You just spent an AWFUL lot of time telling minorities and those of us who are discriminated against and oppressed to “shhh, be quiet, let the bigots talk!”. Yeah, that’s never happened before … except every day, since the dawn of time.
You know what? FUCK NO. I am not shutting up. I have just as much of a right to speak as do the bigots, you do realize that, don’t you?
And I really don’t think you know what freedom of speech means. It means you have a right to speak freely, BUT IT DOES NOT mean you don’t have a right to face the consequences of that speech. It does NOT mean that the oppressed get to sit in silence while the bigots get to spew their bigotry.
Be supportive of those who need it - that’s where you’ll make the difference.
Also, that is highly condescending and unnecessary. I have been an activist – even so much as risking arrest while protesting John McCain’s stance on DADT a year before it was repealed – and a volunteer in the fight for equality since 2008. I do not need YOU trying to silence me and then in the next sentence telling me what to do to make a difference, and in such a vague way to boot. I really, really don’t. It’s unnecessary, condescending as shit, and not even a little bit helpful.
And how is speaking out against hate in itself “hateful”?! Is that the same as the “be tolerant of intolerance!” bullshit? Because it sure sounds like it. How about a big fat FUCK NO?
