SqrlCub, that was an excellent observation and post. I agree with you on the ‘it’s where you live’ statement. I live in Waco (I know you know where that is) and I know a few gay people here, and I know that they do not openly display it here. I wouldn’t either. Too many big belt buckle wearing cowboy hat tipping nasty tobacco dipping angry rednecks here for me. But drive 90 mins south to Austin, and it’s almost scary to be a heterosexual. Go to north 90 mins to Dallas, and it’s not so bad either.
I’ve lived in several different states and many different towns and cities, and every place has a different attitude.
My biggest beef with gay people (and other ‘minorities’ who claim other ‘discrimination’) is that they make it KNOWN that that’s who they are. Call me dumb, but if I was a chick at a party with a bunch of recently release prisoners, I’m not going to wear a see thru top and a thong.
I recently shaved my head, and I expected to get major flack, mostly from black people. I also expected kids to treat me differently. But guess what people made me feel the worst? My family and the old people. No one (outside my family) would openly say anything about Neo Nazis, but I could definately tell that there was a small amount of fear and anger in peoples eyes. The kids don’t care. They still treat me like before. In fact, more kids cried at the sight of me when I had hair than when I didn’t.
I’m saying that I don’t care what/who/where you are, I’ll treat you the same. Piss me off, and I’ll treat you the same way I treat others who pissed me off. I rarely see the color of people’s skin or the ‘gay’ issue. I usually notice how that person is dressed and what they seem to be interested in. We need to be more responsible about ourselves. Worry not about the other person, worry about yourself.
Now, I know that there are racists, gaybashers, and all those evil people. But like I said, don’t agg them on, and nothing will happen (most of the time.) I’ve been made fun of because I have red hair, had zits, was overweight, wore different clothes, behaived differently. I’ve learned a lot about that. I’ve also learned that sometimes you just have to blend in. You can still be yourself and look like everyone else. Trust me. You shower with 40 other guys in 10 mins and you know the deal.
It shouldn’t matter what your color is, whether you’re gay or not, but you shouldn’t bait people. If I drew a swastika on my bald head, I would expect to get the crap beat out of me. I do things, and I accept the responsibilities of those actions. Not everyone does, though, and that’s the problem.
This society is too concerned with the gay issue. Like weirddave said, it doesn’t matter. It is something that can’t be seen like wealth or color or gender. It’s something that can hide for a long time and no one would ever know. I worked with an older man who I didn’t find out was gay until after working with him for 4 months. Someone told me. I treated him the same, but it made me realize, you can’t judge a book by its cover. He wasn’t what I’d call openly gay, but we never talked about those things at work.
I don’t care if someone’s gay, just don’t wave it in my face and then get mad if I say something about it. If I wear a shirt that says ‘wasssup?’, what gives me the right to get mad after everyone I meet says, ‘wasssup?’ That was my mistake in the first place.
