SecretMethod70

I posted this little rant in response to a thread over in Tilted Living and liked it so much that I also made this thread to discuss this specific topic and made it into a journal entry as well....


I'm not a bigot, I don't hate any particular race or sexual orientation or anything like that, and one of the reasons I liked the school I chose to go to was that it was diverse and I wanted to be surrounded by more than just the "white kids" I've been around all my life in the suburbs. However, I am not ashamed to admit that I've actually grown LESS tolerant at college because of the fact that everyone insists on shoving why they are different down your throat - and I've seen evidence of the same situation at PLENTY of other universities.

I'm a firm believer in the principle that if you don't want to be viewed as different, YOU - along with others - need to stop making an issue out of being different. Thanks to feminazis, I can hardly stand to hear anyone opine about women's rights. I'm simply too sick of hearing about it 24/7. Thanks to a small handful of homosexuals (and proponents for their rights) who like to turn everything into an issue concerning my "white, heterosexist" ways, I can hardly stand to listen to people complain about gay rights because I'm already so worn out from hearing the over-the-top ones speak rediculously constantly. Thanks to PETA and other similar organizations, I can hardly stand to listen to anyone speak about animal rights or why we shouldn't eat meat. Instead, I'm worn out by the psychos who insist on telling my future children how their "mommy kills animals."

I eat meat and I probably always will. I enjoy the taste of it and I see nothing morally wrong with killing an animal and eating it just like every other carnivorous and omnivorous animal on the planet. One of my roommates is a vegan - and it doesn't bother me. He lives his life the way he chooses and lets me live mine the way I choose. Still, by the time we might have a conversation about why he chooses to live the way he does, my brain is already worn out from all the other crap that's spewed from the mouths of those special interest groups who need to remind me of their existance every single day that I just want to live my life for 5 minutes without someone challenging my ideals.

I am straight and I will not change. And I am not insecure with myself because I won't have sex with a man. Just because I am straight and won't even try having sex with a man does not mean I am sexist (towards sexual orientation) and it does not mean that I don't have respect for those who may choose differently. Not everyone in the world is or should be gay.

I am white and I am a skin color too. Just like my black fellow citizens. Just because I'm white it does not mean that I am automatically more priviledged and not understanding of a black person's "situation." Just because I'm white, it does not mean I'm racist. And if there were scholarships that said "only Whites need apply" then, yes, there WOULD be outrage.

Challenging ideals is good in moderation, but the environment at most colleges and universities across the country is not one which challenges ideals at all. It's one that breeds hate towards those who are vocal about their ideals because of a small handful of people who insist on shoving it down your throat every single hour of every single day of every single week of the year.

And they wonder why they're getting less and less respect instead of more.

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