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In reply to the discussion: My sexual orientation is being used as a political fucking football. 43 years of this crap. [View all]sibelian
(7,804 posts)113. "Remember when he changed his mind?"
YES, SIR. I remember it VERY well, and I remember thinking: "FIIIIIGURES." Followed by "He might mean it." Followed by "Yeah, right." Followed by "He might mean it and STILL be in a position where I have to be used as a political football because that's what everyone ELSE on Capitol Hill does." Followed by "FIIIIIGURES."
"On behalf of humanity, I am deeply sorry for what you have had to suffer through. It is my hope that the forces of education and enlightenment will prevail. In time, I feel that they must. We have come a long way from the backwards ignorance of our ancestors, but we have much further to go, still."
YOU don't have to apologise, and...we will see.
We're not female, substantial chunks of us are white, some of us are rich, many of us have proper jobs. Some of us even have careers. Our situation is fairly clear-cut, unlike the forms of bigotry directed against women, black people and the poor... People just openly make up stupid weird shit about us and ignore us completely when we say: "..... actually, It's Not Like That." It's not like the forms where people pretend not to be bigoted but are anyway. With us they just come right out with it.
I don't know what will happen.
There aren't enough of us.
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My sexual orientation is being used as a political fucking football. 43 years of this crap. [View all]
sibelian
Dec 2013
OP
Your post is so well written and makes so much sense and I am sorry some words and deeds live on...
Tikki
Dec 2013
#3
So are Blacks even with a Black president. So are Hispanics, Muslims and so many others.
vaberella
Dec 2013
#107
yup parts of the glasgow area are mental, hence the city motto. no mean city, kinda ironic
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#27
omg, you millionaire you. lol. bet you even have someone to pre chew your highland toffee lol
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#64
Dude, I can't say where I live in Edinburgh online, but let' just say you'd probably think
sibelian
Dec 2013
#66
lol, well bearsden and morning side probuably means you prefer the weird shaped balls
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#86
Putin's reason for bringing out homophobia is for an easily identifiable reason.
grantcart
Dec 2013
#14
"getting an assist in his human rights Potemkin Village charade by Glenn Greenwald." What
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#23
The ones that piss the fuck off out of me are the people who treat as a kind of REBELLION.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#65
"I've sort of resigned myself to the idea that this is probably how it will always be."
DemocraticWing
Dec 2013
#21
Some of the Christian attitudes towards womanhood are just inexplicably fucked up.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#75
Apparently the Russians have always had a bigoted streak in this regard, and Pootie is exploiting it
MADem
Dec 2013
#61
Hugs. I wish everyone would just mind their own fucking business, instead of obsessing
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#70
good point, words evolve over time, for some certain words may be hurtful but for others its
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#77
Well, I livein the UK where things are possibly a far bit better than the US.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#105
My heart bleeds for what you went through. But Gays are not the only target.
vaberella
Dec 2013
#108
Targets of bigotry often assume that they are somehow immune from being bigots.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#109