Gay Rights

[seldear]

Gay Rights

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable waving rainbow-coloured flags from the safety of our lounge chairs and claiming that this makes one 'a good person to know' than taking our cues from how people behave to one another, particularly those of a different mindset and lifestyle?" ~ SelDear ~

I would like to know exactly why posting the 'Gay Rights' meme in my LiveJournal has anything to do with what I really believe and how I act on that belief when the rubber hits the road. Emotional blackmail is one of the core prompters of this meme - the unsubtle implication that if this meme does not appear on your LiveJournal, then you clearly do not believe in Gay Rights and, as such, are an evil of the magnitude of Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, anything that Dubya says we should hate, and the Iranian Nuclear Program.

I'm being who I am and saying what I feel, because I think that belief in Gay Rights and the acting out of those beliefs is a whole lot more than just posting a badly-written meme on your LJ.

Comments

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

To me, the blackmail is implied in the message: "if you believe in Gay Rights, you will post this meme; if you don't believe in Gay Rights, you will ignore it".

Although it's not explicitly said that not posting the meme means you don't believe in Gay Rights (whatever those rights are perceived to be), the underlying message is that if this meme does not appear on your LJ in the regular course of posting, then you are No Friend To Homosexuals.

I know that this was not intended by the people on my f-list who posted the meme. And I don't take it as such from them. But this is how I feel about the way in which the meme presents itself.

[starfinn.livejournal.com]

I'd say thats the sentiment out of 85% of the meme's out there.

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