Martin lambert

I think ‘outing’ is discrediting a person, not his or her opinions and actions. So you call out a hypocrite. You out a guy for having homosexual phone sex whilst voting against LGBT protections. How is that helping the cause?

First of all, you’re declaring he is secretly part of the LGBT community, thus making that community seem hypocritical…[Read more]

@erock68la

Indeed. Predatory banking is a silly example and hardly relates to what we are talking about here (those who campaign or vote to discriminate against a protected class of people (while they moonlight as one of them) attacking their rights, dignity, sense of equality and making them lesser than others. Outing this person is hardly…[Read more]

Should people ever be outed for their personal sexual choices?

That depends.

Is the information about the person’s sexuality reliable and reasonably true?
Is the person in a position of significant social or political power?
Is the person using that power to harm others directly or indirectly?
Is outing the person likely to curtail his or her…[Read more]

Politics: What can we expect from people who lie as a matter of habit and self-deception? What could they be “outed” for that’s WORSE than being a politician?

Apples and oranges, Bob.

If a candidate touts himself as a champion for “family values” people should know if he is frequenting hookers or banging pages.
If a candidate preaches fiscal responsibility then his own financial records should be made available.

And besides, not many successful national politicians ever ran against predatory banking…[Read more]

For me, that sort of thing is just a form of violence. I think it should be possible to disagree with people, and argue with people, while remaining compassionate and still seeing them personally as fellow human beings, and treating them as such.

Says the guy who calls fellow Christians stupid morons. LOL