You’ve got to watch out for those scary gays August 26, 2006
Posted by Evil Bender in Religion, wingnuts.trackback
or they might hurt you.
Not surprisingly, there were a lot more homosexuals out in the market tonight. It’s no surprise because they are having their detestable parade this Lord’s Day afternoon. Interestingly enough though, the bulk of insults against us were not from this particular group of sinners. For the most part, they ignored us tonight. Please pray that the Lord will use my pastor and I this Sunday, as we will be going to the “pride parade” with our Gospel signs; pray for protection from harm, and more importantly, that the Lord would see it fit to save some of these lost souls.
Man, if I had a nickle for every time a protester at a Pride Parade has been assaulted, I’d have, well, about 3 cents. I heard a guy tripped over a protester once. Does that count?
3 years ago, I was at the pride parade. A man twice my size (I’m not a big man) drove his bicycle up to me, dropped his bike and began to push me around. I would have gotten the thrashing of my life had not my brother-in-the-Lord Denis come to my rescue.
Since then, I make it a point to pray for protection and courage… I don’t deal well with violence.
You have no reason to believe a word I’m saying, since I’m a dreadful “right-wing religious nutjob”, but I just thought I’d at least try to appeal to whatever sense of decency and honesty you may have.
Let’s see just how “evil”, evil bender is.
Yawn.
Rand, I’m not a believer in violence of any kind. But I am a believer in responsibility. Your method of “witnessing” is to hold up signs designed to provoke response, often angry response. Repeatedly on your blog you’ve made a point of being disappointed when those who walk past simply ignore your signs.
While I certainly hope that neither you nor anyone else is injured at the Pride Parade, I know it’s already too late for that. Physical violence is not the only kind, and while you clearly believe you are doing the right thing, you intend to upset people. You show up to their event to tell them they are evil. And when they get angry, you see yourself as suffering for God. I see a man going out of his way to anger others, and finding their are costs associated with that.
I grew up in the home of (www.godhatesfags.com) Fred Phelps, and I have seen personally the extent to which this kind of thing can destroy a community, can make people hate and distrust one another, and can ruin basic civility of the kind people would otherwise rely upon.
Imagine an opposing scenario: what if a group of gay protestors showed up at, say, a NASCAR race, with signs that said “Heterosexuality is evil” or something like that. While we would certainly feel bad for them if they were injured in any way, I would also say that seeking out those who are different from you in order to tell them they are evil is a good way to make sure you put yourself in uncomfortable positions.
But of course my example is purely speculative, because the majority is straight, and so has no reason to fear oppression from the gay community. The Gay community, however, has a long history of oppression at the hands of the majority.
But I don’t really expect you to see the way privilege plays into decisions of what you can and can’t do. I suspect you’ll continue to hold up signs and respond to attacks as though it was God who was really under assault.