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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling launched a Twitter war with UK-based Christian Voice after the group sent out an anti-gay tweet about 22-year-old British swimmer Tom Daley.
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Good for her. You gotta land on trolls with both boots. Silence implies consent.

Tom Daley is a cutie.

Too bad his nerves or something got the best of him. He was diving 10 point dives right up there with the Chinese. Well, he's very young. Hope to see him in Tokyo.
 
Christians will never pass up the opportunity to abuse LGBT, will they? (Note: comment does not apply to wishy-washy liberal/moderate Christians.)
 
Sadly, while watching Daley falter in his diving, I thought, "Well, get ready for the homophobes to blame his failure on being gay."

Is it still cynicism if your negative view of humanity its accurate?
 
Good for her. You gotta land on trolls with both boots. Silence implies consent.

Tom Daley is a cutie.

Too bad his nerves or something got the best of him. He was diving 10 point dives right up there with the Chinese. Well, he's very young. Hope to see him in Tokyo.
Silence never implies consent. Not sometimes, never; certainly not always. Suggests perhaps, but "suggests" is one thing while "implies" is something else entirely.
 
Sadly, while watching Daley falter in his diving, I thought, "Well, get ready for the homophobes to blame his failure on being gay."

Is it still cynicism if your negative view of humanity its accurate?
Does that mean god likes communism?
 
Good for her. You gotta land on trolls with both boots. Silence implies consent.

Tom Daley is a cutie.

Too bad his nerves or something got the best of him. He was diving 10 point dives right up there with the Chinese. Well, he's very young. Hope to see him in Tokyo.
Silence never implies consent. Not sometimes, never; certainly not always. Suggests perhaps, but "suggests" is one thing while "implies" is something else entirely.

It almost always does.

Some person going on and on about their subject matter, doesn't hear a dissenting word from his audience, believes they understand and support his position. You see this in politics, religion and in general discussion between men and women.
 
Silence never implies consent. Not sometimes, never; certainly not always. Suggests perhaps, but "suggests" is one thing while "implies" is something else entirely.

It almost always does.

Some person going on and on about their subject matter, doesn't hear a dissenting word from his audience, believes they understand and support his position. You see this in politics, religion and in general discussion between men and women.
That belief may be a false belief. Even if it's a true belief, your assertion of implication is still false. If I go on and on about the supposed merits of something you believe is false and you say not a word, my belief or an onlookers belief that you don't hold a contrary belief (all because you remained silent when you could have spoken up) does not guarantee any conclusion about what your beliefs are. See, "imply" is a technical term, and if there is indeed an implication, it must logically follow without flaw.

If I say "I don't like black people," that highly suggests I'm racist, but because I might be withholding the view that I don't like anyone, we cannot guarantee the conclusion I'm racist. The logical implication that I'm racist is absent. Again, "implication" or "imply" is a highly technical term, so although silence may in fact suggest something, it doesn't alone imply that something when there lies the possibility that a conclusion cannot be guaranteed.

Besides, there are often other reasons why a person may remain silent in face of a view of opposition. You must be presumptive to even think it's suggestive, but to hold the view there is an implication is patently false.
 
It almost always does.

Some person going on and on about their subject matter, doesn't hear a dissenting word from his audience, believes they understand and support his position. You see this in politics, religion and in general discussion between men and women.
That belief may be a false belief. Even if it's a true belief, your assertion of implication is still false. If I go on and on about the supposed merits of something you believe is false and you say not a word, my belief or an onlookers belief that you don't hold a contrary belief (all because you remained silent when you could have spoken up) does not guarantee any conclusion about what your beliefs are. See, "imply" is a technical term, and if there is indeed an implication, it must logically follow without flaw.

If I say "I don't like black people," that highly suggests I'm racist, but because I might be withholding the view that I don't like anyone, we cannot guarantee the conclusion I'm racist. The logical implication that I'm racist is absent. Again, "implication" or "imply" is a highly technical term, so although silence may in fact suggest something, it doesn't alone imply that something when there lies the possibility that a conclusion cannot be guaranteed.

