Oh my God, that was mine too! And I cut out the Fucking because I thought it would be even ruder! Considering how odd it felt to start my reply that way, I can only imagine how wacky it would seem to want to start this post that way!
I feel like only existing does make me part of the problem; only if I get off my ass and "come out" as a non-jackass (the way that ladysisyphus mentioned that straight folks could do as a gift to GLBT folks, which I think is awesome) am I not part of the problem, you know? Because otherwise I'm just letting it happen, and not thinking about it, and living in a dreamworld where we've all evolved past that stuff when it's just gone underground again. I hate that. I don't want to enjoy the rights of being in the majority and the hell of it is that it's SO EASY to just coast on that one by ignoring that it exists.
You're doing a hell of a great thing here and you and everyone else blogging about this has helped wedge my brain open a little more. My general reaction is still the same as when I watched Schindler's List and remembered that the majority of my family is German-- even if they left before the Nazis rose to power, that means it's almost unavoidable that people related to me either were Nazis or supported Nazis or just looked the other direction. I can't help that, but it feels incredibly shitty, so... anything I can do, is good. If that means pitching in on your side and shucking off some of my white-protestant privileges, I will damn well do my best.
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Date: 2007-10-13 01:17 am (UTC)I feel like only existing does make me part of the problem; only if I get off my ass and "come out" as a non-jackass (the way that
You're doing a hell of a great thing here and you and everyone else blogging about this has helped wedge my brain open a little more. My general reaction is still the same as when I watched Schindler's List and remembered that the majority of my family is German-- even if they left before the Nazis rose to power, that means it's almost unavoidable that people related to me either were Nazis or supported Nazis or just looked the other direction. I can't help that, but it feels incredibly shitty, so... anything I can do, is good. If that means pitching in on your side and shucking off some of my white-protestant privileges, I will damn well do my best.