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Nov. 18th, 2006 01:50 amA very prominent LJer in the HP community said something that I find reprehensible:
"Yep. The crazy fundamentalist female-lead. A reporter asked her what she thought of gay marriage and she said "The bible says it's a sin, but it also says judge not lest ye be judged and it's up to smarter people than I am."
The journalist truncated it to "The bible says it's a sin" and published. She got all pissy that OMG, PEOPLE THINK SHE'S A BIGOT!
Hi, Harrie. You're a bigot."
Frankly, I am seeing bigotry here, and it's not the actress. Having a moral code and a religion does not make one a "crazy fundamentalist." Assuming that it does is making a judgement based on a negative stereotype; that is bigotry.
The actress is obviously refusing to make any kind of a judgement. She has stated her personal preference, and then said "I am not going to judge." That is the exact opposite of bigotry; that is the open-mindedness that liberals keep saying they want. Isn't a refusal to judge others based on our personal standards the object of all the concern over learning to accept diversity?
I have my own opinion, which might or might now be the same as Harrie's or the speakers. But I respect the right of both Harrie and the speaker to have their own, different, and perhaps mutually incompatible opinions.
Personal freedoms and basic civil rights are frequently under attack from those who loudly claim to support them the most. I really could not care less what side of the political spectrum you are on. But please, the next time you feel the urge to lambast someone for having a different opinion, stop and take a moment to think about what you are doing. If you want the freedom to express yourself, you need to grant others the same privilege.
Featherwizard
"Yep. The crazy fundamentalist female-lead. A reporter asked her what she thought of gay marriage and she said "The bible says it's a sin, but it also says judge not lest ye be judged and it's up to smarter people than I am."
The journalist truncated it to "The bible says it's a sin" and published. She got all pissy that OMG, PEOPLE THINK SHE'S A BIGOT!
Hi, Harrie. You're a bigot."
Frankly, I am seeing bigotry here, and it's not the actress. Having a moral code and a religion does not make one a "crazy fundamentalist." Assuming that it does is making a judgement based on a negative stereotype; that is bigotry.
The actress is obviously refusing to make any kind of a judgement. She has stated her personal preference, and then said "I am not going to judge." That is the exact opposite of bigotry; that is the open-mindedness that liberals keep saying they want. Isn't a refusal to judge others based on our personal standards the object of all the concern over learning to accept diversity?
I have my own opinion, which might or might now be the same as Harrie's or the speakers. But I respect the right of both Harrie and the speaker to have their own, different, and perhaps mutually incompatible opinions.
Personal freedoms and basic civil rights are frequently under attack from those who loudly claim to support them the most. I really could not care less what side of the political spectrum you are on. But please, the next time you feel the urge to lambast someone for having a different opinion, stop and take a moment to think about what you are doing. If you want the freedom to express yourself, you need to grant others the same privilege.
Featherwizard
