I Have Some Muslim Friends, Not Like Other Muslims, Thats Why They are My Friends....

IronGiant

Again you misunderstand.   He has nothing against homosexuals.  He has nothing against against people being gay or describing them self as gay.  What he doesn't like is what he thinks is the dismissive term "gays".

IronGiant

Spot on.

robel

But who is he to define how gay people wish to refer to themselves as?

Why is it dismissive?

robel

Im a Jew. When i get to together with other Jews, guess what? We are Jews.

Let those people define who they are, not you.

robel

As above

weaviemx5

So if I, as a non-Jewish person, walked down the street and shouted, “look at those Jews over there”, would you not have any issue with that?

That’s how I took his posts anyway.

robel

Are you being a **** on purpose?

nabby

No, on that thread you said you noticed that I like to attack posters.  But no bother.

The "gays" thing has been explained by others, happy to continue without that distracting us.

The Spain thing - I was just wondering what things were like there for the Jewish population.  I know you like to comment on happenings in the UK that affect the Jewish community (and personally I appreciate it as to me there don't seem to be many other openly Jewish members on here) and I was wondering if things are better/worse/the same/different in Spain.  That's all.

weaviemx5

“I am not attacking posters.”

Eh? I gave you an example, as used by Nabby too, yet you’re asking me if I’m being a **** on purpose?

Does that mean you’re offended by the term “Jews”, depending on who is using it?

IronGiant

My cousin is Gay, he's 59.  He was born a few months after me.  He was never proud to be Gay, he grew up in Northern England and suppressed it most of his life to the extent he got married and had children.  20 years ago he escaped the life he hated and now has a male partner.  Unfortunately he will never be proud to be Gay, he's just happy not to be vilified .