The War Of Hunter Biden's Laptop

[Elixir]

Schrödinger's scandal

Kudos! I have feeling I’ll be stealing that for multiple re-use.

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[Gun Nut]

Life is a Rorschach test. Your reality is what you perceive of it, and you perceive your own reality. People who see molestation in a kiss on a son's cheek are the people we need to worry might molest their sons... because it is what is on their minds.

 

[TomC]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

 

[Elixir]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

OK.
I got zero affection and near zero attention at all from my dad before he died when I was 9.
I'm as straight (sexual preference-wise) as they come - zero physical attraction to the same sex and an overdrive attraction to the opposite one.
Is THAT worthy of discussion?
I think this is about people who have an uncontrollable revulsion that is triggered by any display of affection between people of the same sex - as if it was any of their business, or of any consequence to them (or anyone else besides those involved). It is such an uncontrolled reaction that it occurs even when a dad kisses a son on the cheek. IMHO, THAT is a dangerous irrationality that should be discussed, whereas our individual preferences or the roots thereof, are not.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Kissing like Joe Biden and his son is not accepted by conservative Americans mainly because tradition, culture. In various nations in Europe, different cultures have different norms. The sub-culture of American rednecks is not laid down by God himself, despite redneck delusions that this is so. Just saying.

 

[Gun Nut]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

OK.
I got zero affection and near zero attention at all from my dad before he died when I was 9.
I'm as straight (sexual preference-wise) as they come - zero physical attraction to the same sex and an overdrive attraction to the opposite one.
Is THAT worthy of discussion?
I think this is about people who have an uncontrollable revulsion that is triggered by any display of affection between people of the same sex - as if it was any of their business, or of any consequence to them (or anyone else besides those involved). It is such an uncontrolled reaction that it occurs even when a dad kisses a son on the cheek. IMHO, THAT is a dangerous irrationality that should be discussed, whereas our individual preferences or the roots thereof, are not.

I'm a little different in this respect... I am revolted by "male" same-sex displays of romantic affection... I have a reflexive "ick" response. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "uncontrollable", but I experience it.. Not the case with two same-sex "females".. that (I am not ashamed to admit) is HOT. Why? Well, women are attractive to me.. and two are twice as attractive... men are unattractive to me, and two men doubly so.
My father expressed affection towards me in what I would call a pretty standard American cultural way... through emotional and financial support and kind, empathetic words and actions... an occasional hug.. no kisses. Kissing family members is more a European thing in my estimation also... but its not "gay" or "predatory" in any stretch of a normal person's imagination.

 

[James Brown]

When you hate someone, the way they hold their fork drives you crazy. Your best friend can spill his plate in your lap and you say you don't mind.

For those who have been conditioned to hate anyone named Biden, nothing Joe or Hunter can do won't trigger a response. A father shows his son affection? Ick! A father doesn't show his son affection? Typical librul neglect!

This is the world that Fox News has created.

 

[ZiprHead]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

OK.
I got zero affection and near zero attention at all from my dad before he died when I was 9.
I'm as straight (sexual preference-wise) as they come - zero physical attraction to the same sex and an overdrive attraction to the opposite one.
Is THAT worthy of discussion?
I think this is about people who have an uncontrollable revulsion that is triggered by any display of affection between people of the same sex - as if it was any of their business, or of any consequence to them (or anyone else besides those involved). It is such an uncontrolled reaction that it occurs even when a dad kisses a son on the cheek. IMHO, THAT is a dangerous irrationality that should be discussed, whereas our individual preferences or the roots thereof, are not.

I'm a little different in this respect... I am revolted by "male" same-sex displays of romantic affection... I have a reflexive "ick" response. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "uncontrollable", but I experience it.. Not the case with two same-sex "females".. that (I am not ashamed to admit) is HOT. Why? Well, women are attractive to me.. and two are twice as attractive... men are unattractive to me, and two men doubly so.
My father expressed affection towards me in what I would call a pretty standard American cultural way... through emotional and financial support and kind, empathetic words and actions... an occasional hug.. no kisses. Kissing family members is more a European thing in my estimation also... but its not "gay" or "predatory" in any stretch of a normal person's imagination.

I used to be pretty much the same way but as same sex relations between men get more common in the media the ick factor for me has eased quite a bit.

I don't ever even remember ever sitting on my father's lap. He worked 2nd shift so he was gone before I got home from school and home after I went to bed. He got more approachable after he retired but I don't remember any actual affection.

 

[Harry Bosch]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

OK.
I got zero affection and near zero attention at all from my dad before he died when I was 9.
I'm as straight (sexual preference-wise) as they come - zero physical attraction to the same sex and an overdrive attraction to the opposite one.
Is THAT worthy of discussion?
I think this is about people who have an uncontrollable revulsion that is triggered by any display of affection between people of the same sex - as if it was any of their business, or of any consequence to them (or anyone else besides those involved). It is such an uncontrolled reaction that it occurs even when a dad kisses a son on the cheek. IMHO, THAT is a dangerous irrationality that should be discussed, whereas our individual preferences or the roots thereof, are not.

