"Disrespecting your Bible thumping isn't the same as a low blow against someone's sexuality "..... what? Lol.
Me and billions of others had no part in disrespecting his sexuality. I personally do not care what sexuality he claims to be. It is not my business, and i feel it would be strange for me to even care (as long as there is no harm to others). Hence I didn't even bother mentioning it in my initial response to you, because I literally do not care.
But since you brought it up to me rudely here is my response: It is your opinion that Disrespecting someone's entire faith/worldview isn't a low blow... others may disagree. If LNX identifies as XYZ, and a person attacks him for it, what is the real difference between a person that identifies as a Christian and gets attacked for it? Both influence a person's lifestyle and decision making. Both are incorporated into the mindset and behavior of the person...
The issue is his actions: He literally disrespected an entire group of individuals based on a few so-called Christians doing whatever he claims they did. I am young, yet have traveled the world and am quite versed in different cultures and people.. I have been disrespected by atheists just because of the color of my skin. Moreover, I have been disrespected by MANY Satanists and LGBT+ because of my beliefs (not all of them even pertaining to the Christian worldview - just basic opinions). Yet, I don't go around judging and hating all atheists, LGBT+ and Satanists. It's illogical and reeks of low emotional intelligence to do so.
Of course there are individuals of age that lack maturity. Do we excuse their behavior if the behavior is disrespectful? I hope not. I hope we as people would let the person know what you are saying/doing is NOT okay. I hope we would let them know it is okay to learn and grow from it.
The *alleged* misogynistic behavior he portrayed in his old fan pages IS related to this. It shows he has yet to change and grow his emotional intelligence from his teens to his current age. This is alarming and indicates there potentially is an emotional arrestment in his development. Hence the whole rationale behind my initial response to you. It sparks a sense of sadness in me that he may need counseling and it appears no one around him is being honest with him. Having the people around you reject you hurts. He felt rejected and got hurt.. There's no doubt about that. That rejection can lead to bitterness and resentment. This in turn leads to child-like behavior we see him displaying (e.g., they offended me so I'm going to give them the middle finger). This is why I said he may need counseling to unravel that bitterness and allow him to heal and move on.
There is no need for you to be display so much emotionalism in your response. I am not commenting to antagonize you. I'm commenting to have a conversation. The term "Bible thumping" is so archaic. Like it's something I heard in elementary school. Let's not lower ourselves to elementary language and instead engage in a fruitful discussion.
You asked for the logic, and I gave it to you. A low blow is far more personal and painful than someone criticizing a religion. If someone takes a shot at your God, guess what? Your god is going to be just fine. If someone takes a shot at your ballsack, you are going to be in pain. The fact that you cannot see that, and moved the goalposts to emotional intelligence makes me think you are not trying to have a fruitful discussion.
The idea that you and billions of Christians didn't all kick Lil Nas X in the balls is irrelevant. More importantly, it's called an appeal to popularity, which is a logical fallacy BTW. More importantly, my initial comment implied heavily how people here are disrespecting and tearing down a kid. So you calling him and me now as the disrespectful ones is just an appeal to hypocrisy, which is another logical fallacy.
If you want to keep the discussion about his actions, let's keep it to his actions. He made a video with a lot of symbolism, that's literally it. Unless I've missed something, which maybe I have. Either way, I'm pretty sure, Lil Nas X never claimed to be hating and judging all Christians. You adding that bit seems like a strawman argument. Now, from what I can tell, at worst he is mocking Christianity.
Idk why you feel the need to be the 10,000th person to tell Lil Nas X he's wrong. Like what do you think you are adding to his crisis of consciousness? More importantly, you don't know that he isn't healing and moving on. You don't know that he's not going or planning to go to counseling. In other words, you are just piling on.
In conclusion, if you don't want to be called a bible thumper then drop the holier than thou attitude. Maybe where you come from that's considered respectful, but where I'm from it sure ain't. You and others are coming off incredibly condescending, which shows your lack of emotional intelligence and logic.
