Reply #55: Young people don't really care about this

[Nevernose]

The conservative ministry appears to be in a desperate search for new, younger followers to tune in to the radio show by Focus founder James Dobson. Web site creator Steve Watters told the Associated Press that the number of listeners has not been growing in recent years and that most people who call for help are in their late 40s.

The vast majority of the kids I know, about two hundred of them at an urban, largely-minority, inner-city high school -- DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT WHO'S GAY AND WHO'S NOT. They may say "oh, that's gay" or "don't be such a fag," and even directly talk smack about homosexuals, but for the most part, members of the generation coming up seem to be a hell of a lot more tolerant than anything I ever experienced (i.e., my own school district was still segregated when Reagan was president! And for the record, I'm not all that old myself).

These kids, in fact, know a hell of a lot more about racism, prejudice, and/or bigotry than most of the people here will ever know.

While I would never advocate any kind of deliberate violence against anyone, if some guy/gal happened to beat the holy living shit out of one of these Reverand Dobson shitheads, I wouldn't be too upset. I've still got enough Texas in me to let me know when someone's got it coming to them.

"The times, they are a' changin'"