Besides, there are often other reasons why a person may remain silent in face of a view of opposition. You must be presumptive to even think it's suggestive, but to hold the view there is an implication is patently false.

Most people are presumptive. They assume things all the time. It's been shown this to be the case in many situations. One study between men and women in the workplace found that men were confused and angered when women who listened to their recommendations and suggestions without a word later disagreed with their points or critiqued their opinions. They expected the women to voice their opinions immediately and when they didn't, assumed the women agreed with them.

Look at politics. Not everyone in the room agrees with every point Trump makes, yet the assumption is made that all those cheering him do because the detractors don't speak out.
 
That belief may be a false belief. Even if it's a true belief, your assertion of implication is still false. If I go on and on about the supposed merits of something you believe is false and you say not a word, my belief or an onlookers belief that you don't hold a contrary belief (all because you remained silent when you could have spoken up) does not guarantee any conclusion about what your beliefs are. See, "imply" is a technical term, and if there is indeed an implication, it must logically follow without flaw.

If I say "I don't like black people," that highly suggests I'm racist, but because I might be withholding the view that I don't like anyone, we cannot guarantee the conclusion I'm racist. The logical implication that I'm racist is absent. Again, "implication" or "imply" is a highly technical term, so although silence may in fact suggest something, it doesn't alone imply that something when there lies the possibility that a conclusion cannot be guaranteed.

Besides, there are often other reasons why a person may remain silent in face of a view of opposition. You must be presumptive to even think it's suggestive, but to hold the view there is an implication is patently false.

Most people are presumptive. They assume things all the time. It's been shown this to be the case in many situations. One study between men and women in the workplace found that men were confused and angered when women who listened to their recommendations and suggestions without a word later disagreed with their points or critiqued their opinions. They expected the women to voice their opinions immediately and when they didn't, assumed the women agreed with them.

Look at politics. Not everyone in the room agrees with every point Trump makes, yet the assumption is made that all those cheering him do because the detractors don't speak out.
I don't have an objection to offer regarding that at this time. In fact, what you're saying comes across, for the most part, as quite sensible. I wasn't objecting to any of that. Somehow, it appears, to me, now, that you think the phrase, "silence implies consent" is somehow connected to that in some way. So, maybe my issue was never really with what you meant but rather with how you tried to express what you meant.

It sounds you mean silence is suggestive or indicative of acceptance, agreement, or support--or something like that. You seem to be trying to communicate something to that effect with the catch phrase, "silence implies consent." I appoligize; I shoulda caught on sooner. I've had a crazy week.
 
Good for her. You gotta land on trolls with both boots. Silence implies consent.

Tom Daley is a cutie.

Too bad his nerves or something got the best of him. He was diving 10 point dives right up there with the Chinese. Well, he's very young. Hope to see him in Tokyo.

Hmmm. I struggle with silence implies consent. Maybe it would be best to just ignore? If you respond to an asshole, you're giving him more attention. Of course you have to take a stand if it becomes too blatant.
 
Was straight. Got seduced by older man. Turned gay.
...well of course that was gonna affect his sporting performance. Why didn't someone warn him?
 
Was straight. Got seduced by older man. Turned gay.
...well of course that was gonna affect his sporting performance. Why didn't someone warn him?

That's not how being gay works. You wouldn't be aware of that, though.
 
So if I was sexually attracted to men AND women that would mean I was born that way...I mean, born BOTH ways... I mean... born with the ability to decide which I preferred.

Interesting. Could I (freely) decide to seek professional therapy to change my unwanted sexual behaviour or desires?

...you know, like if someone had low libido or hypersexuality or porn addiction, etc. etc.
 
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What is it about gay sex that Christians are so obsessed with? They talk about it as if it's the worst sin but at the same time it's the most delicious and irresistible temptation for them.
 
The only people MORE obsessed with sexuality are the LGBTQI lobby.
Man, they never shut up about it.

Still, you gotta love free speech.
 
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