First of all, this clip.
Look, we all know Pat Robertson is a douche. Really, we do. But that doesn't mean this kind of shit is somehow okay. And so many people think like this. Everyone's grandparents (bar some really open-minded ones) think that gay people (or "The Gays") are all going to hell, they're the reason for the way this country is, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, etc.
They're always saying that their parents raised them right, and that they wouldn't act how Kids These Days act. Well you know what? You know how their parents didn't fucking raise them? To hate people. To hate a whole group of people so much that not only do you deny them basic human rights, you refuse to accept that they exist. You think that with a few shock treatments, or some real down-to-basics Bible readings, you could change them and make them like you.
Yes, Pat Robertson, they have pride. They have pride about the way they were born, and you know why they have to? Because of people like you who tell them day after day that they're not okay. They're not acceptable. We don't want them. Ever. Anywhere.
Look. I'm sorry I'm so angry all the time, and that my posts are so full of vitriol. But you know why that is? People aren't only ignorant. They're mean, and hateful, and they believe that their way is the only way. And these people are celebrities. People listen to them. Thousands, millions of people watch Fox News. And I'm not saying all those people are bad, or that they all believe what Sean Hannity says is gospel. But some of them do. And some of those people believe everything that they hear that they agree with. And they end up killing people like Dr. Tiller.
There are SO MANY things to be angry about. And no one listens, because they're "women's issues" or "gays' issues" and they don't affect them. But these issues end up affecting everyone.
Read this. Or this. Or this. Or THIS.
Are you furious yet?
And you know what? You should be. We should all be furious. If no one listens, and if no one does anything, and if no one says anything, people are going to continue to literally lose their lives over these issues.
People get so angry about so many little things! People write long, angry blog posts about Adam Lambert losing American Idol or how their children don't want to eat their vegetables or how there are potholes on their street. This is what used to get my mom worked up when she was on the city council - people only care about themselves. They're given the opportunity to do something great for everyone, and they spend all their time calling their congressman about the mosquitoes in their backyard. And for what? Who are they fucking helping? No one. Not even themselves.
Take a second. Sign a petition. Befriend someone who needs it. Do something. Because so, so many people are consciously trying not to help anyone but themselves.
