Emproph
04-19-2008, 05:25 PM
From the ever excoriatingly-hilarious Jeremy Hooper of Good As You (http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/04/shameless-self.html):
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/images/advocatefirstperson.jpg
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid53250.asp
Over the 3½ years that I’ve been writing the blog Good as You, I’ve had the opportunity to engage in e-conversations with so many antigay activists my in-box is starting to look like it was transplanted from Mike Huckabee’s computer. And while heated discussions with these “pro-family” types about our theological differences (and their predictions of my future residency in hell) have certainly occurred, they have also surprised me with their kindness, genuine concern for my well-being, and sincerity.
[...]
Those on the antigay side want to dislike us. They need to believe our minds are “reprobate,” so as to justify within themselves the all-out war they wage against our “chosen lifestyles.” The robber to their cop, the Joker to their Batman, the replacement Dreamgirl to their Effie—we’ve been cast as the hurdles on their path toward happily ever after. But by refusing to let them get away with their polarized portrait of good versus evil, I force them instead to address my refutation of their logic. They can write off other confrontations as an exchange between the wicked and the righteous, but I don’t give them such an easy opportunity to trivialize my words.
A worthy read -especially in regard to Soulforcian mentality.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/images/advocatefirstperson.jpg
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid53250.asp
Over the 3½ years that I’ve been writing the blog Good as You, I’ve had the opportunity to engage in e-conversations with so many antigay activists my in-box is starting to look like it was transplanted from Mike Huckabee’s computer. And while heated discussions with these “pro-family” types about our theological differences (and their predictions of my future residency in hell) have certainly occurred, they have also surprised me with their kindness, genuine concern for my well-being, and sincerity.
[...]
Those on the antigay side want to dislike us. They need to believe our minds are “reprobate,” so as to justify within themselves the all-out war they wage against our “chosen lifestyles.” The robber to their cop, the Joker to their Batman, the replacement Dreamgirl to their Effie—we’ve been cast as the hurdles on their path toward happily ever after. But by refusing to let them get away with their polarized portrait of good versus evil, I force them instead to address my refutation of their logic. They can write off other confrontations as an exchange between the wicked and the righteous, but I don’t give them such an easy opportunity to trivialize my words.
A worthy read -especially in regard to Soulforcian mentality.