Mainstream news is driving me crazy. They need to be regulated.
I'm already sick of hearing about 'how far we've come' by electing Obama.
I heard a statistic earlier today that approximately 75% of african americans in california voted yes on prop 8.
so
We're not racist anymore
but
we do hate another segment of the population?
I'm also the first person to round up or round down and generalize. But the man isn't black. His mother is lilly white. He's a human being for fuck's sake.
Seperation of church and state.
I'll bet the mormons got a boner when they read this article yesterday.
a Somali stoned to death by Islamist militants after she had been accused of adultery was a 13-year-old girl who had been raped while visiting her grandmother
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/world ... ref=slogin
If the mormons were left unchecked they'd start resurrecting their fundamentalist principles.
OMG DISh, I sooooooooooooooooooo agree with you.
Unfortunately, though my segment of the population has been hated for a very long time, and as I hate to see it continue in America it sadly still does.
Ridiculous, but true.
Hate towards gay and homosexual oriented peoples has become so mainstream in our society it has become utterly synonymous with the word and meaning of stupid , apparently.
I tried to educate a brother human being about this very fact a few weeks ago, and unfortunately it was to no avail. Let me explain a little further. This person thought that as my friend that it was ok to say the word "gay" around me in a way that would give the word "gay" the meaning of stupid or dumb or unworthy.
Example: If something displeases this person sometimes they will say, "That's gay!", or "That is soooo Gay!". This is what I mean by mainstream hatred for LGBT people. I realized at that moment with this particular person that hatred for me , and my people is literally sown into the fabric of our society. I already knew this to be true and very obvious but it really hit me that night and made my resolve even stronger to correct that person, assert myself to that person, and stand up for not letting the seeds of society win on this issue any longer. I simply voiced to my friend that it bothered me when people say that because it is pitting "Gay" synonymously with being stupid. I also voiced that as my friend that I expected them to respect that and to please not say that around me. Well, I thought this person was my friend and that they would surely oblige. They didn't. I was hurt and still am but not just by them, but particularly by the hatred that they represent, the hatred that society breeds about "people like us", "people like me". Instead of being a good friend to me and obliging I was forced to listen to an approximately 45 minute rant on why this person (claims to be hetero) should not have to, and is not going to change their behavior regarding this issue, mainly b/c I was trapped in their car until they dropped me off at my house.
When and where does it end? When will it ever stop? I surely do not know. One thing I do know is this: If the fabric is to ever be unwound on this issue then it is the little things like this example that need to stop and stop for good. These little things add up, and are what not only breeds but also makes up the fabric of hatred in America and elsewhere.
sincerely,
-DP
p.s. that poor 13 yr old girl! That is simply just fucking disgusting isn't it? Now that makes me sick as hell!