Session 31 - As a Gay Man, I think Ra's take on Homosexuality is idiotic

[Chandlersdad]

So his referring to a gay man as a FAG in Session 31 did not bother you at all?  His lecture calling gay people who espouse GAY PRIDE as shallow didn't bother you at all? I will stop there.

I have listened to many of his talks, but not all of them. At least presently I don't remember what you have described.

To a great extent other-selves' remarks don't bother me anymore, but of course it's not nice if he had the intention of attacking gay people, or any being(s) personally.

I checked the discussion of homosexuality in Scott's youtube session 31 (2). I didn't hear him refer to gay people as fags, but I might've missed that. I think what you are describing is more of a point of view that on Scott's part is not too well-informed on one hand, but he said that some people identify themselves with sexual orientation solely, which is in his opinion shallow, and he didn't take into account the larger picture of what gay pride represents. It wasn't a vicious attack though.

I am not on a vendetta against Scott. It is really only an issue for me predominantly on this thread! LOL Outside the thread I continue my LOO study.

I think we all would define "vicious" in our own way. No, he did not rant and bellow like a southern Baptist minister on a roll. He always maintains a rather smug professorial stance. But the implication comes through. He used the term "FAG" very late in the session. Granted, he said it was a crude term. Nonetheless, he willingly used it to describe gay men. I believe he referred to Lesbians with another term that Lesbians would probably not appreciate (cannot exactly remember what it was). This was after he PROCLAIMED that gay men fell like women inside, and gay women feel like men inside. This is all such 1950's mainstream society thinking about gay people that I am astounded to hear this in 2016.

Nonetheless, this is not an issue that is holding me down. I actually listened to Scott doing his number on Seesion 34 today and took notes.

I urge you to read YinYang's posts. One of them described HIS reaction to listening to Scott pontificate on Session 31 about homosexuals (also a term he likes to use although it is a mid-century clinical term of diagnosis).