Are there gay groups that are publishing who is supporting Yes on 8 and encouraging gay people to look at their associations with those groups?
Additionally, even from this side of the continent, I am reading about the pressure being put on celebrities and various organizations with what I feel is a thinly veiled threat: You know you really should be supporting our cause.....
Now, I know what you said about us coming from opposite sides of the political spectrum so if you'd rather me just keep my opinions to myself, in your journal, I will. But just know that I am against hypocrisy and the "do as I say, not as I do" mentality I have seen so much of lately in print and other media. If it is ok for me to do something, say something, print something, bring attention to something, post a picture, etc. then I can't tell someone else NOT to do it. And the opposite is also true.
I have been bashed, insulted, laughed at, cussed at, defriended, and linked to some of the worst names in history just because I have a different political view than others this election. I'm a big guy, I can take it. But it is surprising. I really thought people were more enlightened and would be willing to have a *real* discussion with not just people who support their point of view, but with others who may have a differing point of view. Sadly, I am finding that to more the exception than the rule.
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branchandroot
But Did You Answer My Question?
Date: 2008-10-24 11:22 pm (UTC)Additionally, even from this side of the continent, I am reading about the pressure being put on celebrities and various organizations with what I feel is a thinly veiled threat: You know you really should be supporting our cause.....
Now, I know what you said about us coming from opposite sides of the political spectrum so if you'd rather me just keep my opinions to myself, in your journal, I will. But just know that I am against hypocrisy and the "do as I say, not as I do" mentality I have seen so much of lately in print and other media. If it is ok for me to do something, say something, print something, bring attention to something, post a picture, etc. then I can't tell someone else NOT to do it. And the opposite is also true.
I have been bashed, insulted, laughed at, cussed at, defriended, and linked to some of the worst names in history just because I have a different political view than others this election. I'm a big guy, I can take it. But it is surprising. I really thought people were more enlightened and would be willing to have a *real* discussion with not just people who support their point of view, but with others who may have a differing point of view. Sadly, I am finding that to more the exception than the rule.