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.

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[leethet.livejournal.com]

I was really being quite general. Yes, there are absolutely positions others take that are morally reprehensible. That is of course at the core of this current fandom issue. If I hear another homophobe prate about how he or she should have the right to denigrate other human beings for their orientation without being smacked down for the ignorant hateful bigot he or she is, I shall go what we used to call, when people sent letters, postal. I defend others' right to be assholes verbally - as long as they're not actually attacking others in meatspace. I don't recognize that they have any right to not be called out.