On this day of independence ...

[leethet]

On this Independence Day ... *



I'm saying it here because I'm bursting to say it, not because it hasn't been said, nor because it needs saying by me. Damn it, if you are a fucking ignorant bigot, don't expect not to get shot down for it in a world that is now, finally, stepping out of the dark ages of ignorance and bigotry on a lot of things. There's a difference between not being interested in something and in thinking something, or some kinds of human beings, are somehow subhuman. Free speech and tolerance don't cover you just getting a pass on that offensive bullshit.







* Points for guessing the movie [edit: the movie the song I'm quoting is from, to be clear] in a group that in general is old enough or educated enough to not think a photo of the Challenger exploding is a shot of fireworks, for fuck's sake.

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

That is about the lamest excuse ever. Wasn't born yet? I guess they haven't heard about a little field of study called history.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I know. I realize how old and crotchety I sound, but the excuses we hear for this sort of ignorance are kinda wearin' on me. The internet has unveiled or helped create a staggering new level of ignorance and some of the lamest defenses of that ignorance I've ever experienced. Grammar, spelling, manners, history? We doan need no. We gots da intrawebz. We FAYmuss.