You know, it's a school night and I really shouldn't be blogging, but I have to get this off my mind in order for me to sleep. This blog will be less extravagant, it won't have pictures or that much humor.
I just had an eye-opener of a conversation with a good friend of mine, primarily about gay rights, and how they're treated. Point being, I've never had any issues with gay people or what they stand for, and I never will. I support their fight and who they are. But it's so easy to misconstrue what I mean in a topic as delicate as this.
Point is, gay people do suffer. They have to fight for what they love, most people in America don't need to do that unless they screwed something up themselves. But gay people didn't screw anything up at all, that's just who they are. If I were gay, I'd hopefully do the same thing. Horrible things happen to them, because of who they are. I like the underdogs, the people that aren't in control always get my vote, because they deserve it. Unlike the fight against racism, more and more gay people will always come, which means that fighting against it makes you both clueless, insensitive, and unable to see anything of the future.
For me to have anything against gay people would be wrong, as I have family members who are, themselves, gay. Saying I didn't like gay people is like saying I don't like my own family. But I haven't seen the struggles they've gone through, or the ridicule they endured. If I did, maybe I'd be more radical on the subject, rather than just giving a "yes/no" question. Also, I have a few gay friends, some bi, some gay. They're all the nicest people I've ever met, and I don't put adjectives in front of friends, except the usual "best friend".
At this point, it's just me trying to prove that I'm not against gay people, right? Seems that way, after reading what I've typed.
Yes, I support gay rights, I support what they stand for, but what's causing any unsure feelings I have? Truth is, I have absolutely no idea. I was not raised with any opinion on gay people, my parents didn't have anything to say about the subject, because it was never relevant to our lives up until later on when members of my family started coming out. At that point, nothing changed! Meaning that the whole "gay" title, to me, when I was 10 and starting to learn my own way around the "think-for-yourself" world, meant nothing. It just meant you happened to like the same gender, no harm, right?
Usually when voicing an opinion of mine, I'd put a witty twist on how I say it, but I can't here. I have friends and family who could be hurt in the process of my doing that, so I'm personally confused on how to say things.
This MAY be analogous to my opinion on people who are religious. If you're religious, that's fine, I don't care. If you're gay, that's also fine, I really don't care. You as a person is what matters. If you're gay, but you're a dick, I won't like you. Not because you're gay, but because you're a dick (no pun intended, seriously). Well, I need to add in some humor here, I make fun of a certain family member of mine for being gay, and we laugh about it. If you have that sense of humor, you're the leader in this fight for your rights. You're the ones that can convince the world that you, too, deserve what the majority of the world gets. Would I expect that out of every gay person? No, some people have had to really fight whereas the one I joke around with, in my eyes, hasn't.
I don't know, this is hard for me. It's usually not hard for me to voice an opinion but when you think something's at stake, anything can throw you off. I'm unsure of things, and when people are unsure, they say odd things, and sometimes those odd things can hurt people, and for someone like me to hurt someone, it sucks.
Hopefully I can get an actual opinion out soon.
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