The veins in my temples are trying not to pop out in warning of internal angst, but it's getting more and more difficult to keep things in control. My tongue spurts blood with the biting that goes on when listening (or, reading) things of which lead me incredulous. But, now.... now things have gone too far. My veins shall bulge no more. My tongue shall no longer bleed.
If you someone who:
...says this election is picking the lesser of two evils; or,
...says you're not voting because both candidates are [insert your word here]; or,
...believes the rhetoric (from either) as posted on social media; or,
...only rely on social media to get your political information; or,
...don't think your vote matters....
...this blog is for you.
I ask you to think of me, your believed princess in the Addiverse. I ask you to think of my long term relationship. I ask you to consider my efforts to be a productive, tax-paying citizen of this great nation. I ask you to take a walk into my Doc Marten boots.
I suppose readers in the Addiverse don't need this post. After all, you've pretty much know by now that I don't have a gay agenda (whatever that might be).
But, what if you stumbled in here without knowing where you had landed?
What if you suddenly thought the gays really do have a gay agenda?
What if you, a long time reader, fell on your head recently and have been spewing Tea Party propaganda?
What if you have suddenly begun to believe all memes posted in your electronic world?
What if heard that the gays are coming to get your guns, your children, your freedom to choose heterosexuality???
What if you really don't think it matters to vote because of the choices you face?
Let's just ignore the top two candidates for a moment. For the sake of this blog, let's leave those two candidates out of the conversation. Let's focus on this:
Rick Santorum + Mike Pence = me scared shitless.
You might think that two guys in Ol' Big Hair's political machine aren't much to worry about.
After all, how much power can two nimrods actually have?
You might even be wondering who these two fellas are.
You might not think the Vice President or some advisor don't have much political clout.
But, me? I think they are something to worry about. Ol' Big Hair has hand-picked two of the most anti-gay persons on the planet to be at the top of his food chain.
If you don't approve of Gay Marriage, I can accept this. I won't agree with you but I will respect you. If you don't agree with the "gay lifestyle" (sigh), I can accept that, too but I will never agree, which is fine. What I can't accept is watching the Tea Party Darlings licking their chops as they prepare to crush LGBT rights.
Mike and RIck pine for the good old days, when it was legal to discriminate due to sexual orientation--this on the job, in housing, in the market. They have their eyes and money on passing an amendment making sure gay marriage can't ever happen ever again. They oogle the chance to end income tax equality. They are giddy with thoughts of repealing "Don't Ask/Don't Tell." Heck, they'd like to go back to punishment in regards to gays serving in the military.
I don't know about you, but I do not want go "back" to legally being told I'm "too gay" by an employer (whatever that means--you'd have to ask my previous employer).
Did that, don't want to do that again.
Think I'm kidding? Feel free to research stuff about these guys but please stay far away from the sites that are obviously slanted to one side or the other... don't rely on memes... avoid Wikipedia... and, for Pete's Sake, don't believe social media!
Rick equates same sex relationships to bigamy, incest and adultery. He does not support civil unions. He has made it a passionate crusade to insist gay marriage be illegal. (Thankfully, I'm glad he has publicly stated he would never attend a same-sex wedding. We wouldn't want him there. He can keep his sweater-vest homophobia to himself.) He is in favor of conversion therapy; after all, sexual orientation is a choice.
I don't know about you, but I've never had a hankerin' to have sex with my sister, marry three other gays or cheat repeatedly on the wife. And no, gay marriage didn't make me want to marry my dog. I promise you I have never wanted to convert your children to homosexuality. It's okay to trust me alone in a room with a youngster.
As for Mike, he's quite the hater. He made it A-okay for businesses in Indiana to discriminate against those with other than heterosexual orientation. (Dang, we should stop showing our gay license at the door. No one would know we're gay if we'd just not tell anyone.) He's the darling of many anti-gay groups. Damn gays have led to "societal collapse." He believes in conversion therapy. He signed legislation that A FELONY for gay couples to apply for a marriage license.
...A FELONY for just applying. Um, don't we have a lot bigger things to worry about in America than whether a person who happens to be gay wants to buy a cake?
Well..... since global warming doesn't exist (no need to worry about that), the NRA is making sure Obama doesn't take our guns (one less thing to think about) and that David Duke is addressing all those dang blacks who think they are equal to white folk, I guess there really isn't a lot more on which to focus besides gay sex.
Anyone else concerned about why Mike and Rick spend so much time thinking about gay sex?
Voting this election DOES matter.
Don't stay home.
Do some research.
Ask questions.
Consider what is at stake.
Think of those you love.
We don't have to make America great again.
America is great right now.
We don't have to accept the hate, the ignorance, the discrimination.
Don't make that vein pop out of my temple.
Please do some research. If you are not scared, you should do even more research.
If you do some research, I promise I won't confront you when you say, "He's just saying what we all want to say" or "he's just saying what I'm thinking." I don't say anything of those things. I'm not thinking any of those things. I hope you are not, either.
Whatever the case, you do the research; I'll send out vibes to the Universe wishing you well.
You do the research and I'll stay away from converting your children to my hedonistic ways. That's a campaign promise I can keep.
***************************************
No comments:
Post a Comment