Still Gray

It should bug me that I’ve been ripped into by whole bunch of people for being an ‘oversensitive pussy’ just for taking a stand against homophobia in my blog post on the subject, and in every single one of these instances, I’ve been accused of “making a big deal out of it” even though all I did was call the whole exercise of throwing terms like ‘faggot’ around immature and idiotic.

It would seem to me that the only people making a big deal out of any issue, or being ‘oversensitive pussies’, to use their misogynistic nomenclature, would be the petulant children who can’t deal with the fact that using words like ‘nigger’ and ‘faggot’ around with reckless abandon make them seem no more mature than a classroom full of 1st graders.

In what world do we live where racism, sexism and homophobia are nonexistent issues? The only time anyone should feel offended by a call for social equality is if they have something personal to lose. It’s as if being a douchebag puts them in a position of power. It also seems to me that the people who think others are being ‘oversensitive’ are the ones most sensitive to criticism.

Neither I nor anyone else should not be expected to internalize bigoted slurs as if taking offense is somehow the fault of the listener. After all, you have to go out of your way to be a douchebag.

With regards to the “WHATS THE BIG DEAL ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD” schtick which is sometimes brought up as if it were a valid comparison to make — someone ought to bring it up the next time you lose your job or when your girlfriend dumps you or something. Hey, why worry? It’s not the end of the world.

This whole argument reminds me of the piece on BitMob about how complaining about games is insignificant when your friend is dying of cancer so everyone should stop complaining about anything that’s relatively insignificant because someone somewhere might be dying of cancer and we should all get a good perspective of things. But hey, if you want to put everything into perspective, realize that our lives are pretty insignificant in the sum of all history so why don’t we all just grab our dicks and go fuck ourselves because that’s all we’re good for anyway.