Preaching Intolerance...or Why Rhonda Storms is an Evil Fucking Bitch
Well, it finally happened. I went to a parade. I have never been to a Pride Parade, and I have never had any interest in it. Not because I did not want to support what I think is a good cause, but because I don't like large groups of people. However, Jorge dragged me out because he did not want to go alone, so I went.
Note: My mother has been to a pride parade thing before I ever have. There is something just hysterically wrong about that.
Anyway, I enjoyed myself going to all the booths, reading the literature, preaching equality, and viewing a bad excuse for a parade. I was going to go protest today, but decided not to.
Apparently, pride celebrations are and used to be a lot wilder than what I saw, but it was a good experience nevertheles.
What was most interesting about the whole thing was learning more about Rhonda Storms and realizing just how much she needs to be shut down. For more and detailed info, go here. She has really overstepped all kinds of humanitarian bounds and has used thinly veiled excuses to hide behind her own prejudice. To ban a display and consequently ANY pride celebrations in Hillsborough County because she did not think it was approproate and did not want to field questions from curious children because that would be wrong is the most insane thing I have ever heard. She claims that this should not be about politics, which it most certainly is. But her reasons for wanting to ban the stuff are the very reasons why OTHER things have displays, like African American or Hispanic pride stuff. There is no difference to people with half a brain, but apparently it is ok to defend and support racial and ethnic equality, but not sexual preference.
People like this disgust me. People who say wre are more accepting nowadays than ever before are sadly deluded. As I tell my students every year, we are more prejudiced and racist now than ever...we are just more secretive about it and operate on a lower less-obvious level. Just look at the actions of the former and current administration. It is not that hard to believe.
Take the whole issue of budget cuts for NPR and PBS....because some claimed it was too liberal and does not good for Americans....ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!?
Ah, the signals of an empire doomed to fall are cropping up sooner than expected.
In support of pride and in protest of any kind of inequality around the world:
Well, it finally happened. I went to a parade. I have never been to a Pride Parade, and I have never had any interest in it. Not because I did not want to support what I think is a good cause, but because I don't like large groups of people. However, Jorge dragged me out because he did not want to go alone, so I went.
Note: My mother has been to a pride parade thing before I ever have. There is something just hysterically wrong about that.
Anyway, I enjoyed myself going to all the booths, reading the literature, preaching equality, and viewing a bad excuse for a parade. I was going to go protest today, but decided not to.
Apparently, pride celebrations are and used to be a lot wilder than what I saw, but it was a good experience nevertheles.
What was most interesting about the whole thing was learning more about Rhonda Storms and realizing just how much she needs to be shut down. For more and detailed info, go here. She has really overstepped all kinds of humanitarian bounds and has used thinly veiled excuses to hide behind her own prejudice. To ban a display and consequently ANY pride celebrations in Hillsborough County because she did not think it was approproate and did not want to field questions from curious children because that would be wrong is the most insane thing I have ever heard. She claims that this should not be about politics, which it most certainly is. But her reasons for wanting to ban the stuff are the very reasons why OTHER things have displays, like African American or Hispanic pride stuff. There is no difference to people with half a brain, but apparently it is ok to defend and support racial and ethnic equality, but not sexual preference.
People like this disgust me. People who say wre are more accepting nowadays than ever before are sadly deluded. As I tell my students every year, we are more prejudiced and racist now than ever...we are just more secretive about it and operate on a lower less-obvious level. Just look at the actions of the former and current administration. It is not that hard to believe.
Take the whole issue of budget cuts for NPR and PBS....because some claimed it was too liberal and does not good for Americans....ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!?
Ah, the signals of an empire doomed to fall are cropping up sooner than expected.
In support of pride and in protest of any kind of inequality around the world:
This entry was posted
on Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 9:43 PM.
You can skip to the end and leave a response.
» Post a Comment