Reading what ShiftyT wrote, I get this feeling that he does not realize the consequences of his type of thinking. He mentioned in a later post that he outed himself (to his friends and some co-workers) and did not face discrimination (thus claiming that sexual discrimination is a negligible problem).
In the same thread, he also says that he does not care about the populations of places other than Canada and the USA. He does not consider immigration a legitimate way of increasing the population. For adoption of kids from foreign countries, he says:
“A culture's productivity is largely based on it's communication skills. Different races think differently, and because of that, they communicate different, even if speaking the same language. Therefore communication becomes poor when you mix too many different races into one society or nation. Poor communication equals poor productivity, which adds to the problem because now each person is less productive and contributes less. So even though their will be more people due to the adoption of foreign races, that population will have the same productivity of a declining population that has better communication.”
Going by what he insists is the “destructive” nature of homosexuality (plus what he says above), I guess he would've been satisfied with the following reaction to his coming out if it were at work:
ShiftyT's Manager (or equivalent): I overheard you talking to the others about going on a trip with your boyfriend, is that true?
ShiftyT (ST): Yes.
Manager: So, you're gay?
ST: Uh, yes.
Manager: Look, I hate to do this, especially since I am tolerant of homosexuality and all, but I'm going to have to let you go.
ST: What? Why?
-Manager looks at ST as if the reason should be obvious-
Manager: As you already know, here in Canada we have this underpopulation problem going on. Because of the rise in the death rate to birth rate ratio, we are losing potential futures workers every generation, and that's not good for business. Sure, there are those immigrants and foreign adopted babies coming in somewhat, but there aren't that many. Besides, they won't communicate well with us even if a lot of their kind has or were kids born and raised here. Foreign accents are genetically determined, ya know? Commonsense stuff. Communication is key to a good working environment.
-ST nods in agreement-
Manager: Well, homosexuals, like you, are contributing to the underpopulation problem. I know, I know, your sexual orientation didn't affect your work here before you came out to your co-workers. But that's the thing. You revealed yourself as a homosexual. Given the knowledge of how homosexuals like you affect our business, why did you come out to us? By revealing yourself, you are putting us in the difficult position of knowingly having to accept your destructive nature to our business (and country) to keep you here. But most of all, this act of yours may get others thinking about coming out, too. And what if those others have kids or are in contact with kids? Those kids would see an adult they respect being a homosexual and get it into their heads that homosexuality is OK. Those kids would then encourage other kids to be homosexuals, thus increasing the number of homosexuals in Canada, thus further escalating our underpopulation problem, and thus hurting our business. You know all this, right?
-ST looks down in guilt-
Manager: And yet you decided to reveal this to us anyway. Knowing about all the consequences that would stem from your revelation, how could you be so selfish? You either didn't think your actions through, which makes you irresponsible, or you didn't care about me or your co-workers, which makes you a non-team-player. Either way, I cannot keep you here anymore. Now, understand that I am not letting you go because you are a homosexual, I'm OK with that. I am doing this because your decision to reveal yourself leads me to question your competence. I'll give you three weeks to get your stuff organized and ready to be transferred to the new person who will be taking your place. I'm sorry, but you really shouldn't have said anything. We will all miss you.
ST: I understand. Thank you.
-ST walks away, knowing that he wasn't being discriminated against for being gay-
There, THAT is the scenario that should have happened if ShiftyT's views are to be taken at face value. And I bet ShiftyT would agree with it, too. I bet he will say that, yes, if he were to come out to his boss (or whatever) like that, he would deserve to be fired. Of course, that would mean that he should NEVER have told or hinted to anyone at his workplace that he is gay, all the while listening to his co-workers talk freely about their opposite-sex dates and marriages. The male co-worker that is overheard talking about his date with some hot chick would not be fired, of course. ShiftyT finds that completely fair, right? Right? It doesn't matter if his co-workers were supportive of his coming out to them; doesn't ShiftyT realize how very much he is harming them and his country? Selfish of him!
-Monimonika so very much wishes she can cut and paste the above stuff into the teenspot thread, but can't due to age restrictions.-
