I spend a lot of time with alternate lifestyle folks because, well, I have one. Specifically I am active in the BDSM / Leather communities but there is a huge gay / bisexual / trans crossover. I know a fair number of activists and I can say this about most of them they don’t care nearly as much for the cause as they do love the feeling of liberation they get from feeling oppressed.
Even now, many of these folks will be shaking their heads at the growing backlash against the wave of idiocy spearheaded by the showboating Perez Hilton and thinking to themselves this all just proves how much “the rednecks” hate “the gays”. When it fact it pretty much shows two things: two things most of these people never seem to learn.
- Most of America has a dim view of witch hunts, thought crime and assassination by outrage
- When you are an asshole, people generally dislike you and let’s be honest, Perez Hilton is truly an asshole.
I am not sure why the gay community is stunned that their marriage legalization efforts are being hampered by the near hysteria and frothing out the mouth insanity that characterizes so much of the public face of the movement. At the moment, the shining light of the public attention in the gay marriage issue is looking at two people. One is Carrie Prejean who has thus far carried her self with class, intelligence and grace. She has not been insulting or angry. She has attacked no one.
The other is a hateful publicity hound who has represented his opinions badly. Among other things he called her a “dumb bitch” and then later told us all he really wanted to call her a cunt, but chickened out. But I think we can sum up Perez Hiltons entire intellectual capacity by his own hands by simply showing the crux of his response to Carrie.
I can’t imagine why Carrie would be getting support, and Perez would be getting slammed for being an idiot. It clearly must be homophobia.
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