Dear Dude Representative of Quite a Few Dudes:
When railing against the ignorance and intolerance in our society, please be aware that you and your friends, more than any folks I know, use "gay" as an insult, and the insinuation, or full-blown charades game, of male homosexuality as the height of hilarity. You may argue that it is a kind of meta-humor, bringing to the fore the overblown fear of many heterosexual men of being thought gay, or actually being gay. In half of these instances, yes, you could make a case for that; what you do or say can be clever, audacious, ridiculous, and not necessarily mean-spirited. But the other half ... well, the line you're crossing has fuzzed into a lint-trap. Remember: some people are born a-holes, but for others, it is a choice.
When you talk politics, you're all sorts of left and liberal, but your behavior falls well short of your ideology. But don't worry; you're just religious. Welcome. It's tough to actually be as good as you hope to be, isn't it? Maybe we just need to recognize that failure is not necessarily hypocrisy. See, I'm already sorry for calling you an a-hole.
Your friend in demerits,
E.
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