User blog:Curious Poker Chip/Statement

Upon seeing TheFoxyRiolu's retirement post, I have come to apologize.

Before my conduct came across as "homophobic/transphobic" (he did not specifically bring me up but the writing's on the wall) and I never wanted that to come across. I had no idea that Foxy was a member of the LGBT community and if I knew that earlier I would never have made the statements I did earlier.

I was born and raised in a Christian family and community and continue to practice the religion and its beliefs into adulthood, and while I do not "hate gays" like a lot of people, especially on the Internet have assumed, I do not approve of the lifestyle. This post I made on TwitLonger should clear everything up. If you don't want to read it, it's basically me using scriptural evidence to show that I and other members of the Christian community, do not mean to come across as antagonist towards people on his lifestyle, but rather we "love everyone" and rather dislike what they do. It's like my views on smoking. I hate smoking but I have family and friends who smoke and I love them equally the same as the members of my family/friends who do not smoke. So if any of my comments in the past came across as "homo/transphobic", then I am sorry and I hope you can forgive me, because I never meant it in earnest, rather it's just my frustration with the hypocrisy of some members of the LGBT community that I was mad at at the time and not the people as a whole. From now on, if a contestant on any Got Talent show is a member of the LGBT community, I promise that I will try my very best to make any crude jokes that could hurt others and judge them based on their talent instead.

I also feel like my recent stanning (I hate that word) of Courtney Hadwin had a factor in that and the recent smack and hateful abuse I gave to certain people who disliked her. I am a bit too opinionated sometimes and I don't really have a filter when it comes to acts I strong love/hate. I have had a problem with that my entire life as an individual living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Like all of you, I do love America's Got Talent as a show and it gave me hours of entertainment, especially through dark times and eventually I watched the show religiously enough that I decided to share my opinions with other people online, but of course like a lot of people I took this for granted and used it as a way to vent and spew hateful speech towards other people. I would never do that in real life if we were talking face-to-face, which is one of the reasons why I have an extreme love-hate relationship with the Internet in general. So also for my reason despicable behaviour on any forum that came about on this Wiki, then I am sorry for everything that I have done and I will try to offer a more constructive and happy perspective on everything else that this season and every future season of America's Got Talent has to offer from now on.

Foxy's retirement has caused me to want to change my ways and I will definitely miss his input, especially on my Fantasy Seasons where he offered a very respectable and constistent opinion on every season I have done and I hope that one day he returns but if not, then I hope he finds happiness in any avenue of life that he chooses to progress down.

To reiterate, I am sorry for all the actions that I have done that have caused hurt on anyone else and I wish that you guys can forgive me for such actions. The whole ideology of the Christian religion is to forgive people, even those who commit terrible sins, like King David who committed pre-meditated murder and adultery later in his life before being forgiven by God after feeling truly repentant. If you cannot forgive me Foxy, then I understand but I will be trying to change my ways from here on out and I hope others will follow suit. I don't even know if you are going to read this but keep this in mind from everyone, your actions have consequences, so please think before you hit that enter button about an act you like or dislike on America's Got Talent.

It's just a silly show, after all.

~Tyler