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It's not really the case that suitable mutations are selected for, it's more the case that unsuitable ones are selected against. Genetic mutation itself is a random process: if you take a population of a certain organism and relocate them to a totally different environment, it's only one possibility that they will adapt to their new environment through genetic mutation; the other possibility is that they all go extinct.U wot m8?
1. Evolution is a process of change where suitable mutations are "selected for" or disfavored by higher or lower propagation. Maybe you mean it has "no end goal"? Which is only true becuase theres not really an "end".
Define realistic. Is surrogacy unrealistic? Is it unrealistic for single women to use sperm banks? Is IVF unrealistic? I think you're massively underestimating the degree to which humans have decoupled sex from reproduction. It's now totally possible (and easy) to isolate them from one another if it serves our needs.2. As for sex being more about pleasure than reproduction, sex is the only realistic means in which reproduction can happen (in any sort of scale). It having gathered other purposes doesn't change it being the only realistic way to have more generations of man. Sex in absense of pleasure would still continue s o c i e t y, albeit likely different (many other ways to have pleasure). Sex in absense of reproduction would end the species.
Sickle cell anemia diminishes quality of life, whereas homosexuality, in and of itself, does not. The biggest harm that comes from homosexuality worldwide is that it still carries a lot of prejudice, but if that's how we're going to argue against something, one could just as easily make the argument that being black in the 19th century was a harmful aberration. I certainly wouldn't accept that argument.3. So does sickle cell anemia.
Again with the "harmful". What is harmful about not reproducing on a planet where we already have too many people? In what way is it difficult for homosexual people to reproduce if they really want to?4. By not spreading your genes it is harmful from the evolutionary standpoint, and it certainly is aberrant from the normal, even if it is natural (like most illnesses).
Persistence of a trait is not evidence of it's health, other paraphilias and rape have existed at least as far back as written records. I would argue that the degree to which one may be facinated or attracted to something/someone is an important aspect in the description of many paraphilia.It's not really the case that suitable mutations are selected for, it's more the case that unsuitable ones are selected against. Genetic mutation itself is a random process: if you take a population of a certain organism and relocate them to a totally different environment, it's only one possibility that they will adapt to their new environment through genetic mutation; the other possibility is that they all go extinct.
The emergence of mutations which allow a species to adapt and survive ultimately comes down to luck, and the fact that homosexuality hasn't been selected out of the human condition should tell you that it clearly isn't being selected against. Many people who display same-sex attraction do in fact reproduce: bisexuality exists.
Define realistic. Is surrogacy unrealistic? Is it unrealistic for single women to use sperm banks? Is IVF unrealistic? I think you're massively underestimating the degree to which humans have decoupled sex from reproduction. It's now totally possible (and easy) to isolate them from one another if it serves our needs.
The only type of reproduction that heterosexuality really makes easier today is the unplanned kind, and I'd argue that's exactly the kind of reproduction we need to be getting away from. A lot of tradcon types like to go around arguing that homosexuals like to "surrender themselves to their base instincts", but this argument is just as easily applied to heterosexual couples in the developing world who practice no family planning. Funny how I don't see the same level of stigma towards that; especially when the latter is clearly so much more dysfunctional.
Surrogacy is very unrealistic as a means for continuing the species. It is extremely expensive and quite painful. I certainly do agree with hedonism being bad whether it is heterosexual or homosexual, but being as homosexual sex does not contribute to reproduction nor a healthy family unit it is always hedonistic.Again with the "harmful". What is harmful about not reproducing on a planet where we already have too many people? In what way is it difficult for homosexual people to reproduce if they really want to?
Like I said, humans have largely decoupled sex from reproduction at this point, and even if this were not the case, sex clearly plays a role in our lives which goes beyond reproduction. As long as the sex is safe, I don't see how it could be harmful. Who is being hurt by it?
