Homosexuals are delusional

The opponent argues that his resolution does not include "all", therefore we should not assume that he was referring to "all homosexuals". First, we're going to talk a little bit about statements of the nature "X are T". This will clarify that I am not in the wrong assuming that the opponent's statement implies the word "all". Then, for the voters who are not convinced by this, I will show why each of these delusions does not apply to a significant amount of gays. The Form of the StatementThe opponent makes a statement in the form "X are T". We'll first look at similar statements using a different X and T:1. Cows are herbivores. 2. Stars are hot. 3. Buses are long. ...Each of these statements is making a claim about the their subject. For instance, the first statement is saying that cows have the attribute of being herbivores. To assume that this is only referring to a limited number of cows or some portion of cows is invalid, as the statement clearly refers to 'cows' as a group.When making statements of this form, the implication is that the characteristic T applies that the group X. So when my opponent make the claim that homosexuals are delusional, he is saying that the characteristic of being delusional applies to the group "homosexuals". He is making an objective statement about a characteristic applying to an entire group. In order to falsify this statement, one merely has to show that at least one member of this group X does not have the characteristic T. By showing that the opponent's delusions do not apply to myself, I have falsified the statement that homosexuals are delusional. Note: I have not falsified the statement "some homosexuals are delusional", just the former. Again, this is because 'homosexuals' refers to the group homosexuals -- which includes all homosexuals. Only by adding the term "some" can you refer to a portion of homosexuals. Vote Con on this issue alone. The fact that the opponent may have 'intended' to use the word 'some' does not excuse the fact that he did not. Additionally, note that he referred to "gays" multiple times throughout his argument, never once saying "some gays". He had multiple opportunities to clarify that he was referring to a portion of the homosexual population, and not the whole as his statement of the form "X are T" directly implies. It's clear I was not using a straw man (arguing against a point the opponent didn't make), but rather I argued against what the opponent actually said, regardless of his intent. The Delusions, AgainHowever, for the sake of being thorough, I'll cover the delusions again and show that either a significant portion of gays do not believe in the "delusional" things the opponent claims or that the opponent does not have enough evidence to justify his claims. Let's remember that Pro is making an objective statement, therefore the burden of proof rests upon his shoulders. 1. Category With Racial MinoritiesFirst, the opponent presents no evidence that homosexuals believe this. The claim is pretty silly in the first place, which is why it demands evidence. Since this is such a silly claim, it was impossible to find any meaningful evidence polling gays questioning whether they believe they are in the same category as a racial minority. For the sake of being thorough, though, this article [1] compares the category of racial minorities with the category of homosexuality. It demonstrates that there are many similarities between the two, implying that if a homosexual did compare his situation to that of race he would not be delusional, but rather a keen observer. 2. Gays think transsexuals are womenAnother ludicrous claim with no evidence. The opponent is arguing that homosexuals actually believe male to female transsexuals are females. Again, hard to find evidence against a ludicrous claim. However, logic tells us that homosexuals are more likely to be familiar with transexuality than the average person, since it is a part of the gay community. As a result, gay people are likely to understand what happens when someone changes sex. There is no significant portion of the gay population that believes that transsexual women are biologically women. The opponent will not be able to present any evidence supporting his claim.3. Gay people think gay marriage is "marriage equality".Just look at my argument last round and understand that other gays also recognize the difference between the literal definition of "marriage equality" and cultural definition of "marriage equality". Not to sound rude, but any person who understands the words 'marriage' and 'equality' can understand the technical definition of "marriage equality" and anyone with a cultural sense can understand the connotation of "marriage equality" as it applies to the gay rights movement. As an example, searching for "marriage equality" on wikipedia links to same-sex marriage. It is a well understood cultural connotation. [2]4. Significance of homosexualityThis claim has no evidence and doesn't make much logical sense anyway. "Significance", in the way you use it, is a highly opinionated term. For a homosexual to consider homosexuality a very significant thing is entirely an opinion. Additionally, this opinion is in no way delusions, as it is not surprising that a homosexual would consider his homosexuality to be significant. The opponent basically uses this argument not to demonstrate any delusion, but instead to list negative circumstances regarding homosexuality itself. 5. Gay people think homophobia has to do with irrational fear. Again, no evidence is provided that gays actually believe this. Looking at this logically, any homosexual who has encountered a homophobe knows that homophobia has nothing to do with fear, but rather a prejudice (or perhaps disgust, as you put it.) There a rarely, if ever, circumstances where a homosexual meets a homophobic person and the homophobe simply scurries away in fear. The experiences of gay men clues them in on the fact that homophobia =/= fear of gays. 6. Gay people think homophobes are secretly gay. Once again, the opponent has offered no evidence supporting this claim. Looking at this logically, a gay person would be less likely to believe a homophobic person is gay as compared to a gay friendly heterosexual, as the homophobe expresses absolutely no interest in homosexuality, but instead often malice. 7. Gays think all gays were born gay.Again, the opponent provided no evidence that gays believe this is true. While many gays actually do believe this, there is a significant portion of homosexuals who believe that homosexuality is the result of environmental factors. One can see here [3] that America is largely divided on the issue and there is no reason to assume that educated gays largely differ from this divide. This portion of gays who are not sure of whether homosexuality is purely determined at birth is significant enough that the opponents statement does not apply. Additionally, the twin study mentioned doesn't objectively prove that gays are not born that way. [See epigenetics.] There have been other studies showing results that seem to support the idea that homosexuality is an inborn trait. The differing and contradictory studies show that we do not yet have enough evidence to answer the question objectively, so beliefs on the matter are in a large part opinion. And as I mentioned previously, having an opinion on an issue like this is not indicative of delusion. See the opponent's definition of delusion. Since it is not yet a fact that homosexuals aren't born gay, it is not delusional to believe they are. Sources:(1) - http://psychology.ucdavis.edu...(2) - https://en.wikipedia.org...(3) - http://www.pewresearch.org...