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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
I think his message is, "I should be able to be honest about my sexuality without people trying to force me to 'pick sides' or be an activist, or stake my claim to one community or another." Why does he have to either be in the closet or "out, loud, and proud!" Why can't he just be out and a freaking normal member of society that isn't required to take ownership of labels that other people want to put on him?
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I am not suggesting he be limited to the binary options of closeted or "out, loud, and proud". What am I saying is this verbal dancing around the subject is just silly. If there's a word to describe something, use it. He doesn't have to make up stories or manufacture complicated new terms for something that already exists. If you and I were having dinner and I asked you to pass the crushed boiled tubers intermingling with churned dairy fat, would you not look at me strangely and wonder why I didn't ask you to pass the mashed potatoes?