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I could have taken your original example and posted a comment how drag queens in a restaurant scare me (they do!) and frankly, make me uncomfortable (instead of the loud nelly queens which I find obnoxious too).
Actually i find many things in restaurants scaring, especially when i am trying to have a meal with my husband after 9pm and there are children sat at the table opposite us screaming and crying, does this mean they should be barred from entering restaurants after 9pm? Personally i think they should but, no doubt there are those of us who think they should not be, they are my views and mine alone, whether i agree with your views on the matter or not thats my perogative and, quite frankly, i will still respect you for having those views even if they differ from mine, we are individuals and we all find things that others do offensive whether or not they were meant to be, ultimately, its about respecting one anothers privacy and view points, regardless of whether they are straight, gay, bisexual, asian, african america or martian.
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The main point I was trying to drive home after I saw comments from others agreeing with you saying "Yeah, they bring down the rest of the gay community..or reflect badly on the rest of the gay community." is that it's VERY dangerous to project one's own morals upon the rest of the community (THIS is how you should act..not this way).
I dont think that was what was being said at all in fact, i think it was more along the lines of how others can make the gay community look bad whether they realize they are doing it or not. Actually, this isnt just a gay community issue, however, it seems to have been escalated into one, how would you judge the straight community based on one comment (or several) from a homophobic webmaster? You dont base your views on an entire community from the behavior of a single individual but, you do take that behavior into account and re-evaluate your opinions on the person, community or whatever.
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I've noticed a trend of "political correctness" on this "new" message board ("fag" offends people etc) and had seen different threads on how people get turned off by femine acting people and don't like the term "girl" "girlfriend" or whatever.
Political correctness, hardly, as for the board being new, the threaded forum is new for sure but the forum on GWW has been around for close to 5 years now in one way, shape or form, the purpose of the forum is for everyone to get to know each other in an environment that is both friendly and informative, i would rather people shared their views honestly than feel they had to hide them through fear of being ridiculed on the forum, irrespective of what that persons views may be.
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And frankly, don't know if GA & Lee realize it or not..but these types of post can most certainly be interpreted as "we don't care for your type on this board"..which would keep people away from here frankly.
Sorry to disagree but im going to, im sure regardless of the topics we discuss around the forum there will always be webmasters who dont want to use the forum, in fact, the GWW name itself is enough to turn many straight webmasters off from posting on the site through fear of being labelled 'gay' again, its an individuals right to choose to whether they join the forum or not just as it is their right to free speech, if i dont like something im going to tell the forum about it, just as i would if i liked something, because we are a predominantly gay webmaster community does not mean we dont want straight webmasters to join in the discussions, just as any of the other boards wouldnt be biased against any of us joining their forum for being gay.
As far as i can see nobody is trying to scare anyone off from the forum but the forum is a place where views can be stated openly and honestly without the need for censorship.
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I mean..after all..are you or are you not trying to become the gay equivalent to "GFY" here?
No we arent.
GWW has and always will be a forum where webmasters can learn about all aspects of gay marketing both on and offline as well as any aspect of running an online business, regardless of whether you are marketing sex toys, books or computer games, whilst still enabling its members to have a relaxing and friendly place to hang out regardless of their sexual preference, race, gender. The feel of the board has always been one of a steady pace and, quite frankly, i think thats what sets us out from the rest of the other message forums, if you are looking for business advice you can find it just as if you are looking to have a laugh, you can find it, as well as being able to have an open discussion with others in both the gay and straight community, regardless of their opinions. The forum is here for one reason and one reason only, to help and further educate adult webmasters which in turn will enable their business to grow.
Thats my take on it all anyway :)
Regards,
Lee