08-10-2006, 12:17 PM
As an openly gay person on this forum, I have to say that seeing the sort of invective glennoid pointed out here earlier does not really offend me. I find it instructive from time to time to see just what sorts of hateful, backward people are out there lurking in the world and what they will say when they cannot be held accountable for it. Gay bashing, both verbal and physical, is unfortunately still around.
There are apparently some people who see a disturbance of the status quo on beach drinking as evidence of a conspiracy to take away something they see as a key element of their "local" scene. How they jump from there to blaming it all on gays is beyond me. Oh well, I guess everybody needs somebody to look down on, and that's the best they could do.
Having said all that, I still find that my life on the Big Island has not been adversely affected by homophobia. My neighborhood community is wonderfully accepting and generous. Still, a wise person pays attention to what may be out there on the other side of the philosophical coin.
Aloha,
Jerry
There are apparently some people who see a disturbance of the status quo on beach drinking as evidence of a conspiracy to take away something they see as a key element of their "local" scene. How they jump from there to blaming it all on gays is beyond me. Oh well, I guess everybody needs somebody to look down on, and that's the best they could do.
Having said all that, I still find that my life on the Big Island has not been adversely affected by homophobia. My neighborhood community is wonderfully accepting and generous. Still, a wise person pays attention to what may be out there on the other side of the philosophical coin.
Aloha,
Jerry