It's All About The Forums:

OK, I have a problem. I vowed I would stop going to them, all of them, because the rhetoric lately has driven me to the point of distraction. A seething anger to the point of hatred rages through my mind and I lose sight of the good people and things in life. Living in fear is not a healthy (or enjoyable) way to live.

I can't seem to tear myself away.

This week, I've read such enlightening things such as: gays should be put to death, gays are less than human, gays are out to destroy traditional family values, the 'ol chestnut that gays are child molesters and just out to recruit children, gays are sick, etc. etc., on and on to the point of nausea. These are the kind of things that were routinely said when I was younger, when the thought of gay rights was, well, unthinkable, because after all we were disgusting sinners that deserved to burn in Hell. It's no wonder I struggled with self-loathing for attractions I couldn't control. It's all coming back to me now.

I'm also seeing the infuriating argument that one shouldn't vote for Kerry because he supports "separate but equal". I guess it's better to let the bigots win and deny all rights because Kerry is quibbling over a word. (which somehow I knew would leave the door open for arguments such as these. Dammit John.)

Crazy. As if I didn't have enough reasons for voting against Bush in the first place. And yes, I have heard that voting against a candidate, rather than for a candidate, is somehow a terrible thing because after all that's how Hitler got in. (this came from a guy who says he will vote Libertarian because of the platform, not the Lib candidate)

On the other hand, on these forums I find articles that I might have missed such as the one below. (Thanks to Hoosier for that, as well as the one about "death to gays") Problem is, I have to wade through too much shit to find them, and read opinions that are at best uneducated, to the worst that are downright hateful and violence-inspiring.

*sigh* Off to play euchre. And think about the trash I feed into my brain everyday.