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God. I am so fucking sick of this I could just scream. I'm sick of being under goddamn siege. I'm sick of seeing smug Republican fucks talk on message boards about how 'selfish' we're being for caring more about this than lower taxes or the war in Iraq. I'm sick of seeing cars with Republican bumper stickers and wanting to smash in their windows. I'm sick of this whole vicious, hate-filled, sanctimonious, theocon administration and their use of me and MY GODDAMN FAMILY as a LEVER to GET OUT THE FUCKHEAD VOTE. I'm sick of people telling me that I'm taking a goddamn constitutional amendment to mandate government discrimination against me at the Federal level "too personally," and I'm sick of people trying to tell me it's not really serious. YES IT GODDAMN WELL IS REALLY SERIOUS.
I'm sick of one side treating me like a leper and the other side trying to shoot me. I'm sick of blood libel standing uncontested by straight politicians who are supposedly on "my" side. Why the FUCK don't the fundies get called on this crap? Why is that okay?
I'm sick of being told that what America wants is for us just not to exist, and how the "best" thing to do politically is ignore this issue and take the punches to the face because the other side doesn't care insomuch as they just don't want to hear about it.
God DAMMIT I'm just so fucking sick of it all.
Rant brought on by:
-1. Bush's radio address this week. There's apparently a theocon/new Republican trick of refusing to mention gayfolk as a group by name. Sullivan's been pointing this out; he's theorising that they think it grants us too much dignity, to be referred to as a group.
-2: People saying "Well, it's good that people don't care; talking about it just annoys them, so the more Bush and the fundies bash you, the more people will tune them out." Strategically, I realise that's somewhat a positive, but really? Fuck that. Have some fucking backbone, you fucking assholes.
-3: This article in the NYTimes, which includes some discussion of how the fundies are going to purge the Republicans of social moderates. Some excerpts:
...
With the Senate set to begin debate on Friday, Dr. James C. Dobson, a popular conservative Christian self-help author and broadcaster, devoted two episodes of his radio program this week to urging listeners to call their senators and reciting the names of 69 senators who had not yet agreed to support the amendment.
"We may not have the votes to win it," Dr. Dobson said in the broadcast. "I am afraid we don't, and our listeners need to let their senators know right now that they are watching, that they are paying attention and they will remember the vote that occurs this week on this critical issue."
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian lobbying group, said, "Social conservatives are looking at this issue so we know who needs to be educated on this issue or removed if that is possible."
...
"The president has bet the farm on Iraq," Paul Weyrich, a veteran Christian conservative organizer, warned in a recent e-mail newsletter. "Given what the continued killing has done to the president's standing in the polls this far, it is a lead-pipe cinch that as we lead up to the first days of November 2004, violence is going to be horrific."
Mr. Weyrich's solution said his solution was to "change the subject" to the Federal Marriage Amendment.
"Ninety-nine percent of the president's base will unite behind him if he pushed the amendment,'' he said. "It will cause Mr. Kerry no end of problems."
As for the gay Republicans whose votes Mr. Bush might then lose, Mr. Weyrich wrote, "Good riddance."
...
A group of other conservative Christian groups plans to present the Senate on Friday with 1.4 million signatures on a petition in opposition to gay marriage. On Sunday, several prominent conservative Christians, including Dr. Dobson, the former Watergate figure Charles W. Colson and Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, will conduct their second emergency telecast to churches and Christian radio and television stations around the country. Many of the same people and groups are sponsoring a rally in Washington scheduled for Oct. 15, just in time for the election.
And if you're still reading and haven't contacted your Senators and Representatives about opposing this yet, what the fuck is wrong with you? Here are two easy URLs again:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/senate_oppose_fma
http://www.campaigntoprotect.org/campaign/takeactionnow
I'm sick of one side treating me like a leper and the other side trying to shoot me. I'm sick of blood libel standing uncontested by straight politicians who are supposedly on "my" side. Why the FUCK don't the fundies get called on this crap? Why is that okay?
I'm sick of being told that what America wants is for us just not to exist, and how the "best" thing to do politically is ignore this issue and take the punches to the face because the other side doesn't care insomuch as they just don't want to hear about it.
God DAMMIT I'm just so fucking sick of it all.
Rant brought on by:
-1. Bush's radio address this week. There's apparently a theocon/new Republican trick of refusing to mention gayfolk as a group by name. Sullivan's been pointing this out; he's theorising that they think it grants us too much dignity, to be referred to as a group.
-2: People saying "Well, it's good that people don't care; talking about it just annoys them, so the more Bush and the fundies bash you, the more people will tune them out." Strategically, I realise that's somewhat a positive, but really? Fuck that. Have some fucking backbone, you fucking assholes.
-3: This article in the NYTimes, which includes some discussion of how the fundies are going to purge the Republicans of social moderates. Some excerpts:
...
With the Senate set to begin debate on Friday, Dr. James C. Dobson, a popular conservative Christian self-help author and broadcaster, devoted two episodes of his radio program this week to urging listeners to call their senators and reciting the names of 69 senators who had not yet agreed to support the amendment.
"We may not have the votes to win it," Dr. Dobson said in the broadcast. "I am afraid we don't, and our listeners need to let their senators know right now that they are watching, that they are paying attention and they will remember the vote that occurs this week on this critical issue."
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian lobbying group, said, "Social conservatives are looking at this issue so we know who needs to be educated on this issue or removed if that is possible."
...
"The president has bet the farm on Iraq," Paul Weyrich, a veteran Christian conservative organizer, warned in a recent e-mail newsletter. "Given what the continued killing has done to the president's standing in the polls this far, it is a lead-pipe cinch that as we lead up to the first days of November 2004, violence is going to be horrific."
Mr. Weyrich's solution said his solution was to "change the subject" to the Federal Marriage Amendment.
"Ninety-nine percent of the president's base will unite behind him if he pushed the amendment,'' he said. "It will cause Mr. Kerry no end of problems."
As for the gay Republicans whose votes Mr. Bush might then lose, Mr. Weyrich wrote, "Good riddance."
...
A group of other conservative Christian groups plans to present the Senate on Friday with 1.4 million signatures on a petition in opposition to gay marriage. On Sunday, several prominent conservative Christians, including Dr. Dobson, the former Watergate figure Charles W. Colson and Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, will conduct their second emergency telecast to churches and Christian radio and television stations around the country. Many of the same people and groups are sponsoring a rally in Washington scheduled for Oct. 15, just in time for the election.
And if you're still reading and haven't contacted your Senators and Representatives about opposing this yet, what the fuck is wrong with you? Here are two easy URLs again:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/senate_oppose_fma
http://www.campaigntoprotect.org/campaign/takeactionnow
