Foreign Ground

It’s always weird hanging in someone else’s digs, but I told Jack that I would at least put up one post before I skipped town myself.

And I’ve been meaning to link Ophelia for over a week now on her gay stereotype bashing post. A young one in blog years, and yet, she’s got the idea.

It’s interesting to gain a new perspective.

Pam discussed this several months ago, and I linked her on it. We wondered why so many homosexuals have seemed to define themselves by their homosexuality.

Ophelia blames Hollywood for handing down that definition, rather than the gay community. And I say: How can you not blame Hollywood? Those feather-muckers.

I will say this, at least of late, the movement seems to have gotten away from the “nasty, sickly, disease-ridden” stereotypes, and more towards the JUST JACK! overly animated type from Will and Grace.

That’s our fault. As humans, we find comfort in stereotyping, almost as much as we are enraged by it. And as an audience of this generation, we seek comedic relief as a refreshing contrast to the world’s coming to an end! mentality of the late 80’s.

And so here we are…

Regarding our position on the bell curve of balance - on ALL of the issues - I have to question where we stand.

I can’t help but wonder how close we are to “as good as it gets.”

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I dunno. Why do those pesky black folks keep defining themselves by their melanin content? It isn’t like it’s important or anything. Why do those women keep defining themselves by that one chromosome? It’s just one.

Would the separation disappear if homosexuals stopped thinking about it? Does discrimination only occur when it is named by the victim?

Is it inevitable that a person can only see themselves, and perhaps those almost exactly like themselves, as true people? And the rest are cariactures no different than the light and sound of a movie screen?

Is a ‘positive’ stereotype really the best outcome you can see?

You should check out the new study on bisexuals…. sheesh .. they take 100 men and call most bisexual males in the group gay based on evidence of watching men-men or men-women fliks…(New York Post today)

Really an odd study if you ask me… and, certainly not conclusive…

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