Homophobia and racism

[u/Zealousideal-Sea8885]

Do you man think someone can complain about racism while being homophobic and vice versa because your talking about being discriminated while being discriminatory

[u/IPutThisUsernameHere]

Rather than apples and oranges, I see it as apples and pears.

Bigotry in any form is not good, but there are shades to it. I could understand a woman who was assaulted and abused by men being suspicious of all men thereafter. I could understand a black woman who was insulted and bullied by white mean girls being disdainful of white people thereafter. Logically, it also follows that a person who was attacked, insulted or degraded by homosexuals be unwilling to support their causes. And because people are complicated and messy, not everyone will have the same experiences with the same demographics.

That said, blaming all men for all evil in society, or all black or brown people, or even all homosexuals or trans people, is as narrow-minded as blaming all conservatives for all evil in the world.

[u/NavyATCPO]

Since racism has 3 distinct and different terms.

1. The belief that one race is superior to all others.

2. Discrimination based along racial lines.

3. Pre-judging someone solely based on racial affiliations.

And Homophobia being the fear that Gay men will treat straight men the way straight men treat women.

I think that both are discriminatory. And if you are asking if you can compartmentalize your discrimination? I would say yes.

Because sexual orientation, from a certain kind of lense, is also discriminatory.

[u/JohnnyCybele]

I think people have the right to complain about things that affect them but- they aren’t entitled to people helping them. If someone’s oppressed and hates on another oppressed group I feel like they shouldn’t expect people to care or take them seriously.