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Sunday, December 30, 2012

My response to this particular anti-gay marriage video commercial

My comments are in black and the quotes are in blue.


Response to the  video above:
In the beginnings it says:
When two people fall in love, they can get married, right? So why can't two men or two women who love each other, marry? Isn't it discrimination? YES GODDAMN IT, IT IS.
It's not discrimination to treat different situations in different ways.On some level I agree but mostly disagree about this particular situation. With that opinion, you're actually encouraging double standards in society among people. And using a silly excuse while doing that too!
It's like saying: Hey, it's not bullying if he's not gay, black or religious. He's normal so it's fine.
Double standards are a serious problem in today's society. Women and men get treated differently. Atheists and Christians get treated differently. Homosexuals and heterosexuals get treated differently. The list goes on and on.
Example #1
Being a female bisexual/lesbian is considered popular, hot and trendy.
Being a male bisexual/homosexual is considered shameful, immoral and definitely NOT popular.
Example #2
A male car mechanic is a typical, 'normal' thing that people are used to. Guys have no problem trusting a male car mechanic to fix their vehicle.
A female car mechanic though, is considered unskilled and untrustworthy. Guys have trouble trusting female car mechanics to fix their car because they believe that they are less skilled than other men and don't have the capacity or ability to do the work. The work built for men.
The same applies to male nurses, etc etc etc.
The level I agree with is basically the fact that the world isn't black and white. There are so many shades of gray and nothing can be JUST evil and wrong or perfect and right.
The relationship between a man and a woman is unique, only a man and a woman can make new life, only a man and a woman can give a child a mum and a dad. 
The relationship between a man and a woman is unique? Huh? I disagree. Why? Here's why.
My parents divorced when I was 5 years old and my mum got a boyfriend after a while, and my dad got a girlfriend. They stayed good friends (which is usually rare but I'm thankful for it) and honestly, I have to say I couldn't have had a happier childhood. I basically had two mums and two dads. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I don't think it would be better if my parents stayed together and fought all the time..
I think every family is unique regardless of the number of the members in that family, their sex, sexual orientation, race, religion and other. I consider my family consisting of my two mums, two dads and a step brother, a real family.
Why would it matter to have a mum and a dad anyway? Is that the point? Balance while growing up?
Having a dad to teach you some 'manly' stuff and a mum to teach you 'feminine' stuff? Because, if you have only one parent you turn out to be unbalanced and either too-feminine or too-masculine? Is that how homosexuals are created? Of course not! You are born like that but that's another topic.
Anyway, I'm quite a butch and masculine female. Did I become like this because I spent more time with my dad? Of course not. That is ridiculous. I became like this because I preferred jeans over skirts, blue over pink, sports over make-up. It's what interested me more. It's my personality. It's who I am.
No two men or two women can ever do this. So it makes sense to treat something unique in a unique way. That's not discrimination.
Ever hear of in vitro fertilisation  Using a sperm donor? Adoption? The options aren't limitless but there are plenty of them. Right, so a man and a woman who have a baby are unique. How about a man and a woman who can't have a baby because some health issues? Should they not be allowed to marry because they can't create a new life?
Marriage is a private promise between two people but it has a big public purpose as well. That purpose is unique and important to give children the love a mum and dad can give to their family.
If marriage is a private promise between to people that love each other, why can't those two people be of the same sex? A big public purpose? I don't understand that. You've just said that a marriage a private promise to respect one another, love one another and so on.. but what kind of a public purpose does it serve? As something kids would look up to, perhaps. They would learn right and wrong from that. They would learn to be respectful, don't lie and cheat and so. It's not unique, for god's sake! What about a grandmother raising her grandson? An aunt raising her nephew? A single parent dad raising his daughter?
Should those children be taken away from their guardians just because they are not growing up with two parents, one male and one female and their biological parents? Should we not allow adoption then?
Of course, not all married couples have children but every child ever born has a mum and a dad.
Every child was made out of a sperm and an egg, yes. Some conceived by sexual intercourse, in vitro fertilisation...etc but nevertheless by an egg and a sperm. Does that mean all kids are raised by two parents? Because accidents happen, their mum/dad could have died and who do they have then?

