Pants-of-dog wrote:I did not see any. I saw an example of a woman who said something homohobic and people criticised her for it.
But I like how they shut down criticism of her. Because free speech apparently does not include criticisms of homophobia.
Actually, that is exactly what you claimed.
By pointing out their homophobia? Your definition of marginalisation always seem to end up as "not being allowed to discrimagainst people without consequences for their actions".
Homophobia = not supporting gay marriage? Is that your position?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-04/the-gay-couple-who-oppose-same-sex-marriage/8871118It seems even a gay dude can be homophobic then. In fact some have labelled him as such. Do you honestly think he is trying to discriminate against anyone?
Bare in mind the doctor on the previous article wasn't just critised but physically threatened and also an attempt was made to end her career. Is that OK?
I have yet to see anything even remotely authoritarian about the people supporting gay marriage.
Pointing out the homophobia of others is not authoritarian.
But using fear to suppress an opposing political opinion is a feature of the authoritarian mindset.
...and now the people supporting equal rights are authoritarian and racist.
You are grasping at straws here.
No, not a mere straw. This is the heart of the matter. It is about power, who gets to judge and who gets to be judged. It seems even LGBTI people of high status are objecting to the tone of the debate.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-05/both-sides-of-same-sex-marriage-debate-worry-alan-joyce/8875760The problem with the politically correct is that they appropriate good causes to legitimate their attempts to assert hegemony over the culture. In Australia it is predominately the Anglo-Saxon professional class bourgeois who try to do this as it is in their class interests to do so. There is the other side, of course. I've been ignoring them on this thread, but they would like to do the same if they had enough power.
It is a shame the LGBTI people in the community have to be caught in the middle of these sort of power struggles. But that is what happens when power groups play zero sum games.
I do not see how Australia benefits from peope like this. But these benefits cannot be so incredibly awesome that you should deprive minorities of their rights just becuase it hurts the feelings of these conservative immigrants.
Not sure what you mean by not benefiting from well educated but conservative migrants. They bring important skills and tend to support a stable society so the government views them as the more desirable type of immigrant. Given the lack of water on this continent, one must wonder whether any sizeable immigration is advisable in a country that can't support a human ge population. But given they are now settled in Australia, then they are entitled to opinions on public debates.
As to the idea of depriving people of rights or hurting peoples feelings, that is a long debate about two complex issues. We will debate about them in future, I am sure.