I don't.

I get labeled a homophobe and a bigot and then everyone (except Gene) says they're sorry (kinda) and things should now be ok? We should all go on cracking jokes? How would any of you feel if you were called a homophobe and bigot? You could let that just roll off your back???

Bullshit!

You guys railed against Pat for firing off an offensive word but then you casually dismiss the fact that I was labeled equally offensive words. Give me a break! If I had posted that I hate gays and they're this, they're that, they're whatever horrible thing I could come up with and then recanted a couple of hours later and apologized for my earlier hateful post would you have been so quick to accept my apology? Of course not. Nor should you. People do not change their belief systems in a matter of hours. It's shit like this that will send us all back to the middle ages. You hypocrites fired off you're unsubstantiated epithets at me and then give a half assed apology because you over reacted I should just roll over and accept them?

Yeah, and I'm the one called "pathetic".

As far as I'm concerned, THAT is the final word on the subject.