Here I go, being all gay and stuff on other people’s weblogs. (via Andrea) I’m sure John could have written a better response, but I gave it my best shot.
UPDATE: It’s still going on. I can’t stop myself.
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If you don’t make this your new tag line it will be a crime:
“I know all about straight women. My roommate was a crack whore.”
I thought your response was great. And I thought the weird over-reaction it triggered in her was really interesting.
In looking through her site some more, I wonder if the brother she mentions having died from AIDS was gay. That might account for her getting so incensed at the merest hint that she was guilty of garden-variety right-wing homophobia.
But whatever.
Someone who falls for that right-wing fearmongering and then follows it up with, “My best friend was a gay male prostitute, so I know all about gay culture,” clearly has some issues. Her post fairly reeked with the “if they would just stay quiet, things would be so much better” philosophy. I didn’t see the thing about her brother on her bio page until after I wrote my response, but that tidbit makes things even more bizarre.
I just think people who trumpet things like “they’re teaching fisting to kindergarteners!” should be challenged on their basic assumptions. Every little drop of water helps wear down the rock.
I’d describe your response as “being all SENSIBLE and stuff.”
Well I would certainly agree that your comments were very well thought out and clearly presented as an opposing argument. I am one of the first people to stand-up against (or completely indifferent to) a lot of the proposals the gay community puts forth, because I do not think that my sexuality is all-encompassing in my life. I will admit to not having read that entire post or article, but you are right; if GLSEN is proposing something you disagree with, then contact them and get the facts directly.
The things I care about basically boils down to this: No one should be discriminated against for any reason. I should not be fired because I am gay. I should have the same legal rights and benefits should I choose to “marry” someone.
I did not want to post over there, because I personally believe it pointless, but I wanted to point out your correctness regarding the quality of the book “One Teenager in Ten and Two Teenagers in Twenty,” which was given to me when I was 16 or 17 after having come to my parents with this realisation and asking for further guidance. That book and another (the title of which currently escapes me) in concert with a weekly youth meeting group really helped me.
I somehow got into the thread on Andrea’s page. I’m at a loss to understand what’s going on there; MDT got away with grotesquely misrepresenting your position, but Andrea and others still went after you for no reason I can conceive of.
That thread’s more of a social argument than a political one…but it’s a stupid social argument that should have ended half a page ago with the words “Oh, okay, then. Sorry.” For some reason I find those more compelling.
And that thread, to me, is reminiscent of one that could have been written in the 60s about the civil rights movement: “Those black people are doing fine. It’s only that small group that’s stirring things up, making things worse for everyone. If they don’t watch out, they might find themselves being lynched again!” It’s scary because it’s a veiled threat wrapped in condescension.
You sure do say it better than i did. I took the bait, like an idiot. oh well, i am new to blogging and all the “rules”. i think i’ll stick to lurking for awhile. apparently, she kicked me off just now. she called me arrogant.
i wanted to tell her about my heterosexual sisters and how i know exactly what she is going through. One of my sisters husband is a gun collector too. pity.