Very similar with me! Zero affection with Dad. Very hetro. BTW: I'm extremely close with my kids. We ski together, hike, fish, sail, kayak and you name it. I tell my daughters that I love them at least once a day. Never discussed it with my dad, that just wasn't his style. I was raised in a conservative household. But no one in my family ever cared about gays. Our next door neighbors were a lesbian couple that were like second family to us. Anyway, never have understood why some people get so up in arms over other people's sex lives.

 

[Elixir]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

OK.
I got zero affection and near zero attention at all from my dad before he died when I was 9.
I'm as straight (sexual preference-wise) as they come - zero physical attraction to the same sex and an overdrive attraction to the opposite one.
Is THAT worthy of discussion?
I think this is about people who have an uncontrollable revulsion that is triggered by any display of affection between people of the same sex - as if it was any of their business, or of any consequence to them (or anyone else besides those involved). It is such an uncontrolled reaction that it occurs even when a dad kisses a son on the cheek. IMHO, THAT is a dangerous irrationality that should be discussed, whereas our individual preferences or the roots thereof, are not.

I'm a little different in this respect... I am revolted by "male" same-sex displays of romantic affection... I have a reflexive "ick" response. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "uncontrollable", but I experience it.. Not the case with two same-sex "females".. that (I am not ashamed to admit) is HOT. Why? Well, women are attractive to me.. and two are twice as attractive... men are unattractive to me, and two men doubly so.
My father expressed affection towards me in what I would call a pretty standard American cultural way... through emotional and financial support and kind, empathetic words and actions... an occasional hug.. no kisses. Kissing family members is more a European thing in my estimation also... but its not "gay" or "predatory" in any stretch of a normal person's imagination.

I used to be pretty much the same way but as same sex relations between men get more common in the media the ick factor for me has eased quite a bit.

That applies to me as well. My disgust at male-male affections has faded and so has my slavering desire for lesbians, after slaking that thirst and never finding it satisfying.

 

[Gun Nut]

I don't remember my dad showing me any physical affection past diaper age.

Now I'm queer as a three dollar bill.

Anybody want to discuss that?
Tom

OK.
I got zero affection and near zero attention at all from my dad before he died when I was 9.
I'm as straight (sexual preference-wise) as they come - zero physical attraction to the same sex and an overdrive attraction to the opposite one.
Is THAT worthy of discussion?
I think this is about people who have an uncontrollable revulsion that is triggered by any display of affection between people of the same sex - as if it was any of their business, or of any consequence to them (or anyone else besides those involved). It is such an uncontrolled reaction that it occurs even when a dad kisses a son on the cheek. IMHO, THAT is a dangerous irrationality that should be discussed, whereas our individual preferences or the roots thereof, are not.

I'm a little different in this respect... I am revolted by "male" same-sex displays of romantic affection... I have a reflexive "ick" response. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "uncontrollable", but I experience it.. Not the case with two same-sex "females".. that (I am not ashamed to admit) is HOT. Why? Well, women are attractive to me.. and two are twice as attractive... men are unattractive to me, and two men doubly so.
My father expressed affection towards me in what I would call a pretty standard American cultural way... through emotional and financial support and kind, empathetic words and actions... an occasional hug.. no kisses. Kissing family members is more a European thing in my estimation also... but its not "gay" or "predatory" in any stretch of a normal person's imagination.

I used to be pretty much the same way but as same sex relations between men get more common in the media the ick factor for me has eased quite a bit.

I don't ever even remember ever sitting on my father's lap. He worked 2nd shift so he was gone before I got home from school and home after I went to bed. He got more approachable after he retired but I don't remember any actual affection.

Yes... media has perhaps desensitized some to it more than others - also depends on which media-pseudo-reality one consumes. Funny, my wife was just watching the movie A Clockwork Orange last night... reminding me that one can be desensitized to anything.. anything at all... and then its called Brainwashing.
I can understand, without agreeing, how someone might make the connection between what we see more today in commercials having a desensitizing affect with "brainwashing". The line between "being brainwashed to think a thing" and "learning more about a thing" is an interesting one to think about.
I make this comment only because we observe so many (conservative?) people making comments about the "gaying-down of America" or whatever their three-word-battle-cry is in response to what we are talking about. I disagree with that, but I also have empathy for where that is coming from.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I used to be pretty much the same way but as same sex relations between men get more common in the media the ick factor for me has eased quite a bit.

Still icks me but I know that's my failing, not them doing anything wrong. Ick isn't proof of wrong.

 

[ZiprHead]

I used to be pretty much the same way but as same sex relations between men get more common in the media the ick factor for me has eased quite a bit.

Still icks me but I know that's my failing, not them doing anything wrong. Ick isn't proof of wrong.

That was part of it for me too.