Friday, July 21, 2006

The stupidest political ad I've seen in a while

Is right here. It exists courtesy of James Dobson, which is in itself somewhat ironic. Because when Dobson's dog barked and didn't behave as he was "supposed to," Dobson beat it into submission, then bragged about what he had done.

It is quite clear to anyone with a brain that there are indeed people who are born gay. And no one has yet to come forward to explain why someone would wake up one morning and suddenly decide he wanted to be looked down on by the majority of the population, be discriminated against in almost every area of life, get beaten up by idiots, and be called disparaging names. And just think--those people in Iran who suddenly decide they are gay can also look forward to being executed.

6 Comments:

The guy is a 'moran' anyway...and anyone who would follow him is likewise free of the burdens of reasoned thinking.

His 'proof' that people can't be born gay comes from three pieces of evidence, all of which 'prove' a negative (which is not possible, but whatever):

1) We don't know of a 'master gene' that causes people to be gay. We cannot predict who will be gay.

- If there is a 'master gay gene' then failing to find it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

- One's inablility to predict a person's sexual orientation means that the prediction technique is flawed, not that sexual orientation can't be predicted. It doesn't address the question of whether sexual orientation is determined at birth.

2) Gay brain study author: "I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay."

- Because one guy didn't find a genetic cause for being gay, there is none. There must also not be a cure for any currently-incurable disease, because we haven't found the cure, so we should stop spending money on medical research.

3) "...the assertion that homosexuality is genetic is so reductionistic that it must be dismissed out of hand…"

- I love the a priori arguments: 'Because something doesn't make sense to me to be true, it is not true.' But wait, there's more! Let's look at his vocabulary, specifically 'reductionistic'.

Reductionistic is an attempt to explain a complex system in simple terms. So what this guy is saying with his $5 word is that ascribing homosexuality to only genetic causes doesn't make sense. He is not saying that genetics have nothing to do with homosexuality, just that they are probably not the only cause; the nurture/nature balance, if you will.

One could imagine someone who has genetic alcoholic tendancies to not become addicted to alcohol until/if she starts drinking. So, it is possible that someone with homosexual genetic tendancies would not actually engage in homosexual activities (or even be attracted to people of the same sex) without some other contributing factor, such as a childhood experience or the manner in which that person was raised, etc.

Sorry James, none of your arguments hold any water. Please try again.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:48 PM  

Well said.

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