?  Check yourself before you judge others.  Sorry about that but you pretty much asked for it.

   If you actually wrote an article with any credibility defending gays then you should understand what is best for gays is more than just tolerance, it’s understanding.  That means to understand what homosexuality is at its roots from those who live it every day of their lives.  Those who live it, understand their sexual orientation is not something they chose.  To say otherwise is like being called a lier. 

   Now, I ask you the question:  Do you like being called a lier?  Of course you don’t.  That, my friend, is the point the point of this video.  It is a social issue because it affects millions of people and directly relates to their rights and equality.  That makes it matter that much more when it comes from a high-ranking public official which is exactly the job Palin is applying for.

   Your problem is that you refuse to see what’s really going in the world.  Or maybe it’s just that you don’t have to live in the real world because you’ve wrapped yourself up in a pretty little bubble you might call, “conformity.”

   I feel sorry for you on the day someone comes along and bursts your bubble. You’re going have a very hard fall.  Good luck with that.

   As far as Palin’s comment, I admit it could have been a lot worse.  However, that does not mean that it should be belittled or not made for what it is. 

   One last thing: Lets not forget, no one can find this supposedly gay best friend.  If she is lying then in my opinion that negates any level of tolerance of gays Palin may be trying to pull over our eyes.

   Blah…  Maybe I just suck at communication.

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