FIRST LGBT+ (A blog by and about LGBT+ people in FIRST)

[Liam Fay]

Originally Posted by TheModMaster8

I loved working with your guys team at competitions over the past 5 years and I have loads of respect for you all, and while I don't want to start and argument with you i also cant ignore it as well,

part in question: "We need the world to be a more accepting place, and if you're preaching the opposite, well, you're part of the problem"

couldn't your statement go the other way as well? until lately in society, the opposite was true was it not? Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or dislike people that are (whatever the politically correct term for LGBT is).

The other part in question:" They get scared that they won't be accepted because of who they are and that's just not right"

Who cares if you're excepted by others? as soon as you derive your happiness or joy/pleasures from others, is the same time you set yourself up for sadness and disappointment. if these people don't like you for who you are, then are they really people you would want for friends anyways? wouldn't you rather have someone that accepts you for who you are rather then someone who has been told that they must except others or they are racist, ext.? these are just my thoughts on this matter. and i hope to see you all at worlds.

Seeking acceptance from others is part of human nature. To think that needing others is setting oneself up for sadness is very unhealthy and denies the facts about being human. The friend argument doesn't quite measure up, either. Sure, we'd rather have people that accept us for who we are. But what if we love robotics and don't want to have to leave?