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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin
Yes. I mean...I love LGBT pride. Everyone should be proud of who they are, or their race, or their culture, or whatever. We should also celebrate humanity though. I have mixed opinions on pride/history months because in the process of trying to balance the scale of equality you give one group special privilege for one month which doesn't necessarily send a message of equality. Nothing says "LGBT" people are equal to you an I like a month of people flaunting bracelets and parades and then hiding all that stuff in a closet for 11 more months. Ideally people would be proud of who they are every month, not just one. Just like how black history month should really be trying to push for black history year where black education is integrated properly into a broken as fuck US History curriculum. But that's neither here nor there.
I was just poking a little jest at the absurdity of it all. I doubt we will see resolution in our lifetime. Germy, I think most people are good people and they love their fellow man. I think we just get distracted by things like skin color and genital preference.
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I think I get what you are saying with absurdity of it all. At least for me, the whole idea of the discrimination in the first place is the most insane part of it. So, in a way, I'm glad that the LGBT community expresses themselves in parades and gets their own months or whatever. If it makes certain religious groups or intolerant people squirm, then awesome. I hope they get nervous and think that the country is crumbling because gays can marry. I like the idea that people who exclude and discriminate are made uncomfortable by people of the same sex being in love. It's crazy to me that many still feel that way, but so it goes, and I do hope that things change for the better by the end of my life.
And Typhoid, I disagree with your general idea. BTW, Asians and Hispanics do have their own months here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...Heritage_Month and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...Heritage_Month
Anyway, White people don't need a month because we're aren't a minority and we're everywhere. Think about it, as recent as the 60's people discriminated horribly against Blacks and other races, and many people still do to this day. Not being one of these races, I have no idea what Black history might mean to another Black person, but I'm sure as hell it means a lot more to them than you and I and that's a good thing. Again, maybe not, maybe some just want to look to the future. Same goes for the other races. It's just kind of uniting force for some, and why shouldn't they have that? I understand, that yeah, "why can't we all just be North Americans", and we are, but there's history there that can't just be swept aside that is specific to those races. Also, I think our generation does see race as less of an issue, but we've got to remember that previous ones did and I think that's why it's important to recognize the past in that regard.