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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
It depends on what the goal of that explanation is. Whenever its political I always gun for the most irrefutable and direct reasoning. In America, if you leave breathing room, the homophobic will suck all the air out.
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Indeed, how one approaches the subject definitely does rely pretty heavily on the agenda of the conversation. I guess my point is more that--particularly in this case--using a genetic explanation isn't necessarily such an irrefutable and direct line of reasoning because it's subject to interpretation and context.
Which again, isn't to say it isn't a relevant contributing factor or that it can't be used in a tool for progressive persuasion--just that the human mind is remarkably adept at finding ways to use "empical" data to justify the beliefs it already holds, so there's a danger in relying to strongly on any mono-dimensional examination of what makes us who we are.