More "Wife Swap"

[judecorp]

I was about to start yet another journal entry with "Okay, so..." and then I realized that I do that far too often. You'd never know I was a smart kid back in the day because it sure doesn't show! Oh well.

Tonight's "Wife Swap" really blew me away. I mean, I don't even know what to say. I guess I live in a plastic kindness bubble where people just don't treat people that way, you know? Especially when she and her husband went on about how their spirituality was all about honoring people and caring for them. Gah. I just can't imagine.

I don't expect the whole world to agree with me but I don't expect the world to treat me like crap either. I have always been so shocked whenever anyone ever yelled anything at me out of a car window or treated me poorly in some way. And I still remember acutely how sad and hurt I felt when Ohio passed Issue One by such a large majority because it felt like a serious and personal smack in the face to me, since I'd devoted so much time and energy to serving my community there.

And I'm a pacifist, but by the gods, if anyone ever ever EVER spoke about my Jennifer that way I think I would claw their eyes out. (Or at least pout a lot and get really mad.)

Comments

[hope-persists.livejournal.com]

holy crap, that was so upsetting. yeah, if i was the redhead, there'd have been a BEATING. but as someone above said, hopefully someone on the fence saw that tonight and realized how fucked up homophobia is.

[livinginfits.livejournal.com]

i think that's an uninformed view of bigotry. eventually, every homophobe will have their own pet gay person who is "different" and doesn't fit their view of the depraved predator. i'm of the belief that you can't change bigotry, you can only educate the next generation and hope to outlive the last one.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I hope so, but a lot of times I think the people who feel that way will watch and think she was totally vindicated.