Sunday, August 07, 2005
Accepting...
lately i have noticed that parts of society aren't quite as accepting as i naively thought and hoped they were. i have encountered several members of polite society (christian conservatives mostly), who enjoyed making jokes about gay people. grown men and women who are my parents' age saying things like "you men shouldn't sit next to each other at the table... you know how that is going to look. (gay voice imitation) hellloooooo!" or these girls i met up with at a bar the other night who gawked at this older lesbian couple like they were freaks. i talked with them for a little while and they were very nice people. or as i mentioned in a comment on muchacha's blog, adults giving me suggestions on where to move saying that this one small town is great because it's all whites so there won't be gangs or ghettos.
it's infuriating to me. people are more similar than different. gays and lesbians are people just like everyone else, and people with differing pigmentation in their skin are still the same underneath, too. if you only look for differences in the world, a you vs. us mentality, then that's what you'll find. if you recognize similarities, then you'll see that we can all get along.
ok, there is my hippy lovey statement for the day. i'll try to tell about my weekend later.
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