(no subject)

[rm]

While there are a hundred reasons why straight people openly specifying that they are straight and also support the rights of GBLTQ people to marry their partners is a useful thing, think of the power of this:

Just saying that you support it. Without mentioning your own damn orientation.

Because I know it's not always or even often distancing when someone says, "I'm straight but I support gay rights," but trust me, trust me, trust me, trust me, when I tell you that's what it can feel like from over here.

Just try saying it without qualification. Picture _that_ as an LJ meme. You know?

Comments

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

Oh, I completely agree! I just happen to think that in a more compassionate society, more people would feel like it was ok to be wrong. Sometimes it can feel like you're penalized so harshly for being wrong that you internalize that and refuse to ever admit to being wrong.

Just to be clear, I think we're in complete agreement here. I just wish more people would say what you're saying, "It's ok to be wrong." And I wish that they would say it kindly and compassionately to other people.