Hi, white straight male privilege, I am impressed by the lengths you go to in order to keep the world functioning in a way that you can handle. Here's your problem (and I'm quoting [info]colouredmango): "You are dying out. You are losing the war of attrition for our bodies and minds and rights to love. We have already won."
There is something deeply, deeply triumphant and true in that. It echoes what was said when Iowa passed their gay marriage law, it echoes what I do see, sometimes. This doesn't mean we shouldn't be furious (there are so many things that are so fucking wrong with the world in terms of sexism and violence and homophobia and racism that sometimes I want to set things on fire or scream loud enough that everyone, everyone would hear) but you know, We're here, we're talking about it, we're not fucking crawling to anyone, that is something. No one laughed at the comedian Friday night, that is something else. And I'll quote Mango again—if sometimes it's hard to see that we're getting there, we're winning, "it's just that the victory party is planned for a time when you and I will scoff about girls these days, when no one will have told us what to do for so long we will be confused what we're celebrating."
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Date: 2009-11-30 08:36 pm (UTC)Hi, white straight male privilege, I am impressed by the lengths you go to in order to keep the world functioning in a way that you can handle. Here's your problem (and I'm quoting [info]colouredmango): "You are dying out. You are losing the war of attrition for our bodies and minds and rights to love. We have already won."
There is something deeply, deeply triumphant and true in that. It echoes what was said when Iowa passed their gay marriage law, it echoes what I do see, sometimes. This doesn't mean we shouldn't be furious (there are so many things that are so fucking wrong with the world in terms of sexism and violence and homophobia and racism that sometimes I want to set things on fire or scream loud enough that everyone, everyone would hear) but you know, We're here, we're talking about it, we're not fucking crawling to anyone, that is something. No one laughed at the comedian Friday night, that is something else. And I'll quote Mango again—if sometimes it's hard to see that we're getting there, we're winning, "it's just that the victory party is planned for a time when you and I will scoff about girls these days, when no one will have told us what to do for so long we will be confused what we're celebrating."
Yesyesyes.