I agree that our society has thrown the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to being able to discriminate between a good idea or a bad idea. Especially where subjects like gender or sexually come into play: the tail is wagging the dog!
As a gay man (in my mid-fifties) who grew up in a lower middle class American household, I sometimes feel I've been (or more truthfully, allowed myself to be....) hood-winked into blindly following the narrative du jour. Anyone remember the slogan "hate is not a family value" circa 1990? I thought I was soooo hip wearing a tee shirt with that blazoned on it while flying across the continent back in 1992. Naturally I had a red Aids ribbon pinned to my shirt as well. What a fool was I.
I take small comfort in remembering the expression (Churchill, I believe): "If you're not liberal when young, you have no heart and if you're not conservative when old, you have no brain."
When I look at the person in the tiktok video all I can think is: "Well I was cast in the roles of understudy for JC of Nazareth as well as Mary Mag in my campus production of Godspell and I want to make sure I am ready for either one!"
Thanks Kimberly for the article and the opportunity to pause and think....
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Preach Sister!
Date: 2022-04-27 01:13 pm (UTC)As a gay man (in my mid-fifties) who grew up in a lower middle class American household, I sometimes feel I've been (or more truthfully, allowed myself to be....) hood-winked into blindly following the narrative du jour. Anyone remember the slogan "hate is not a family value" circa 1990? I thought I was soooo hip wearing a tee shirt with that blazoned on it while flying across the continent back in 1992. Naturally I had a red Aids ribbon pinned to my shirt as well. What a fool was I.
I take small comfort in remembering the expression (Churchill, I believe): "If you're not liberal when young, you have no heart and if you're not conservative when old, you have no brain."
When I look at the person in the tiktok video all I can think is: "Well I was cast in the roles of understudy for JC of Nazareth as well as Mary Mag in my campus production of Godspell and I want to make sure I am ready for either one!"
Thanks Kimberly for the article and the opportunity to pause and think....