That gets a bit into what part of culture are inherent and what part of it is malleable. I think most people who aren't ideologues would agree they are a mix. I'd argue that things seen broadly across time and in different areas are very likely to be inherent, like the homosexual grooming of ancient Greece being very similar to the rent boys in the Middle East or the child drag models/"chickenhawks" in modern America. These behaviors are inherently coercive and shouldn't be tolerated (nor should any child sexuallization).Sickle cell anemia diminishes quality of life, whereas homosexuality, in and of itself, does not. The biggest harm that comes from homosexuality worldwide is that it still carries a lot of prejudice, but if that's how we're going to argue against something, one could just as easily make the argument that being black in the 19th century was a harmful aberration. I certainly wouldn't accept that argument.
Persistence of a trait is simply evidence that it's not reliably being selected against, which means that it can't somehow be at odds with evolution, as you previously attempted to argue. Whether or not it's "healthy" is a separate discussion, but if your argument that it's not healthy rests upon an erroneous appeal to nature, without any clear reference to data, causal relationships, or mitigating circumstances, then I'm disinclined to take it seriously.Persistence of a trait is not evidence of it's health, other paraphilias and rape have existed at least as far back as written records. I would argue that the degree to which one may be facinated or attracted to something/someone is an important aspect in the description of many paraphilia.
Surrogacy is expensive, but not when weighted against the cost of the extra lifetime you're bringing into the world. For parents who really want children but otherwise can't, it's an option, and in my opinion, the willingness of those parents to invest so heavily to become parents shows a level of dedication which makes them precisely the kind of people who should be reproducing the most.Surrogacy is very unrealistic as a means for continuing the species. It is extremely expensive and quite painful. I certainly do agree with hedonism being bad whether it is heterosexual or homosexual, but being as homosexual sex does not contribute to reproduction nor a healthy family unit it is always hedonistic.
I agree. The sexualization of children should never be tolerated, because it's clearly harmful. I must have missed where this is a necessary part of homosexuality though.That gets a bit into what part of culture are inherent and what part of it is malleable. I think most people who aren't ideologues would agree they are a mix. I'd argue that things seen broadly across time and in different areas are very likely to be inherent, like the homosexual grooming of ancient Greece being very similar to the rent boys in the Middle East or the child drag models/"chickenhawks" in modern America. These behaviors are inherently coercive and shouldn't be tolerated (nor should any child sexuallization).
I wonder how many of the users of Kiwifarms are faggots, dukes, or bisexuals?The most interesting part of this thread is the bizarre hostility with which the OP has been met.
I understand that I am on Kiwifarms and that is just kind of how things go around here, but god damn people seem upset that somebody even wants to have this conversation.
The tone was at least partially set in the first post, where it went from there is just typical DT.The most interesting part of this thread is the bizarre hostility with which the OP has been met.
Smarter people than OP have had similar conversations and have had much more polite responses because they weren't obvious speds posting half-assed bait.I understand that I am on Kiwifarms and that is just kind of how things go around here, but god damn people seem upset that somebody even wants to have this conversation.
Thank you, I've purposely went out of my way at every point to avoid mud-slinging yet here we are. I guess even on this website, wrongthink must be punished....The most interesting part of this thread is the bizarre hostility with which the OP has been met.
I understand that I am on Kiwifarms and that is just kind of how things go around here, but god damn people seem upset that somebody even wants to have this conversation.
The worst you've endured here is being called a closeted fag and getting mocked. Get over yourself.Thank you, I've purposely went out of my way at every point to avoid mud-slinging yet here we are. I guess even on this website, wrongthink must be punished....
go commit 41% bud, you have been weirdly following this thread for every post I make. I leave it alone for like a week or 2 and as soon as I reply to someone your there waiting. I know you're prob some trans-gay abomination that even a pride parade would reject, but go outside and stop trying your failed attempts at "teaching dat evil natzee"The worst you've endured here is being called a closeted fag and getting mocked. Get over yourself.
Weak shit, don't know what passes muster on your school playground but you're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy.go commit 41% bud, you have been weirdly following this thread for every post I make. I leave it alone for like a week or 2 and as soon as I reply to someone your there waiting. I know you're prob some trans-gay abomination that even a pride parade would reject, but go outside and stop trying your failed attempts at "teaching dat evil natzee"![]()
My school playgrounds didn't let stalkers like you at them. You woulda been shot dead fag, a fate too good for yourself.Weak shit, don't know what passes muster on your school playground but you're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy.
