tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post4757768498304594932..comments2024-03-28T12:32:38.100-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: The Closet Professor Theorizes: Origins of HomophobiaJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-57001032123624288052011-06-12T20:28:31.272-04:002011-06-12T20:28:31.272-04:00Don't be sorry, WranglerMan, I love a good deb...Don't be sorry, WranglerMan, I love a good debate. I do still think that you need soldiers for an empire, how can you conquer territories without them? But ideas, of course, go with empires. Yes, they do have a more lasting effect than one empire of soldiers, but without the soldiers who conquered new territories, how could they have spread these ideas? The main purpose of this post was the origins of homophobia, which I do think is because of a dependence on propagation. Empires need a population. You need citizens to keep control, to spread ideas, etc. Like I said, I love a debate.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-78157052857310139142011-06-12T17:40:56.350-04:002011-06-12T17:40:56.350-04:00Sorry to disagree, but "soldiers' are not...Sorry to disagree, but "soldiers' are not the necessary requirement for an empire. Ideas are. Greek philosophy, Roman Law, Judeo-Christian theology all have had more lasting effects than any one empire defended by soldiers.WranglerManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901303148980120122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-2029247652080594262010-07-22T09:47:37.874-04:002010-07-22T09:47:37.874-04:00Thanks for your comments Denis. I hope that other...Thanks for your comments Denis. I hope that others will comment too and we get a discussion going, but I know that I can always count on my most faithful reader.<br /><br />I do think that religion is partly to blame, because it works to conquer, convert, and assimilate much like empires do. But empires also tend to use religion and their so-called morals to push their agenda. There is nothing worse than a hypocrite who yells from the rooftops about freedoms and then takes them away from a portion of their population.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-35336538812445802212010-07-22T00:57:37.183-04:002010-07-22T00:57:37.183-04:00Great read Joe and who knows for sure the origins,...Great read Joe and who knows for sure the origins, the acceptance and the criminalization of homosexuality. There are many who put them down but those who do should take a good long look in the mirror at themselves, at the government, the supposed religious people and many of the groups and organizations who proclaim to be SO GOOD and do SO MUCH. Thanks and hope to hear from you and some of your readers on the subject.<br /><br /><br />DenisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com