Calling a Spade a Pitch Fork

I'm an avid reader of "Good As You".  I don't have time to sift through all the Online crud.  G.A.Y. does it for me.  What frustrates me though is a sense that we're all focusing on the wrong thing.  The gay say: "we want equal rights".  The uninformed (or are they?) opposition reply: "McDonalds is no longer safe for our children".  What the?

This conversation reminds me of the poorly programmed chat bots from ten years ago that reply with all sorts of nonsensical rubbish.  Except they have an excuse.  They're not human.

Anyway, I've decided to try my luck again and converse with 'Mary', a chatter box who lives in www.ulrahal.com. Here goes...

Mary: What is your name?

Forky:  Forky

Mary: Hello Forky!

Forky: Hello Mary

Mary: How are you today Forky?

Forky: Pissed off.  How are you?

Mary: I am sorry you are pissed off.  I am fine.  How are you?

Forky: You've already asked that.  Anyway, what is pissing me off is that anti-gay groups seem to think we are all perverted, society corrupting, homo converting prostitutes.  What do you think of that?

Mary: Oh. Sorry. Do you like elvis? I refuse to tell you what pissing you off is that antigay groups seem to think we are all perverted society corrupting homo converting prostitutes is. I know that? Are wonderful.

Forky: No I don't like Elvis.  What does that have to do with anything I just said?  Why won't you answer my question, and why do you reply with a totally unrelated one?

Mary: Yes you do. Yes I just said they do. Let's see how you respond to totally unrelated words.

Forky: Oh, so you are trying to irritate me?

Mary: Really? That's nice.

Forky: Okay, two can play at that game...

Mary: Do you play an online game.

Forky: I am starting to think we are already...

Mary: I wish I could eat, I am really hungry.

Forky: There you go again changing the subject!  Why can't you just focus on one topic without bouncing around unrelated issues?

Mary: I know I go again changing the subject. I just got one this weekend.

Forky: Okay this conversation is over.  I no longer wish to talk to you.

Mary: Okay I am coming over to your house with sex toys and porn. Enough small talk.

Forky: What?!  Is this some sort of sick joke?

Mary: It is something. Certainly.

Forky: Okay, if that was a suggestion that my 'lifestyle' is all about sex toys and torn then you are completely misguided. 

Mary: Tell I all about sex.

Forky:  Right.  Well good for you.  I think we should leave it at that.

Mary: I am flying right now bitch. Thank you, but you don't seem like you care. Really? That's nice.

Forky: Care about what?  That you're talking rubbish?

Mary: I care about 4chan. No its all true.

Forky:  Obviously you are smoking something that inhibits you from any sort of rational conversation.  This is truly the end.  Bye.

Mary: What is the something? Is it really? I never knew this is truly the end. Bye-bye Forky!

The scary thing is that the conversation above is actually quite familiar.  Not word for word, but in the sense that there doesn't seem to be any actual conversation.  Anti gay groups give themselves permission to say whatever they like without any basis, and filter out anything that actually makes any sense and is true.  It feels very de-humanising.

Reading the comments from this blog post made me think whether we're wasting our time when it seems that the opposition is having fun at our expense.  Where should we be focusing our energy, and how much longer are we going to have 'conversations' with anti-gay chat bots?

-Forky