READ THIS

[okami_hu]

I said, read it. Go and fucking read it. And make your friends read it too.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/carmen/554908.html

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've read it.

Um... am I a horribly jaded and insensitive person for not being moved at all? I mean, if I read this article in a newspaper or something, then I'd nod and give a thumbs-up to the writer for his/her courage, but but this way it's just preaching to the choir and giving another opportunity for people to cry and/or say big words and do nothing. I mean, yeah, being gay in a straight and prejudiced society is hard. We already knew this. But wallowing in (self-)pity won't help anyone.

As a side note, I agree with the person who commented with saying that first and foremost, people should be taught good manners. Tolerance, acceptance - very nice ideas but the problem is, the more you push them, the more people will oppose because people don't like to be told what to think. There will always be people who think being gay (colored, religious, whatever) is disgusting and no-one will ever convince them that it isn't. If you push "tolerance" on them they'll just oppose it all the more violently and they'll teach their children to oppose it, too. And they'll have the right to do so because people have the right to have their own opinions about things; and no-one has the right to obligate others to change their opinions.

Good manners are indispensable. Good manners means being polite with people, regardless of one's opinion about their sexual orientation, skin color, religion, whatever. Good manners is tolerance in social situations. Good manners means "I may not respect you but I treat you with respect all the same, because I want peace." Good manners is, for example, not condemning someone for what they are but accepting the situation and either keeping your negative opinion to yourself or discussing it with them politely.

If this sounds like I'm advocating hypocrisy... *shrugs* It wasn't my intention. However, I'd rather have people who don't like me treat me politely nevertheless than people who make my life hell by being open and honest about their hatred towards me. I'm conservative like that.


~Mufurc

[okami-hu.livejournal.com]

...So why are you telling this to me...?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you said "Go and fucking read it." I went and read it, but I didn't see what was such a big deal about it, so I came back to report my opinion on the article. Nothing more. *shrug* There seems to be a hug fest going on over there, and I don't want to open a can of worms. Especially as I'm without an LJ; people usually don't like anonymous comments.

~Mufurc