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[radlilim]

Watching this clip of an interview with Chris Colfer made me realize something. It is very hypocritical for any politician or public speaker to make a video or support the It Get's Better campaign, when they vote against gay marriage and gay rights. Because isn't denying a group of people the same rights given to the majority of the populace basically a form of bullying? It's just bullying with the support of the governmental process behind it.

(I know the clip has nothing really to do with that campaign, it just started the thought.)

Comments

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

IMO it's hypocritical for any politician to make an It Gets Better vid unless they've been 100% behind every gay rights battle and vote.

anti-GBLT prejudice gets supported so much from the powerful messages that we are wrong/bad/ill/sinful/evil and it's on that foundation tha bullying happens - because people are deemed lesser and wrong

You can't say to kids "it gets better" when you're making it worse. You can't say to kids "it gets better" and bullying is wrong when you're pushing laws that enshrine them as lesser.

It's a major problem I have with some IGB vids

[jkivela.livejournal.com]

Exactly, though I don't feel that only politicians should be held to that standard. Any celebrity that puts their voice behind something like IGB should support it fully, since it could be argued that they can have a larger influence on society than politicians do.

I didn't know you are actually reading my LJ, cool. I like your posts, when I have the time to read them. :)