101flyboy said:
1. The LGBTQ community ARE victims of a homophobic society. We ARE victims. Let's make that clear. We don't play victim, we are victims and are being victimized for who we are.
I know.
Everyone knows this.
I would argue that it's not as bad as some of the LGBTQ community makes it seem, but I have a feeling you'd disagree.
Also, don't pretend that there aren't a HUGE number of homosexuals, especially in the US, that don't see any real victimization for their entire lives aside from on the news. Sure they might get looked at funny sometimes, but who doesn't?
Everyone has their own problems... some WAY bigger than yours.
2. We want acceptance but we don't NEED acceptance from the ignorant.
And yet the ignorant are the ONLY people who don't accept you.
3. We ARE fucking fighting. We are fighting everywhere.
I said that SOME are not fighting. Some of you are running away and acting like problems go away when you DON'T face them.
Get real. It's not all about you, Tom. It's about fucking US. WE are going to take OUR days off from the shit people throw at us and if you don't like that, then do your job to make sure we aren't pushed to this point. Do your job to make sure we feel comfortable in our own skin at any time. Do your own fucking job, and stop blaming us for the shit we didn't create.
This is the problem.
YOU get real. There's WAY bigger problems for homosexuality right now, but some of you will go out of your way to make sure that the whole world knows that there's a GAY version of everything and that the Gay Olympics only exists because we're all assholes.
Look, I personally don't give a FUCK what anyone in the gay community does on it's spare time. I'm just saying that I think that this specific event is making things worse. You can disagree if you want, but don't jump down my throat for speaking my opinion in a thread that specifically asks for my opinion.
People around the world respect Rosa Parks because she was a strong person. She dealt with a shitload of abuse sitting on that bus, but she did it because she wanted the right to be the same as everyone else.
What if, after they let black people sit anywhere on the bus, a black person got up and said, "You're all jerks; I'm gonna start a bus for black people."?
Do you think anyone would respect them?
No. They would be a weak person. When you decide that you'd rather segregate yourself than fight through abuse, you're a weak person, and you've given up the fight.
The real problems... the ones that get masked in all this bullshit about name calling and stupid terminology... are the rights issues.
The rights issues need to be solved.
The Gay Olympics is a huge waste of time and a potential step backwards. It does nothing good for the gay community.
THERE'S ALREADY AN OLYMPICS THAT EVERYONE CAN BE IN.
And honestly, the Olympics are extremely open and there is NO prejudice towards any race, sexuality, or gender. As a matter of fact, the Olympics may be the SINGLE event that brings together the entire world in a beautiful, unbiased, happy competition where everyone can drop their prejudices and have a little bit of fun in this dark, depressing world.
And that's not good enough.
See the problem is... you think it's all about YOU. But it's not.
It's about all of us.