The most interesting recent comment — by far — on this blog was the following statement by Troy about a week or so ago:<\/p>\n
\n“Please don\u2019t take this as negatively as it may sound, but, being a voracious omnivore\u2026 I am not critical of people for making the choice to not eat meat, or just not red meat, or only free-range meat, or, only meat that died of natural causes\u2026 Everyone has their reasons, and I respect that\u2026<\/p>\n
But, I do feel sorry for them. That\u2019s not meant to be as arrogant, accusatory, or holier-than-thou as it sounds, it\u2019s simply a truthful statement. I know that they (vegetarians\/vegans\/pescaterians\/lactose intollerant) don\u2019t need or want to be felt sorry for, but, I truly do. Going through life tasting everything, including the forbidden fruit, makes me a richer person. I don\u2019t care what it is, if there\u2019s a culture on the planet that treats it as food, I\u2019ll eat it.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What is wonderful about this comment is that Troy is floating the idea that one person’s likes or dislikes is based on the negation of another person’s likes or dislikes.<\/p>\n
I thought it would be interesting to explore alternative viewpoints that push Troy’s central premise that “I feel sorry for you if you do not like the things I like.”<\/p>\n
So here is an example of the sort of thing Troy is saying, recontextualized:<\/p>\n
\n“Please don\u2019t take this as negatively as it may sound, but, being a voracious homosexual\u2026 I am not critical of people for making the choice to not make love to men, or just not really cute men, or only men that work out a lot, or, only men that kiss really well\u2026 Everyone has their reasons, and I respect that\u2026<\/p>\n
But, I do feel sorry for them. That\u2019s not meant to be as arrogant, accusatory, or holier-than-thou as it sounds, it\u2019s simply a truthful statement. I know that they (heterosexuals, Catholics, breeders) don\u2019t need or want to be felt sorry for, but, I truly do. Going through life tasting everything, including the forbidden fruit of another man’s love, makes me a richer person. I don\u2019t care what it is, if there\u2019s a culture on the planet that treats a man as meat, I\u2019ll ‘eat’ him.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Given that this is pretty much a direct transcription of Troy’s rhetorical stance, I’m pretty sure he will agree with the above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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