brief political rant

[rm]

Telling me that you know a gay person who likes Palin and that I should therefore calm down about your voting decision that you seem to be waving in my face as some bizarre display of supposed intellectual superiority does not, in any way, make you less obnoxious or less of a bigot. Similarly, bandying about your wild and crazy past does not, in any way, make your casual desire to restrict my freedoms less sinister. And finally, while it may not be personal to you, it's personal to me.

The Republicans keep framing this election in militaristic terms, so let me spell it out for you in words you can understand. You may be in this fight because you like to fight; more power to you. Believe it or not, I really get it. I wish I could be in this fight just for the frivolities of my nature too; might be fun. But I can't.

Elections like this are a fight for my life. And if you think that's hyperbole? Congrats on the luxury.

Comments

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES.

And this is also why I'm not interested in being friends with "love the sinner, hate the sin" types, no matter how courteous they are. Because it's damn well personal for me.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

Well, my problem with love the sinner hate the sin is that I don't see the sin. I only see the person and those who threaten him or her. Hence I seek to protect the person from those who only see sin.

[idunn.livejournal.com]

"Love the sinner, hate the sin" has struck me as snobby and elitist, like a back-handed compliment. Hey, you're great! Just, you know, I'm better than you!

I hate that saying, and that some people actually find it a good motto to live by. So judgmental, and of people who are supposedly your friends. Sure.

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

As a Catholic who believes in original sin (and in the idea that no person is more or less sinful than another), love the sinner, hate the sin has always seemed kind of ridiculous to me. And as phrases like this are typically trotted out to disprove of one 'sin' that people think is somehow greater than greed, pride, extravagance and conceit (typically any kind of sex that isn't vanilla and hetero), they're not only redundant, but sinister and rather prideful.

[sethg]

The people who talk about loving "the sinner" are almost certainly not doing it.