I want to rant a bit more
Jan. 28th, 2005 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickIt really boggles the mind how some completely moronic people can take some completely off the wall situation and say that someone is gay.
Take any example: .. let's take the most FUN one.. Spongebob.
Apparently Spongebob is gay because he has a best buddy named Patrick. And they do all sorts of wild and crazy things together episode after episode.
And this makes them gay.
The concept is absolutely mindboggling.
The concept that we are incapable of having a friendship with a person of our sex without it being sexual is absolutely mindboggling. The concept that two men or two women who live under the same roof MUST be homosexual is absolutely mindboggling.
It's mindboggling how you can take Bert and Ernie who, given that the show is aimed at toddlers, have done nothing more disgraceful than quibble and they MUST be homosexual is absolutely mindboggling.
I actually wish Freud were alive right now. I have to wonder what Freud would say about people like this. I imagine he'd something very rude, most likely suggesting that these backwater hicks are projecting their own homosexuality upon Bert and Ernie.
Then again, maybe not. I dunno.
Still...
It's really disconcerting to me to see our generation growing up under the influence of morons like this. More disturbing because obviously the evangelical movement is WORKING... from small grass roots campaigns to a good portion of the American government.
An entire generation of people so small-minded and deluded that I can't even begin to comprehend their universe. I can't even comprehend a world where the new testament must be taken literally (except where it isn't) and where Faith has more power than reason. (And no, I really don't think reason ever enters into it. Reason requires thought. It requires telling society to go fuck itself so that you can think through things yourself an come up with what, to you, is the best answer.)
I fear for the world my children will be brought into. I only hope that I, and those like me, will be able to pass wisdom to our child.. to make him capable of thinking for himself and questioning the faith and values of those around him.
Take any example: .. let's take the most FUN one.. Spongebob.
Apparently Spongebob is gay because he has a best buddy named Patrick. And they do all sorts of wild and crazy things together episode after episode.
And this makes them gay.
The concept is absolutely mindboggling.
The concept that we are incapable of having a friendship with a person of our sex without it being sexual is absolutely mindboggling. The concept that two men or two women who live under the same roof MUST be homosexual is absolutely mindboggling.
It's mindboggling how you can take Bert and Ernie who, given that the show is aimed at toddlers, have done nothing more disgraceful than quibble and they MUST be homosexual is absolutely mindboggling.
I actually wish Freud were alive right now. I have to wonder what Freud would say about people like this. I imagine he'd something very rude, most likely suggesting that these backwater hicks are projecting their own homosexuality upon Bert and Ernie.
Then again, maybe not. I dunno.
Still...
It's really disconcerting to me to see our generation growing up under the influence of morons like this. More disturbing because obviously the evangelical movement is WORKING... from small grass roots campaigns to a good portion of the American government.
An entire generation of people so small-minded and deluded that I can't even begin to comprehend their universe. I can't even comprehend a world where the new testament must be taken literally (except where it isn't) and where Faith has more power than reason. (And no, I really don't think reason ever enters into it. Reason requires thought. It requires telling society to go fuck itself so that you can think through things yourself an come up with what, to you, is the best answer.)
I fear for the world my children will be brought into. I only hope that I, and those like me, will be able to pass wisdom to our child.. to make him capable of thinking for himself and questioning the faith and values of those around him.
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Date: 2005-01-28 06:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-28 07:51 pm (UTC)Unless it's Bill Clinton, but we're all a little hypocritical about Bill Clinton, aren't we? :p
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Date: 2005-01-28 07:31 pm (UTC)Either way, it's absolutely retarded. Spongebob is totally bi.
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Date: 2005-01-28 08:06 pm (UTC)*snicker*
Yeah, I heard it was the hand-holding that really pushed people over the edge.
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Date: 2005-01-28 10:57 pm (UTC)Oh snap, when we were in Buffalo I totally leaned on you in Howard's car. WE MUST BE GAY FOR EACH OTHER!