Correction?

I need to make a correction. In an earlier post I said we are in an age of ignorance, I was wrong. We are really in an age of Queer Fascism.

This revelation came from a conversation, about the Miss America Pageant, I had with a friend. I was embarrassed, a little bit there, for Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) by the scathing comments made.

Of course after some thought, it made a whole lot of sense. My friend, who is gay, referred to him as Perez Hitler; only to add that his last name literally translates into "washtub" and what did I expect? The backbiting went on until I changed the subject. All I kept saying, at the time, was couldn't the whole thing be handled better?

Anyone will tell you that the gay and lesbian community is better served by NOT having manic depressive characters represent them. Let's be honest here, Mr. Lavandeira was not defending gay and lesbian issues on the Miss America pageant but rather using the community (as he has for some time) to gain a name.

It was obviously a self interest move by a man whose childish anger proves he's unstable. Does he have some warped need for rejection or some identity problem that gives him the impetus to compete with a beauty queen contestant? Is it as simple as a need for true acceptance?

The real question is, have we not had enough of the swish-swish, be rude, loud, sarcastic, fast moving, always chatty caricatures of gay men? Because it really defines nothing more that ridiculous behavior in the short run and serves no real purpose in the long run. At least not for the community.

Isn't it obvious that only a foolish man demands tolerance but doesn't give it. Wait, let's retract that correction. I was right at first, this IS the age of ignorance.


FOOTNOTE: Did you know that queer is a preferred descriptive by members of ACT UP and that the necessity to mention this further proves my point?