One of my Facebook friends posted the
letter that I responded to. It is probaby the most offensive, hateful thing I
have ever read in a newspaper.
Tracey Young , Vancouver / Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times, August 15,
2013. Retrieved from:
Dear
Editor,
I
am a proponent of free speech, but this letter from Dell Krauchi [Call me
anti-gay not homophobic, Aug. 13, The TIMES], in which he writes “I simply put
the gay community and those with so-called gender-disorders in the same category
as I would rapists and child pornographers” can only be described as promoting
hate, prejudice, and intolerance towards gay, lesbian, transgendered and other
people who have been fighting for decades to have the same human rights, safety,
and dignity as others in society.
Krauchi
proves the point that opinions are like @$$^%!#$, everyone has
them.
He
should also get his facts straight before writing about topics he clearly knows
nothing about.
Homosexuality
has not been considered a “gender disorder” for decades and was removed from the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-II) in 1973. Forensic profiling of
pedophiles also quite clearly identifies heterosexual males as the most common
type of child sexual abuser.
A
civil society does not condone this kind of mentality, nor does it give it any
airtime.
These
hateful and harmful comments clearly illustrate that the struggle for respect,
equality, and to be viewed like any other citizen is still being
fought.
Fortunately,
dinosaurs like Krauchi are dying off and their antiquated bigotry goes with them
as new generations grow up believing and knowing that love, acceptance, and
equality are cultural values that are meant for everyone in our
society.
Tracey
Young, Vancouver
©
Copyright 2013
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