I do know what you mean. Absolutely. And I wasn't meaning to absolutely excuse what he said because, like I said, I have a lot of problems with the fundemental argument behind what he was saying. I think this is part of the problem with the whole gay rights fight in general, though: we (Americans) know what we want, but we aren't aware of other countries and vise versa. I think there are a lot of countries, the UK included, who would be up in arms about how shitty the gay people here get treated by the government and other organizations, because a large number of the first-world contries we consider ourselves comparible to do have equal rights under law, be it marriage or civil partnership. We are behind the times in a big way and sticking our heels in the mud to catch up.
I understand that the "masses," as you call them, will misinterpret what he said to be absolutely against gay marriage and therefore equal rights, and I do think that is his stupidity and his mistake. I also think that even if he were to retract his statement, people at this point wouldn't hear it.
His choice of words and, indeed, perhaps talking at all, was very ill-concieved, I'm not denying that, I just wanted to point out the fact that it was a lack of education (or thought) on his part because most of the people who are angry about it don't understand the US/UK thing, and I have a compulsive need to educate. ;)
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Date: 2010-06-14 04:21 am (UTC)I understand that the "masses," as you call them, will misinterpret what he said to be absolutely against gay marriage and therefore equal rights, and I do think that is his stupidity and his mistake. I also think that even if he were to retract his statement, people at this point wouldn't hear it.
His choice of words and, indeed, perhaps talking at all, was very ill-concieved, I'm not denying that, I just wanted to point out the fact that it was a lack of education (or thought) on his part because most of the people who are angry about it don't understand the US/UK thing, and I have a compulsive need to educate. ;)