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| quote: | Originally posted by Vivid Boy
stringin me up some niggas? wtf???? know who the fuck ur talking to before u open ur mouth again and where the fuck hes from... |
You’re right, I don’t know you at all—all I know of you is your posts here. My intent was to attempt to emulate things you have proffered as jokes here, and to take what was offered as acceptable humour, and extend it to something that was clearly NOT acceptable –to show how they were really the same—it is only our perspective that makes one acceptable and one offensive--reducto ad absurdum. Gay bashing still happens, and it kills, and so I just don’t happen to think that its funny or even a legitimate basis for humour. Sorry if that makes me dull and humourless. But, if by this attempt, I have offended you or anyone else, I apologize.
A lot of posts here have been really supportive and accepting and that’s great that so many people have taken the time to say those things.
But some posts have not.
And that’s why there are gay ghettos and why we seek out “gay positive spaces” even though the ideal would be that everyone accepted and respected and tolerated everyone else, everywhere. We don’t want to offend others by the simple act of being who we are, and don’t want to exhibit behaviour that some may find disgusting—because you never know where the line is between acceptable and disgusting-- “i dont want to hear him talk about it or act upon it when im around..” is not a very clear behavioural guideline. And you never know exactly how someone is going to express that disapproval. So rather than being on guard all the time, its important to identify those places where you can relax and feel free.
The reality of the world today is that even in places like this where you think people would generally be ok with “the gay thing”, there are still people that are not really very ok with it. And in a thread CM started to invite other gay, gay positive etc TAs to say hi, some have felt the need to come and show their disapproval, rather than just ignoring it. And the thread ends up mostly being about us defending ourselves, rather than the intended purpose.
But, I’m going back to thinking about what’s really important now--the music.
Peace, love, unity and respect to everyone.
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