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i said that what my grandpa said, "wouldn't you run away if you saw someone covered in scabs and sores or if they looked sickly and contagious? animals tend to stay away from a sick member of their herd. that's how others feel about the gays and autistic people, they know something is different about them and stay away. it's human and animal's nature", was a good explanation as to how they are. that is not true, i didn't mean it as in that it was justified or anything, i meant i understand how they think now, viewing gay and autistic people as sick and it is truly a gross thing to think. there's something wrong with conservatives, not gay or autistic people such as myself.

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