Double Standards and Homosexuality

So this blog is about more than just anime.

Alright, this is mainly here because I do not want to cram a whole bunch of shit on to Facebook. Anyways, I want to discuss a lot of things with anyone who will listen. Though I am sure most of the people who SHOULD be reading this and could learn something from it will not even take so much as a glance. Eh. C'est La Vie.

So, I've been hearing the term Double Standards being thrown around a lot when discussing homosexuality. I will be blunt. Yes. There are. I will not deny anything. I am not here to lie, or shove misinformation down your throats. I am here to spread wisdom.

Yes, there are double standards, and yes, I say again as I hear you all complain, it IS unfair. But you know what? The same gays whose double standards you are getting so worked up over have lived for a millennia under the crushing power of that unfairness, yet you have the NERVE to bring it up only when it is unfair to you?

I hate to make generalizations here, not everyone who talks of double standards are close-minded people. Many of you are very intelligent people and very kind people. But a lot of people are NOT like that. If they were, I would not really mind if you felt there was a double standard, and would probably ask to engage in some fun and friendly debate with you.

Anyways, how about I ask a question? Have you EVER spoke out against gay bullying? Have you ever brought attention to the struggles faced by the LGBTQ commuminity on a daily basis, or tried to stand up for a gay person in need?

If you answered yes, great. Stop reading (actually, keep reading, just for fun). I am proud of you and hope to have a friendly conversation with you sometime soon.

If no, then why did you feel so upset that you had to leap into action and fight back against double standards? Clearly, in this case (again, I'm generalizing my audience, please bare with me), you are not actually fighting for what's right (at least not in any true sense of the word, maybe in your own distorted sense of right), but you are actually fighting AGAINST homosexuality in a way that makes you seem like a good guy fighting for a good cause.

Trust me, we have all played the victim card at some point in our lives, but you know, some of us have actually LIVED the victim card. So before you get all defensive about double standards and the like, why don't you try thinking about how those same statements you saw that caused you to complain about a double standard, why don't you think about the UNCOUNTABLE amount of times that exact statement has been used to hurt an LGBTQ person. And when you are done thinking about it, maybe you will appreciate, and understand how many people feel every day of their lives.