"However , having seen so many of Matthew S 's rants on oppression I was really taking the opportunity to ask if he really knows what oppressionmeans ."
"I think the history of discrimination against gays does count as oppression . Being classified as a `` mental illness `` with cures that could possibly involve shock `` therapy `` , castration , or lobotomies , having our sex be illegal , the type of harassment we have seen which should make any civilized person blush ... I understand you think the `` oppression `` could be worse , but quite frankly how many minority groups have undergone what gays have undergone ? I mean , there is no competing with the atrocities committed against the blacks , and millions of Jews died in the holocaust ( along with gay people ) , but what more is required before you can look at gay history and not see it as `` oppression `` ?"
"However , having seen so many of Matthew S 's rants on oppression I was really taking the opportunity to ask if he really knows what oppressionmeans ."
"I think the history of discrimination against gays does count as oppression . Being classified as a `` mental illness `` with cures that could possibly involve shock `` therapy `` , castration , or lobotomies , having our sex be illegal , the type of harassment we have seen which should make any civilized person blush"