realitybugll said:
The High School I go to is extremely liberal and "gay-friendly." supposed to be very "open" like if someone makes derogatory gay comment to another person it can be a big deal. faculty can get involved and they could get expelled etc. ironically of course behind closed doors and with certain groups of guys their is still a lot of homophobia... which to me is understandable in the society we live in.
What I really can't stand is...for instance: a religious group is going to be advocating anti-gay sentiment outside of a youth organization. on our "bulletin board" it says here is where they can be... go there to protest blah blah blah.. and around school its like anyone who is against gays is the worst person on earth they are not even human. This is the outward feelings people portray even if they don't even feel it.
So it is this huge deal even if its not. it becomes a thing that polarizes people. people who are pro gay rights make a huge deal out of it. when people should move beyond it and understand everyone is human, they believe what they want, now what are the deeper issues to think about...
my two cents. a very timely transcription! thanks all for continuing to do what you do. :)
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ryanX said:
Qualifying, it seems a lot of queens go out for the sole purpose of attention seeking.
yes they are no "better" than anti-gay movement. generally, thats my thought anyways. further polarization- lead to stigmatization i.e homosexuals are different.
If you are in a group of people who can be beaten, jailed, or completely ostracized because of a character or body trait, it probably is pretty natural to band together to seek protection under the law if such is possible. Considering that sexuality seems to be something we can not necessarily choose and cannot change (and the C's seem to be agreeing with this), then we are talking about a characteristic that is nearly as deeply ingrained in the physical sense and in the personality as race itself. So would you tell blacks in the 60's to move beyond it and realize that everyone is human and to think about the bigger picture? The people who need to hear that are usually the ones who are physically and emotionally assaulting others because they are a different race or sexuality or gender or... The list goes on and on.
In some sense, you would be right to say such a thing. Certainly, MLK was led to consider the entire system that the racial struggle was embedded in in order to really think on how amelioration of economic inequity could possibly occur. Certainly within the gay rights movements individuals have issues just as they do in the anti-war movement. And certainly what we know of ponerology is lacking in all of these circles. That is why they can be co-opted so often. Which brings me to this quote...
C's said:
A: The gay "movement" is a CIA program incepted by 4D STS designed to set up antipathy, differences, and to identify individuals for purposes of inflicting further suffering.
There might be an interesting clue here. We suspect that COINTELPRO is the MO of the ponerized system. By COINTELPRO, I mean the method of warfare via deception long before covert aggression ever occurs and not specifically FBI tactics in the 60s: agents saboteur and provocateur, false flag operations, plausible deniability, etc. And of course, the FBI did use such tactics in the 60s. Then they were caught and "officially" such activities ceased.
So we have the statement above about a CIA program. Assuming it is correct, did the CIA pick up the baton from the FBI in terms of undertaking operations to destabilize and co-opt various popular domestic movements.
As to "set up antipathy, differences," who really feels threatened by the gay movement? Well... The religious right of course... It is yet another thing that makes them feel "their" country has been stolen from them just as Obama's "socialist" tendencies (I almost can't type that without laughing (or maybe crying)) threatens them so badly. As long as this 30% feels actively threatened they can be more easily and quickly mobilized and manipulated.
The last part "identify individuals for purposes of inflicting further suffering" just gives me the chills. Are there lists out there somewhere for who to put into camps the religious right would eventually set up to protect their precious way of life from muslims, gays, liberals, hippies, people who don't sing in church with the proper reverence, etc? Or could it refer to the gathering of intelligence on prominent figures such as politicians to use as blackmail leverage?
As always, interesting session...