Reply #263: if we are at the point where our straight "allies"

[ThomCat]

are in charge of our struggle for civil rights then we've already lost. If you, and people like you, are mapping out our strategy, and telling us what is serious and what is not, and what is worth protesting and what is not, then we've lost.

Once we have to go to you to get permission to take issue with homophobia suddenly the bar will keep getting raised, and nothing will ever be quite serious enough to deserve protest. There will always be something more serious, more important that we need to prepare for, or wait for.

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We don't sit down and say "are we attacking our allies?" We ask ourselves "are we attacking homophobia?" If we are attacking homophobia, and you're in somehow getting hit, then you need to ask yourself whether you are really an ally or not.

Instead of getting all condescending and questioning the entire LGBT community, look inward.