Oh so the teachers molested you instead? My sympathies.My school playgrounds didn't let stalkers like you at them. You woulda been shot dead fag, a fate too good for yourself.
Persistence of a trait is simply evidence that it's not reliably being selected against, which means that it can't somehow be at odds with evolution, as you previously attempted to argue. Whether or not it's "healthy" is a separate discussion, but if your argument that it's not healthy rests upon an erroneous appeal to nature, without any clear reference to data, causal relationships, or mitigating circumstances, then I'm disinclined to take it seriously.
Mentioning rape in the context of health is a bizarre way to come at the issue to begin with. What makes rape bad is not that it's "unhealthy", but that it's immoral. I feel like this is what you're trying to argue, but at the same time you want the rubber stamp of nature to embellish your argument because it's otherwise highly tenuous. If we keep the discussion firmly centered on ethics though (as I think it clearly should be), then I think the argument is very straightforward: antisocial sexual behaviors such as rape clearly hurt people, whereas consensual homosexual activity does not.
Beyond the issue of surrogacy, the idea that the future continuance of our species would be a strenuous task in the absence of heterosexuals is patently ridiculous. Our species has survived population bottlenecks in the past which reduced the global population to as few as 1000 individuals in some cases, and that was before we even had agriculture to help us, let alone any technology.
Today, we have the opposite problem: a global population of 7 billion and rapidly rising, and a soon-to-be reality of not having enough opportunities and resources to provide these new people with; coupled with an energy/climate crisis to top it all off. In this context, hand-wringing about the ostensibly non-reproductive nature of homosexuality is just plain silly.
It also seems to me that you don't understand what hedonism means. Normatively, hedonism is the ethical belief that pleasure should be the barometer of right and wrong, and it's certainly possible to be homosexual and not believe that.
I agree. The sexualization of children should never be tolerated, because it's clearly harmful. I must have missed where this is a necessary part of homosexuality though.
It's greater incidence than normal people is the issue. Obviously ideally all of it goes awayIf child molestation is a homosexual thing, whence cometh all these heterosexual predators? You could try and argue that the homosexual demographic has a higher percentage of predators but you'd need to provide decent cited evidence, and we'd still have the issue of hetero predators being a thing.
RETURN TO MONKEIt might depend on what you call "natural" (and that's an entire fucking 55-gallon drum of worms, open it if you care to) but it can be easily argued that art is unnatural, religion and spirituality is unnatural, medicine and technology is unnatural, keeping pets and livestock is unnatural, family planning is unnatural... "nature" isn't some kind of universal good to be upheld, it just is, and it can be a real mean bitch sometimes. Humanity's crowning achievement is realizing that nature isn't something that needs to bind you completely, it can be worked with and around and enslaving yourself dogmatically to the natural is putting yourself at the whim of an uncaring, unfeeling, unresponsive god whose only commandment is "STRUGGLE OR DIE."
There are people within the LGB who want nothing to do with the chickenhawks and have been trying to figure out for years now how to resolve any issues of such, but just like most other people who prey upon other human beings, chickenhawks have wormed their way into positions of power. It's not like they show up to the party screaming HEY I'M A CHOMO, either. One day someone realizes that John Q. Gayman, the chair of the local GLAAD chapter or whatever the fuck, is chasing underage tail and they realize Mr. Gayman now has all this money and influence to shield them... and they'll likely try to burn everything around them down if you root them out.It's greater incidence than normal people is the issue. Obviously ideally all of it goes away. Failing that we have a group that continues to tolerate child predation (chickenhawks being the prominent example) with the insistence that it is acceptable.
