Hi Ted,
You said:
>I agree, though, with Cliff's observation that there is probably
> more to homophobia than xenophobia. However, what ties all of
> this in to education is the fact that homophobia is fundamentally
> irrational. Every fear that defines homophobia is ungrounded.
> Education is usually highly effective in treating irrational fears.
Why is "educating" people to adopt what we regard as socially acceptable
attitudes any different from what religious people have tred to do in the
past? While I personally am not homophobic, I am bothered by people who
regard all beliefs except their own as "irrational", and want to "educate"
everyone else to "the correct attitude". It is precisely this aspect of
Darwinism to which I object, their attempts to ridicule and silence anyone
who criticizes "random mutation and natural selection". The term "educate"
brings up visions of the establishment trying to impose some view upon
everyone else, rather than allow any obective discussion of ideas.
Bertvan
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