Why can't some folks grasp the simple concept that "people are different"?
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Ford says: "Seems to me that you guys, insist to air your views. I do not care what you guys do, or not do, just stop talking about it, day in and day out"\n\n\nTell ya what, Ford.  As soon as Christians STFU about "airing their views" and their hate, we'll follow.\n\nYOU FIRST!\n\n\nAnd, for BettyBoop.  Walk in my shoes, sweetie.  It's ONE EXAMPLE of many.  Many on this board alone.  He took ONE example.  With only a thousand characters allowed in a question, ya can't list them all.  If you don't see a LOT of christian hate on here toward gays, then you are F'ing blind.  It's present in almost every question string in this category.  Just don't stick in in your face??  This means, again, that YOU are free to publicly display your affections, but gays can't??  They must keep it hidden, out of YOUR sight???  F--- YOU and your HATE!!!  You love everyone???  NOT!!!
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Because in order for people to feel like they are important, they fell like they need the validation of other peoples opinions. Many people don't want to be judged for being different or weird, and they are scared of being pointed out for these things. Everyone wants to be liked and accepted, no matter what they say. People who go out of their way to be different still care about what other people think, they are just looking for negative attention. =.>
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Because they are 'right' and the rest of us are 'wrong'.  They can't accept that people think differently than them is all.  So they think they are the 'rightous ones' and it inflates thier vanity and ego.
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That's not always true. People have different personalities and it's just who they are.
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It is because their beliefs don't seem to have a logical basis.  However, it is the task of evolved people such as yourself to respect other peoples beliefs even if they disagree with yours.
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Any person who thinks that an entire group of people can be judged by the action of the few they know or heard about, is technically INSANE. \n\nSo, that explains why they feel just fine about it...... after all, they are wondering how others can sleep at night by allowing the "races" to intermix in marriage and the like. But did they forget that we are all ONE race - the HUMAN RACE, descendants of Adam & Eve. \n\nInsecure people often find the need to pump themselves up by putting others down. And putting down a whole class of people due to some, is just plain ignorant and so illogical that it's crazy.
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people tend to dis like or even hate what they dont understand... they are frustrated at being ignorant so they act ignorant... the funny thing is if people got to know each other they wouldn't be ignorant and all this would go away...
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Unfortunately, there are still ignorant people who judge people by color. People are people, regardless of skin pigmentation, good, bad and in between.
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Why don't you Yahoo Search or Google this because I don't the average person knows what you're getting at. One thing I'm not going to do is to talk about different races, because everyone is the same inside only a little different\noutside. Do you compretend?
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There are two types of people in the world. The first is a kindred spirit who loves for others what they love for themselves, and can see a soul through our differences. The other is spiteful, envious and wishes the good of others for themselves and the bad of themselves for the others, and are unsure of themselves and uncomfortable with anything different. Message boards and chat rooms that deal with specific differences (religion, politics, race/nationality) tend to make the two more obvious and clear from one another.\n\nSometimes I wish there were a way to see what a person thinks (such as in the privacy of identity on this board) when you first come upon them, so that you know right away which type of person they truly are and can decide whether to make acquaintance with them, but still some make it so obvious from the first moment.
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that answer is actually a easy question to answer they have different vaules then we do and then do not have to same veiw point we do. when you try to apose you view point on people like we are there this is how it retuens out!!
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Some people don't like anyone who is different than they are in any way.  This includes race, religion, sexual preference, national origin, etc.\n\nSome people fear what they don't understand.\n\nSome people come from a family where prejudice has been handed down from generation to generation.  Unfortunately, they don't even understand why they don't like something.\n\nSOMEDAY I hope we can all learn to understand and accept each other...
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Different people have different ambitions and they are not always in sync with that of organization, hence all these problems. Basically people are plain stupid, simple.
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why should they be different than anyone elese in that regard?
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It's very simple.  Some people are tolerant (of people and ideas that are different) and others are intolerant.  Most intolerant people want others to be like they are (and therefore be intolerant of those who are not like they are).  Ironically, many of the intolerant are more (traditionally)religious and, conversely, many of the tolerant are less (traditionally) religious.
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The distrust or fear of those who are different is part of the human condition.Most of us have been guilty at some stage to some degree. By recognising we have the potential to be prejudiced and /or biased in our thoughts and deeds we can at least be aware and at least try to to eduucate and nurture ourselves and our children out of something that has been inherent for thousands of years.
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"Different" is scary for some people.  They want a safe, homogeneous world where everybody is just like them.