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Oct. 1st, 2012 10:45 amI wish folks were more versed in it, esp. those who get worked up as if their problem(s) and their time is /are the worst EVER in hUman History.
I was reading a rant on one of my internet sites(it was Gay-oriented but it might as well have been Pagan, Progressive etc). When I came out Cops were still raiding bars. The only place we weren't shown as Evil was on 'The Phil Donahue Show'. Compared to the way things WERE, it's a lot better. Not perfect but Gays aren't rounded up every week in every town and city for being in their own clubs anymore. Or disappearing while in Police custody....
Things ARE better than they were in my young adult life as a non-Christian, as a Gay man, as a non-Republican. Not perfect by a long shot but compared to the way they had been? I'd say 70% better. So, please remember that when you rant about us "Complacent Elders". The WORST THING that will happen to you as a result of one of your Actions is what regular _____s, minding their business had happened to them and for those that fought back? Let's just say in parts of the USA the land is more Fertile and WIldlife was better feed than they are today.....
Cheers,
Pat
I was reading a rant on one of my internet sites(it was Gay-oriented but it might as well have been Pagan, Progressive etc). When I came out Cops were still raiding bars. The only place we weren't shown as Evil was on 'The Phil Donahue Show'. Compared to the way things WERE, it's a lot better. Not perfect but Gays aren't rounded up every week in every town and city for being in their own clubs anymore. Or disappearing while in Police custody....
Things ARE better than they were in my young adult life as a non-Christian, as a Gay man, as a non-Republican. Not perfect by a long shot but compared to the way they had been? I'd say 70% better. So, please remember that when you rant about us "Complacent Elders". The WORST THING that will happen to you as a result of one of your Actions is what regular _____s, minding their business had happened to them and for those that fought back? Let's just say in parts of the USA the land is more Fertile and WIldlife was better feed than they are today.....
Cheers,
Pat
