I kind of cringe at my own attitude, actually, which is sort of "You can do what you like, just don't do it where I have to watch" - which is how my family feel about gays. Hence the cringe.
But I think what bothers me is that these are real people. Real people have real families who can be hurt. I can accept the argument that an actor or band member has chosen to live in the public eye, and this is a consequence. Fine, but his sister or grandmother hasn't made that choice. What happens when X's grandma proudly googles her grandson and gets a hundred hits of X ass-fucking Z over a barrel. Or whatever. That's real damage to a real person - and I don't think there's an argument to justify that.
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As do I.
I kind of cringe at my own attitude, actually, which is sort of "You can do what you like, just don't do it where I have to watch" - which is how my family feel about gays. Hence the cringe.
But I think what bothers me is that these are real people. Real people have real families who can be hurt. I can accept the argument that an actor or band member has chosen to live in the public eye, and this is a consequence. Fine, but his sister or grandmother hasn't made that choice. What happens when X's grandma proudly googles her grandson and gets a hundred hits of X ass-fucking Z over a barrel. Or whatever. That's real damage to a real person - and I don't think there's an argument to justify that.
Feeling better for it?
Yeah. I think so. Thanks :-)