I complete agree with others, it helps having gay/bi mods because even a gay friendly mod would not have that common frame of reference of "how" it feels to be gay in a non-gay friendly world or understand how it feels to be shunned by family, friends and society. peace out, bob
. First off, let me say that I HATE forum polls. It's like that. 1) Polls, regardless of their pertinence, will be pulled to the top of the forum by someone who is so lazy to only check a box without leaving a comment. 2) The polls do not have a limitation of date. I could bury this forum in polls every day if I created a new user account and went back and ticked every one of the polls buried in the past. 3) The people who design the polls can skew the questions to "formulate" a result, thus, substantiating their opinion in a very small sample. Goebbels perfected this technique in the 1930s. So that the respondents themselves were led to believe their replies when their original opinions were discounted by the survey. If you want consensus and commentary about a particular subject, ask for commentary, don't create a skewed fricken poll. And don't use that poll as a basis to prove your own belief on the subject, please. Okay, people like polls. I can live with that. And people like to talk on their cell phone in a restaurant. I can live with that, too. I'm just asking, can you please keep your voice down? My critique of the above poll: Answer 3 begs for consolation, a basic human desire. We like to believe we are accommodating. "People are people, providing they are not homophobic", I believe that is a triger, and therefore forms a shaded opinion. This type of shaded answer skews a poll. The other two questions properly do not offer "why" explanations for the opinion. Dropping the editorial comment we have a response "It doesn't matter what sexuality they are," which parallels answers 1 & 2. Answers 1 & 2 are direct. There is no option in this poll for "none of the above." People who disagree with the available options are discounted. My answer to the poll: A moderator of a GLBT forum should be GLB or T. I do enjoy the opportunity to enlighten curious straight folks about what it is like to be gay. But I dread the idea that I have to educate a moderator, no matter how cool she is. Thank you for the opportunity to express my opinion .
