[calyman]

......except, you'll find people like the original poster explaining their thoughts on why mindsets like homophobia is repellant anmd respondents like yourself, basically advising them to "shut up". While the majority of your post makes some sort of sense, you perform a Volte-face from your original position; such that, I'm not sure what your clear position on bigotry is.

Too many people are eager to jump on the anti "political correctness" bandwaggon, losing sighth of the need for such. Things have improved in society's understanding and acceptance of ethnic minorities, different sexualities, women rights, disabilities etc. All due to "acceptance of "political correctness", yet some Dinosaurs still see this as a censuring factor in peoples lives. The usual reactionary falsehoods are dragged out (Christians not being able to celebrate Christmas, toddlers not singing Baa Baa Black sheep, Manhole covers being refered to as Personhole covers etc). Inevitably, when looking for concrete examples of such ludicrous claims, they are usually found to have started in the deranged mind of some hate merchant. All such examples are usually given to appease the typical Sun / Daily Mail reader type, who would want the world to be frozen somewhere in 1950's mindset.

Bigotry, prejudice, ignorance etc, should always be challenged. The intolerant should always be forced to justify their intolerance. That is how 30 years down the line, people today still know why any form of hatred and ignorance must be challenged. Most people have taken "political correctness" at it's core value, which is to increase the level of tolerance and understanding of those who are perceived as "different" from the norm