If something as minor as colour blindness is a fitting analogy for homosexuality then you're practically conceding the argument, especially when the former is clearly more prohibitive than the latter in the ways that matter (a colour blind person can never see certain colours in the way that a person with normal vision can, while someone who is homosexually inclined can still reproduce).It can be an extension or an overexpression of helpful or neutral traits, a more benign example would be color-blindness. It has existed for some time and despite being at odds with evolution it is not selected hard against because it 1 is frequently not expressed despite many people being carriers 2 it's impacts are not catastrophic. Other paraphilias share this to varying degrees, some with relatively benign effects but all of them have at least a small impact within the fact that we all are living in a s o c i e t y so our decisions impact each other. Natural is not the decider of health especially when the negative impacts are seen.
It depends upon how you define "desirable". Surrogate mothers can earn a lot of money through surrogacy, and as long as they're doing it out of passion, rather than economic coercion, then I really don't see the issue with it. I never described surrogacy as "desirable" anyway; I simply said that it's an option, and one that's by no means limited to homosexual couples. Would you deny the option of surrogacy to a committed heterosexual couple who are struggling to conceive, or is your opposition rather more opportunistic in relation to this discussion?Pointing out how non-viable and undesirable (unless the coercion of impoverished woman to be brood mares for rich homosexual men is desirable to you? Doubt it.) is surrogacy is not handwringing, merely an observation that sex is nothing but a hollow act within the confines of homosexual relationships on the whole is non-generative. As for concerns of overpopulation it's not really a concern fueled by reproduction in the developed world.
The fundamental difference is that a non-offending pedophile still poses a potential threat to society, while an adult interested in consensual homosexual activity does not. Homosexuality in and of itself is no more hedonistic than heterosexuality, unless you wish to argue that any sex which doesn't result in pregnancy is hedonistic—and therefore bad—in which case most heterosexual sex falls under the same umbrella.I well understand what hedonism is. I also understand many things are possible, I hardly care how viable it is to be a non-offending pedophile either.
The fact that you could confuse homosexuality with a small group of activists who by no means represent the majority of homosexuals hardly warrants a response. I think this speaks for itself.It's persistence and defense (within the community and allies) throughout time is part of what makes homosexuality objectionable, at least to me. Taking them at the word that there is nothing wrong with it (as they see it and tolerate it) then there's something wrong with them.
Good pointI'd also dispute the idea that sexuality is purely about reproduction.
I'd argue that reproduction is more of a side effect, and that the primary purpose of sex (at least as far as we conscious beings are concerned) is recreational.
Color blindness is a simple and oft given analogy for the transmission of detrimental genes. As for something with a genetic component addiction is fairly similar, it has various effects and levels of impact, almost all are negative.If something as minor as colour blindness is a fitting analogy for homosexuality then you're practically conceding the argument, especially when the former is clearly more prohibitive than the latter in the ways that matter (a colour blind person can never see certain colours in the way that a person with normal vision can, while someone who is homosexually inclined can still reproduce).
It depends upon how you define "desirable". Surrogate mothers can earn a lot of money through surrogacy, and as long as they're doing it out of passion, rather than economic coercion, then I really don't see the issue with it. I never described surrogacy as "desirable" anyway; I simply said that it's an option, and one that's by no means limited to homosexual couples. Would you deny the option of surrogacy to a committed heterosexual couple who are struggling to conceive, or is your opposition rather more opportunistic in relation to this discussion?
And yes, it is hand-wringing to pretend that homosexuality could ever present a problem for the continuance of the species, not just for the reasons I've given, but for the simple fact that we currently live in an age of unprecedented runaway population growth worldwide. Worrying about certain people not having children today is like worrying about not having enough water when you're chained to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. It shows a staggering inability to assess current priorities.
The fundamental difference is that a non-offending pedophile still poses a potential threat to society, while an adult interested in consensual homosexual activity does not. Homosexuality in and of itself is no more hedonistic than heterosexuality, unless you wish to argue that any sex which doesn't result in pregnancy is hedonistic—and therefore bad—in which case most heterosexual sex falls under the same umbrella.
The locking of ranks to protect abusers continues to be disappointing, but for you to say else would be dishonest.The fact that you could confuse homosexuality with a small group of activists who by no means represent the majority of homosexuals hardly warrants a response. I think this speaks for itself.