tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post5973666802335223657..comments2023-11-05T00:19:30.325-07:00Comments on Seething Mom: Why do straights hate gays?Seething Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13589584407018948285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post-12796377759339150172007-03-23T00:08:00.000-07:002007-03-23T00:08:00.000-07:00If you're not particularly familiar with Larry Kra...If you're not particularly familiar with Larry Kramer...do a little digging. He's a truly inspiring man (he started ACT UP, which would essentially do all the legwork to get HIV awareness and treatment to where it is today. As he said in a speech, their people were literally better educated than the doctors for a time, until the doctors had their people work with them. THe organization also trained activists who would later spin off into the Lesbian Avengers and Queer Nation, as well as other less "militant" and more local groups). He's now suggesting a change in the way ACT UP works, and calling for "An army of lovers". Now there's an army I can join and fully support the actions of.<BR/>-PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post-47743609475848472602007-03-21T07:07:00.000-07:002007-03-21T07:07:00.000-07:00Does this somehow make you feel safer and legitima...<I>Does this somehow make you feel safer and legitimate?</I><BR/><BR/>I am firmly convinced that this question and the answer to it touches on the very foundational truth of the situation. People who are so dead set against gay people and see us as being some sort of threat <I>need</I> us to be a threat. Because if they can see us as a threat, they can blame all the ills in the world, in our society, and in their own lives on us. And let's face it, having a scapegoat to blame everything on is a lot more pleasant (at least superficially) than having to go through the ugly business of looking within ourselves to find real solutions to those problems.Jarredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793668797961461325noreply@blogger.com