A Gay Tunisian Controversy

Houhou is the creator of TN.blog. Despite his efforts, he often gets criticized for reasons that are sometimes ridiculous. I would like to know how he manages to keep his cool despite such nonsense. Recently, “Tunisian Doctor” had a post entitled “I am leaving TN-Blog.” The reason he gave was that he “simply refuses to be associated with sexual "perverts" since a new gay blog has been added to TN.blog.” He asked Houhou to delete his link from the TN-blog list. Here are some of the comments that he received translated into English:

“I don’t sympathize with homosexuals, but to leave tn-blogs because of a gay blog…!
That means that if you see gays at the beach, you would leave the beach?!! In a restaurant…or also Mr Doctor, if a homosexual comes for a visit in your clinic, you’ll refuse to take care of him!!!!”

“Dear doctor, thank you and bravo for your frankness.
I support you to the end. When I read the comments I feel sorry for the Tunisia that doesn’t have an identity anymore.”

“I sympathize with you doctor.
Gays and Lesbians ( God protect us from them) are sick ( but human beings Like everybody) they need to be cured in a psychiatric asylum at their own expense of course :))
They certainly have the right to live, and to integrate in the society, without polluting it or spreading their incestuous way of live especially in an eternal Arab Muslim Tunisia.”

“I am a homophobe, I don’t respect gays and it is out of question to accept them in an Arab-Muslim society. To those who call themselves “modern” and “flexible”, that preach tolerance, open mindedness, etc seems to me that they don’t respect their Islam religion and the Arab nation first.”

“Bravo doctor for your stand, thank God we still have men in Tunisia.”

“Dear doctor, I am with you 100%, ignore them and don’t leave TN blogs, it is for Tunisians, and most of them thank god are normal .
For those of you who want to “change”, your way is going to be much longer than you think.”

“What is your problem? Homosexuals hit on you?
If I ever left the tn.blogs it will be because of you and others who don’t tolerate differences and especially individual freedom. It is hypocrisy, homosexuality exist in Tunisia more than we think…in boarding schools, at building sites, in administrations…due to the easy contact between men…
I am still struck, what is your problem? How does it bother you? Why didn’t you leave when we violated other principles?”

“I am against it, because such matters exposed in public shock the spirits and cause moral panic that takes you absolutely nowhere but to physical and verbal violence. So for me we have to respect the dominant culture and never expose those questions in a society, in the internet, or other medias.”

“What is funny are those people that mention that we came from an Arab Muslim culture so no gay attitude with us!! I invite those to take a deeper look at our Arab Muslim history. Many “khalif” had their cuties, without mentioning old Arab poetry that is full of “pervert” erotic even in the prophet era “

“I am very shocked with the intolerance of some. Sexuality like religion is a personal matter. Everyone does whatever pleases him or her OPENLY because apparently we want to bury homosexuals, we know that they exist but we’d rather not hear about it so where is the truth?”

“To the gays of tn-blogs,
I am in a noble ground that is Tunisia. I am a part of a noble population. I am Tunisian. My identity is defined by my country’s constitution. The flag of my country symbolizes my membership and those of my ancestors with the blood of our martyrs as a base.
With the name of this noble ground that is Tunisia:
Dear gays,
-Note that I respect everybody’s identity
-Write whatever you want, however you want but don’t use the word Tunisia in your denomination.”

“It is a surprise!! It shows that we still have a long way to go.”

HouHou responds:

"when an Arab is qualified as a terrorist, when he is discriminated or stigmatized by others ( which happens a lot), he screams injustice to intolerance and racism. However the same people are the first ones to proclaim proudly they are homophobic and scream loud and strong: "Death to gays."