Listen

Over the years while I was growing up gay people were ridiculed and young men insulted other young men by calling them gay. Lesbians were rarely even discussed. People who were more tolerant of different life styles consider the gay bashers as unsophisticated rubes and were disgusted with their behavior feeling they would be above such meanness. Now gays are coming out and society is changing and those who were critical of anyone who tried to embarrass gays have now become the embarressers. The very thing they saw as intolerant behavior they are now showing. They now poke fun at and degrade anyone who does not accept the gay life style. When you encounter someone who sees issues differently than you be prepared to discuss your different viewpoints but do so without resorting to personal insults. You will both learn something. Follow the old rule that one person speaks and one person listens and you will be pleasantly surprised at how much you didn't know.