I posted this as my status on my Facebook today:
I really wish the people who’d posted their support for gay people as their statuses would watch what they say from now on. I know at least one of them who used the word fag/faggot when they were having a verbal war with someone on the net. It doesn’t matter if the person it was directed at is not gay, it’s still a homophobic slur and is offensive. It makes your current status sound hollow, fake and pretentious.
That was my reaction to people posting this as their status:
Please put this on your status if you know or love someone who is gay. My wish is that people will understand that being gay is neither a disease nor a choice - people who are gay are not looking for a cure, but for acceptance and equal rights. 93% won’t copy and paste this. Will you make it your status for at least one hour?
Below my status, I wrote this as a further comment:
Basically, STOP USING UGLY WORDS! These include bitch, slut, whore, etc. etc. etc. These words are hurtful to someone and you have no idea how much it could affect an individual. I’m glad that people are now aware that bullying has caused the suicide of a number of gay people. However, why should it stop there? STOP BULLYING PEOPLE! Period. Both homosexuals and heterosexuals have been driven to kill themselves because of insensitive idiots who relish hurting another human being. People need to stop doing this NOW.
/rant
And another one right after that:
Also, i don’t know why but it pisses me off to see people post these things when I know for a fact that they have homophobic tendencies. They’re not necessarily bad people, I just think they’re slightly ignorant. They usually go “I have nothing against gay people but…” or “I have gay friends and I love them but…”, there’s usually a but in there somewhere which means they’re not really accepting of the situation and is just going along with it so they wouldn’t be perceived as bigots when they really are bigoted. I really can’t stand hypocrites. I hope they’re not just posting these things just because other people are doing it.
After my first comment, someone said:
whoa.. you’re ranting and i can tell, angry.. relax..
Do I really sound angry here? I know I said “it pisses me off” in my second comment but I was talking about my reaction to other people, but I wasn’t angry while I was typing it. Besides, I don’t think she read that yet when she commented. Do I really need to add smileys and other emoticons to make sure people know we’re still friends or something? I don’t think I was angry, impassioned maybe but I don’t think I was snarling at anyone. Besides, what is wrong with being angry anyway? This is a serious topic and it needs to be addressed seriously. I wasn’t just satisfied to post an impersonal status and leave things there. I have my opinions and I really think people are being a bit rich to post that status and preach when they have spoken anti-gay sentiments before.
I was able to clear things up with my friend and she wasn’t aware that I was reacting to something, she just thought I was randomly ranting about something. Even then, I don’t see why people should have that sort of reaction whenever I go off and speak my mind about something. This is not the first time this has happened. And not just online too, I rarely voice out my opinion and whenever I do, everyone’s like LOL, Y U So angry? LOLOLOL. Does this mean people should just stay quiet and be friends with everyone? That doesn’t make sense because they pick fights with people for the stupidest reasons. People really weird me out sometimes.
