Look, it's the middle ages!

[prowler_pilot]

There's someone I have been friend with on Facebook I never talk to and I only friended because we went to a web design seminar together. I keep her hidden, because I know she's a homophobic bigot, but every now and then I check her timeline for new gems.

And oh, she didn't disappoint. She detests that one gay Italian politician is raising a kid with his partner, and between all the classic homophobic comments, she also claimed tghat he will never know what real parenthood is because the only bond that matters is the one created through pregnancy.

I was tempted to say something but then kept my thoughts to themselves. What a terrible thing to say. How disrespectful to parents and children in non-traditional and expanded families.

It saddens me to know that there's someone out there, in 2017, who's teaching their kid that love is conditional.

Comments

[illusion_is_mine]

Ugh, I can't stand people like that. I have some coworkers like that, and it makes me rage whenever they make homophobic comments. I feel like I can't say anything cause I'm not *out* to people at work, and I know how people here can be. It's frustrating dealing with people who still think like that. :(

[prowler_pilot]

Thankfully hiding her from my feed does the trick as I don't see this person anymore, but seriously? I hate that holier than though attitude. And it's offensive towards straight adoptive parents and foster parents (or step-parents who love their step-children) as well.

Thankfully, I have never come across homophobic people at work, although I am not out to some people because I have a feeling they might be.

[prowler_pilot]

I'm only out to a few people at work and the people there are pretty open-minded. I was really worried about this one person, but recent developments suggest that maybe I don't need to?
It would be a huge relief for me.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Ugh, she sounds like a piece of work DX

[valeria-sg-1.livejournal.com]

She is. I'm just glad that I can hide her from my feed.

[vickysg1.livejournal.com]

Ugh! Nice to know that, according to her, people shouldn't adopt children. I don't understand people who disrespect loving families because they're not "traditional".

[valeria-sg-1.livejournal.com]

Also, being able to conceive (or carry a baby to term) most definitely DOES NOT make a good parent.

I am glad she's all privileged and stuff, but seriously, she should start looking around herself at the real world.

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

That's got to be the dumbest thing I ever heard anyone say. So, does she think about the same thing about foster and adopted parents?

[valeria-sg-1.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know. I suspect her problem is with gay people raising children and she hasn't thought her argument well. Also, because there's a fair share of gay parents who do have biological children.

I really wanted to ask if her reasoning extended to adoptive/foster parents, but I really didn't have the time to start an argument.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

So, basically, no cis father can have a bond with his child, because last time I checked, only one parent out of two gets pregnant. :-P

[valeria-sg-1.livejournal.com]

Lol that's what I was thinking as well. But to be honest, I think she might be the kind of Catholic that believes in the separation of roles according to gender and that only 'mommies' can establish a certain bond with their children.

This kind of thinking is harmful to both women and men.

[capracotta.livejournal.com]

Sì  vabbé e le adozioni allora? Qua siamo proprio alle basi... Ne usciremo mai?

[valeria-sg-1.livejournal.com]

Ma secondo me lei nemmeno ci pensava alle adozioni etero, accecata com'era dalla furia omofobica.

Avrei voluto sollevare l'obiezione, ma non volevo passare una serata a litigare.