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Originally Posted by Dylflon
I feel like you're confusing satire with hateful and ignorant speech.
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I think today most satirists have used satire as a means to propogate hateful and ignorant speech in order to get away with saying hateful and ignorant things. When you can laugh it off as "comedy", no one can call you out on your misinformation. Anyon who calls out the "satirist" is then accused of not having a sense of humor and their argument is dismissed.
To me, true satire is Orwell and Huxley who were both intellectually honest and creative, not some biased, spiteful bitch on YouTube who only has one goal: destroy the other side through ridicule and dismiss it as comedy.
You should Google the 13 Rules for Radicals, though. I think it helps explain where my side of the argument is coming from. I think there are a lot of those ideals hiding in today's version of "satire"
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Step 1: Gays get married
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Society crumbles
Nothing in gay marriage inherently challenges societal stability.
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I agree.
I simply am willing to consider and respect the opposing view that has respect for mine. I'd encourage you to watch the video I posted if you haven't already. It's an example of respectful opposition.
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You're wrong here. In any argument that argues there is only one way things should be done, it's both an argument for that thing and an argument against the other.
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I know, we agree completey.
Thats exactly what I was pointing out. The fact that there is history that one man/one woman marriage has been successful does not conclude that gay marriage would be unsuccessful. It's never been tried so we don't know, and I'm not willing keep people from marrying based on an argument that uses the unknown as it's foundation. Thats the main reason why I am for gay marriage and would vote for it in my state.