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Originally Posted by Far-L
I seriously think you are missing the point entirely. Moreover, you are obviously trying to twist what I am saying into something entirely different. Take a big deep breath, think of rainbows, and calm down so you can grasp my meaning rather than trying to come up with some argument that takes a few words from a sentence out of context to try and find something to attack.
In the US, Blacks are still lynched too, dragged behind cars, shot for being Black, etc. All sorts of equally heinous shit. What is your point? I am not trying to say that gays are not persecuted worldwide. Nor am I saying that they haven't made a major leap forward with recent political milestones in the US. Oddly enough, the same amendments that helped blacks move forward politically in the US have been repealed within a day of the other being granted so time will only tell if blacks and other minorities are going to be shoved back fifty years in terms of race discrimination. A lot of intelligent people are saying that it will.
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"Take a big deep breath, think of rainbows, and calm down ..."
Dude I'm a grown man with a 20 year old straight son I've raised since birth, as a single openly Gay father. Trying to fuck with me using "rainbows" talk to stereotype me into that particular crowd, and imagery, isn't accurate and it doesn't piss me off. It says more about who you are then anything else.
Oddly enough my son and I were talking just the other day about the fact that he has more rights then I do and how he kind of cringes reciting the pledge of allegiance with the kids he teaches at the end "liberty and justice for all"
I understand what you're saying. We disagree. The LGBT community has been fighting a civil rights battle since the early 70's , right after the African American civil rights movement started to subside in '68. Civil rights in America are civil rights, no matter who you are, who you fuck, how you fuck, or what color you fuck.
At the end of the day Gays are not equal, as blacks are, under the eyes of the law. We will keep fighting for our civil liberties until a black Gay man is as equal as his black straight brother.
