It Gets Better... for Christian bigots who get called out for their harassment
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, 10-21-2010 at 09:40 PM (2542 Views)
Mind-numbing article about the It Gets Better campaign, focusing on the suicides of Christians who have been "harassed by homosexual activists." It is pointedly mentioned that these incidents were not covered by the mainstream media -- obviously because of that homo agenda which permeates the entire country.
Except... the reason the media didn't cover any of these stories is revealed at the end, where it's admitted none of these kids committed suicide. Then wtf was the point? Oh wait, persecution complex. There are a surprisingly large group of Christians who so pervert the terms "bigotry" and "persecution" whereby they claim, with a straight face, that criticizing them for bigotry and persecution of gays is actually bigotry and persecution towards the Christians. This never fails to absolutely boggle my mind. In these cases, "bigotry" somehow means the exact opposite of "bigotry."
I don't actually buy any of these stories as they are presented (especially the first one, which seems very made up), as they don't really go into what the person was saying. The way the article even makes the "Crystal" story, the Ohio university administrator, sound horrifying by actually encouraging suicide of homosexuals. It is certainly possible to persecute Christians. But not by criticizing them for being bigots themselves when they publicly present a bigoted view.
Analogizing that to gay kids wanting to be left alone is just ridiculous, making the very premise of the article extremely retarded. It is pretty clear that Mike Adams sees no problem with hounding homosexuals for their "choice" (by the way, the "choice vs. genetics" dichotomy is a false dichotomy that really pisses me off, but that's another story). Is he really trying to suggest that the situation of a closeted or insecure gay kid being harassed for his existence and having few to turn to is the same as Christian dimwits being criticized for their words when they speak out -- and they have plenty of people backing them up? His claim that the only reason Christians aren't committing suicide as we speak is because of Jesus is laughable. Jesus is the only distinction he sees between gays being harassed and Christians being criticized.
This article is stupid, but implied in his reasoning is something more dangerous: an outright malice against homosexuals. But remember, he, and those like him, are the real victims here. Sure, only gay people are dying and being demeaned and treated like lesser human beings over their existence, but those damn homo-agenda-pushers are disagreeing with him. How terrible for him.