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Originally Posted by Nat Gertler
I can't help but wonder about the folks who think all-ages comics shouldn't show "alternative lifestyles". What are they expecting? Or are they somehow living a life where dressing up in a full-body costume and taking a silly nickname to fight crime is the default/common/mainstream/normal lifestyle?
(I'm also very much reminded of the letters of complaint that arose when the comic strip Peanuts showed black kids and white kids attending school together.)
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I think part of the problem is that a lot of people are equating sexual preference with being a genetically determined trait like race. It is a disservice to lump minorities in with those who choose an alternate lifestyle.