Here is a great perspective on the rhetoric of intolerance when it comes to same-sex issues.
The wordsmithing Brits behind the Oxford Dictionary define “hate” as “hostile actions motivated by intense dislike or prejudice.” But words take on new meanings as people speak them, often deriving more from the context of their usage than from their actual definitions.
The word “hate” has become one of many such grammatical casualties as some now use it to describe the positions of any who vary from emerging cultural norms. Among offenders are gay activists who increasingly define anyone who believes that marriage should be applied only in the context of monogamous, heterosexual union as anti-gay and hateful. But is a belief in traditional marriage an inherently hateful posture?
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I absoluttly agree with the title of this blog post, my biggest argument when it comes to the “gay” community activitsts are that they use the term “hate” bigot, extremist, dihard, dogmatic, and hypocrite only to their own detriment. The problem with the pro-gay activists is that they spew the very “hate” they want to abolish. What words that are used to refer to other groups who disagree with their pro-gay adgenda are now being directed towards them. Kind of defeats their purpose. I am not complaining, let them shoot themselves in the foot. I just find it ironic.