Feeling Green

Ahh, St. Patrick's Day, when everyone is Irish — except, of coure, gay people.

Fortunately, the Hibernians have kept the annual St. Pat's Day Parade in New York City pure and safe for straight-only Irish people. Phew. Could have been trouble, too, since, as the parade chairman pointed out, gays are just as dangerous as neo-Nazis and the KKK.

Besides, green isn't really our color, is it? Consider the case of the "Equity Ride" bus, which has been taking a group around to various "Christian" campuses, like Liberty University in Lynchburg, or Lee University in Cleveland. The Equity Riders visit the campuses and talk to students there about gay and lesbian issues. Well, they try to talk, but more often than not the fearless "Christian" leaders — like the Tinky-Winky-fearing Jerry Falwell — keep the students on campus safely away while the Equity Riders are arrested for … well, for something really serious, like worrying people as much as the KKK or neo-Nazis. Pam Spaulding has a nice picture of the phrase "Fags-Mobile" spray-painted in pink on the bus. Much prettier than green.

But — hey! — it's not just neo-Nazis and KKKers and Fags who are dangerous. Speaking of Pam, you might be interested in how the wacky Don Wildmon at the American Family Association is keeping America safe from "Jewish words" — "chutzpah" was the one that got his undies in a bundle.

I can't decide, though, whether all these outcroppings of visible hate* are symptoms or causes; which comes first: inflaming political hate-speech or underground bubblings of fear and hatred in the politicians' constituency?

Either way, I don't feel encouraged when Joe in DC quotes the Great Leader as saying:

"I can stand up here and tell you that we have delivered results for the American people, and we've got an agenda to continue to do so," Bush said.

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*A decade or more ago, in times that seemed calmer in comparison to today, outbreaks of anti-gay hysteria were frequently greeted by some in the community with the rationalization that it's better to have the haters out in the open where we can see them rather than hidden away in the dark corners. Presumably these people are feeling today like they're rolling in clover.

Posted on March 17, 2006 at 19.14 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Splenetics

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  1. Written by picture of zoroastrianism
    on Monday, 20 March 2006 at 08.45
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    Social conservatism is doomed. Its days are outnumbered and soon science and rational thinking will take over. I do not know of any 20 year old who considers being gay a problem. The light is near; have no fear!

    Best

  2. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Tuesday, 21 March 2006 at 04.16
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    Not a great day for the Irish, to be sure.

    Your ending reference to rolling in clover is clever.

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