*Prop 8, moving forward…
And now for some rampant politicizing. For this we turn to the wise words of Titivil, who says it better than we could hope to, (as he often does):
As long as the struggle for gay marriage rights is going to be a bumpy conflict of indeterminate length, let’s just set this one ground rule:
As these skirmishes unfold state by state, when you Prop8ers attain some kind of victory, whether it be at the ballot box or in the courthouse, we non-Prop8ers will call you, rightfully, bigots, so please do not pretend that being called a bigot is some violence against you.
You are not merely intolerant. You are advocating that fundamental rights be taken away from a segment of the population. In a purely conceptual world of ethical behavior there is a word for a person trying to take away someone else’s rights, and that word is “asshole”. So be happy that we’re stopping at “bigot”.
You don’t get to be a bigot and then complain of hurt feelings. Real grown-up bigots are more sure of themselves than that, and they take name-calling from the communists as a badge of honor. If you are a bigot and you don’t like having your feelings hurt, then you need to stop being a bigot.
And if anyone is tempted to respond with, “Oh, I’m not a bigot, I just want to defend traditional marriage,” then that person needs to look back over their years of schooling and wonder when it was when they became so easily deluded and immune to self-examination.
This lesson, taking responsibility for one’s beliefs, is a lesson learned by casual racists years ago — odd coincidence, that.
* Apologies for posting something wholly unrelated to the field of writing, particularly in light of our recent posting negligence—we were compelled.
