I'm left with the impression that LGBT+ (am I the only one who thought this was a way you got the Internet and a phone call out of the same wall socket?) people are a lot more miserable and disenchanted these days after having "come out" than they ever were when they lived in closets.
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The only reason some may be more miserable and disenchanted these days after coming out is that they're subject to more harassment and discrimination. In the "old days," the confirmed bachelor or spinster would be viewed as charming or with pity, and it made sense if they moved in with someone to share expenses and keep from being lonely. It was possible for everyone to pretend that they were still "normal," even if it was suspected otherwise. Now that they're "out," those who focus on other people's sex lives can point out how perverted they really are, and how they need to change.
And there I was thinking that the LGBT+ is actually a sandwich. :D
I'm not going to say every single person is the same, but just because someone is hiding how they feel and putting a smile on their face doesn't mean they are actually happy. be yourself with people who you care about without fear of being rejected as a person?
But then of course they have to deal with the bigots who never will accept them and direct so much ignorance and hate at them.
LGBT+ ... people are a lot more miserable and disenchanted these days after having "come out" than they ever were when they lived in closets.
Yes exactly! In much the same way Christians today regret no longer having to act out their religious worship in secret, digging catacombs and painting tiny fish symbols on walls, always in genuine fear of being tortured and thrown to the lions in the Roman colosseum.
Having mega-churches and Bible-TV makes them miserable and disenchanted.
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You mean, when people were miserable in solitary isolation it didn't annoy you so much? So don't read about it. Maybe now it's YOUR turn to suffer in silence.
And what is this "wall socket" of which you speak?
I do not smile much, and I most certainly prefer my own company to that of others, but I am, as my username would suggest, most definitely happy.
And you know what? Being out is a significant contributor to that. Or, at the very least, being the closet was a serious detriment to my happiness.
And your reference to landline technology shows your dated thinking. Even my grandparents have mobiles.
Edit: The original commenter is someone called 'Son of Zaky'. Phil is actually defending trans people on the original site.
> am I the only one who thought this was a way you got the Internet and a phone call out of the same wall socket?
Did you confuse LGBT with DSL?
At least BLT has a lot of the same letters.
> (am I the only one who thought this was a way you got the Internet and a phone call out of the same wall socket?)
So not only you're proudly ignorant of elementary social psychology, you're also proudly ignorant of everyday technology, something that most people have no problems figuring out. And you're somehow still expecting to be taken seriously. Go figure.
"people are a lot more miserable and disenchanted these days after having "come out" than they ever were when they lived in closets."
You're a Nervalist, whose allegiance is to Xanthippe, aren't you?
I bet you fear a sentient Babylon 5-esque O'Neill Cylinder with the voice of "Code Geass"'s Lelouch Lamperouge (and is even more of a Large Ham), who has a pink-haired girl who fires his main weapon, Phil. [/"Sora Kake Girl"]
Wait a minute. If you look at the original comment, Phil's quoting someone else, Son of Zaky. Here's his actual comment:
i cant speak from experience, but from reading sites that transexuals post on, i doubt it. I expect they just want to be treated for who they are.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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