Reply #54: Here's the crux of it, as I see it. [View All]

[Withywindle]

Obama says: There are good, decent, moral people in this country who do not yet embrace their gay brothers and sisters as full members of our shared community.


I see where he's coming from on this. After lots of thought, I reject it. I have family members whom I would like to believe are essentially "good, decent, moral people." They've mostly been nice to ME. They've done good things for their communities. They're hard-working and honest. They've made sacrifices to help others. All that is true. They still have very ugly racist and classist dimensions, though, and they aren't shy about it.

Are they really "good, decent, moral people"? Sadly, no. Because truly good people simply would not feel, much less say, the vile things some of the people on the white side of my family have said about people of color.

The same is true of homophobes. Sorry. It just disqualifies you. Bzzt, thanks for playing.

I disagree strongly with Barack on this. I think if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.

(I'll probably still vote for him in the primary, though, cause he's still the best of the bunch. And send him yet more ranty emails hoping he'll hear it. :D)