Glad you replied here Master Snowtractor

I've known a lot of gay people in my life, both men and women, some have been very close friends of mine, some still are after decades. I'm not gay. One female gay friend finally gave up after years and finally accepted I was not gay and not interested in her on that level, and she gave me a button one day saying "Straight But Not Rigid" ... meaning hetero but supportive of gay people to be gay without being harrassed or discriminated against for it (good button!) I think some people may be born gay, and others are created through life experiences in reaction TO those negative experiences with the opposite sex. We're all human and we all need love and affection and get that where we're most comfortable with. Whatever.

I know that if I were gay and wanted to be accepted and treated more respectfully by homophobics, that by inflicting my nakedness and performing sexual acts in front of their faces while riding in a military vehicle painted pink would not inspire them to accept and respect me, and it would especially pee off the military types. It would do a lot of damage to promoting tolerance of gays "as people worthy of respectful tolerance and treatment too"

Using contempt to win tolerance does not win tolerance, it simply strengthens and reinforces contempt responses. At least thats how I do the math and figure

Mathmetician I'm not though ...