Last night I caught a glimpse of one of those entertainment shows. They were talking about Chaz Bono being on Dancing with the Stars. I could really care less about the show, but was happy to hear that he was on- that it was good step forward for someone who is openly transgendered to be on a prime time show. The clip they ran was of a woman saying she thought it was wrong, and that it would send a confusing message to children.... and I have to admit, my blood started simmering a little-
What's more confusing lady?!!! Ignoring people who are different than you and trying to 'shelter' your children from, oh- what do you call it? Oh yeah, that's right, THE WORLD! Or explaining something to your child? I am so sick of people hiding their ignorance under the guise of protecting a child. STOP IT. You lady, you are a part of perpetuating hate and misunderstanding. By you not dealing with whatever issues you have, you are handing down this sense of intolerance to yet another generation. It's funny, because these are the same people telling their children that they are special and unique individuals who can do anything in the world, so long as that anything doesn't involve anything "too different", Oi vey.
Perhaps this is why Planned Parenthood funding is in trouble as well- those evil bastards... spreading the free love and safe sex message. Don't you know sex is never safe?! Unless, of course it is in the confines of the sanctity of marriage- between one man and one woman... and the man's gay lover that he has on the side because he has been conditioned to hide his homosexuality as it is a sin and he would most certainly go straight to hell if anyone ever knew about it, which is why he married a woman and had 3.2 children in the first place- to try to cure himself, being gay is wrong, or at least that is what his mommy and daddy pounded into his head as often as possible throughout his childhood. Oh, and don't forget about the woman's lover that she was forced to seek out after a decade in loveless marriage which she committed to so that she could keep up with the Jones's.
So, I stewed on this most of the night, and I woke up this morning trying my very best not to be angry. Then I got in the car to come to work. As I am tooling down the road, listening to NPR, a story comes on about the views of some of the GOP candidates for presidency. I am half listening when they begin to talk about Michelle Bachman's 'jokes' that God is sending Washington a message with the recent hurricane and earthquake in DC. They then go on to play clips of other GOP candidates dismissing that we humans have anything to do with global warming, and further, that perhaps we should not be spending so much money on scientific research for a 'theory' that has not been proven! Bloody hell, you have got to be fucking kidding me!
Firstly, isn't that what research is about? Proving a theory? And secondly, how fucking much evidence does one need to believe it?! Then I start thinking about all the funding that is in danger of being cut- PBS for one. Right, why should we fund something so frivolous as educational programming?! Especially when they have such silly shows as Nova- a show about science- which means it is obviously about unfounded theory and unneeded research. Yes, yes, let us keep the masses sleepy and pacified with their cable T.V. and interwebs...
The scariest part of all this, to me, is that some people will hear these things... and BELIEVE them, and worse yet, they will vote for them. I do not generally speak on politics, but for some reason I cannot get this crap out of my head. What am I going to do about it? Well, I don't know yet- all I know is that silently disagreeing may as well be agreeing. I am not ok with yet another generation swallowing the shit they have been trying to feed us for years. Obama is not the problem with our country or economy. Neither can we blame Bush. It is not the Repulicrats or the Democrins. The problem is US!!! The citizens, we are the reason we are where we are right now. The only freeing thing about that assertion is that- we then, are the only solution as well. If only we could get people weened off the teat of power and corruption and start them on a regiment of education and open mindedness...
