A few years back I did a diary entitled ask teh gay, it is long since erased but it got a very positive reception.
It occured to me at the time that there are a lot of groups here at the Great Orange Satan that I always wondered about, that I always wanted to learn about, but that I was ignorant about.
Please follow me after the jump.
V2: It sounds like we've a lot of interest in the topic, so if you're interested please email me the topic you are interested in and if you would be willing to host on that topic. I will make a master list of everyone and go from there. The next step is to pick a time that works best for everyone and get it started. My email is doctorwhobfs at yahoo dot com.
One of the main problems with ignorance is not knowing how to resolve the ignorance. I know I am ignorant about a lot of topics....trust me on this. But at the same time there is no one I can go to to get answers to my queries since I do not want to be seen as insensitive or ignorant so I remain ignorant. I end up not getting answer's to my questions and just being as ignorant as I was before.
Let me give an example. I am ignorant about some aspects of being a Christian. I am Jewish. I have no interest in becoming a Christian, but there are somethings about the Christian religion I just do not understand, that make no logical sense to me. I do not ask friends because the friends I do have that are Christian are either not knowledgable about the subject matter or for whatever reason do not know answers to the questions themselves. The Christians that I do know that "know" the answers to the questions think my 'interest' means I am ripe for conversion and instead of explaining and discussing in a rational explanation they try to convert.
So it struck me that it would be great if enough people on Daily Kos were interested each week could be a different topic that someone could take a topic that people could ask them questions about, to learn and interact with them on---not to belittle them, but to learn from them. Sort of a Q-A period or XXX 101. Or XXXX Basic.
Would other people be interested?
Topics could include Atheism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Gay, Transgender, and many other topics I am sure I am not including?