Marriage between a man and a woman recognises this basic fact, and that's why marriage is our most important social institution. 
Recognises the basic fact of what? A man and a woman marrying? Fifty years ago, people were fighting for interracial marriage and all the same comments lined up. 'Sanctity of marriage, blah blah..'
In my opinion, marriage is a promise between two people that love each other. No matter their, sex, sexual orientation, religon, race..
It's our way of saying that differences between men and women matter. That the differences between mothers and fathers matter. 
You're basically saying that women's place is in the kitchen and raising kids and men's place to be the head of the house and work. You're actually celebrating the genetical differences between men and women and using them to stereotype. Mother should be patient, loving and feminine. Fathers should be strict, masculine but caring. There's no grey here. It's only black and white.. and I strongly disagree.
All kids should have the right to get what they love.. a loving mum and dad.
A loving mum and dad? As I've said before. Not all of us are so lucky to have one perfect (typical) dad and perfect (typical) mum. (Yes this is sarcasm).
Some children lost one of their parents, some lost both. Some live with their relatives.
And I'm sure most of the children in foster homes would rather be in a warm, loving home with two same sex parents (or one parent regardless of his/hers sexual orientation) rather than in a foster home.
So lets not change the message of marriage by redefinding it. For the sake of our children.
Marriage has been redefines so many times. First it was a ceremony between people of the highest ranks, of course white. Then it spread to all people. Then other races could do that too. And now people of the same sex want that privilege too! Your children might be a part of the LGBTQ community and how are you protecting them then? You're limiting them of their basic rights as humans. You're doing that to your children.
Can you imagine that? Not being able to marry someone you love? Because of someone else who doesn't like the sound of 'gay marriage' so he's opposing it. Think about it.
We're talking about equality here, people.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Tragedy strikes..


Twenty-six people died today at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty of them were children, six were adults. Among the adults, there were the school's principal and school's physchologist. They were all killed by a young, twenty year old man named Adam Lanza.

It  truly saddens me when I read people's comments on this.
'So what? Many people die every day. It's not me, I don't care.'
I'm not sure what are they expecting to achieve with that; looking bad-ass, looking cool or whatever. Well it doesn't. It makes you look like a bloody jackass. Instead of acting like one, try showing some compassion because the situation could be different. It could be someone you know.
What if it was your mum or dad? Your best friend, girlfriend, boyfriend or even your little brother or sister?
Can you imagine living without a family member?
Still not convinced? Go ahead and try talking to a hysteric crying mother who's child died and convince her that it's fine that her kid died because so many other people die every day. Can you do that? No, you can't.
Because he/she meant the bloody world to her. You don't know the feeling of parenthood, the love you feel for your child, what length would you go for her/him.. You underestimating it.

And I still see people on Omegle making fun of it..
'All the other kids from Connecticut, you better run, better run outrun my gun' 
This literally sicks me. As you may or may not know, the person used lyrics from the song Pumped up kicks by the Foster people and worked the reference of the shooting into a verse.
The original lyrics are: All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
I know you may think it's clever or funny but it's sick, what it is. I personally like some black humor every now and then but not something like this.
Another thing I saw was:
The parents of the kids that died in the connecticut shooting should be thankful. He saved them lots of money and now they will be able to buy nice things. Fucking ungrateful dicks.
I can't even.. I'm not sure should I even bother. I'd say it is a troll but I feel like he put too much effort and emotion in it and that this is his/hers actual opinion.

All in all, my heart goes out to the families and friends. It gets better. Not instantly, not completely but over time it stops hurting as much. It never fades away completely because the memory of her/him will still be as fresh in 20 years as it is now but you learn to live with it over time. It gets better.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Bronies and equality rant

I often come across hate for variety of things:
Homosexuals, AfroAmericans, people with disability.. etc. 
I talked about most of those before (and I'm planning on talking more in the future) but this particular rant is about Bronies.
Bronies are people of any age who like the fandom My Little Pony: Friendship is magic or so called MLP.
They can be of either gender (Bronies or Pegasisters even though females prefer the term Bronies as well).
I personally, don't watch the show but I support it with all my heart. The show is about friendship, love and happiness and there's nothing wrong with that. I doesn't matter that it's a cartoon or that it was first made for young girls. I really don't think any type of entertainment should be labelled specifically for girls or for boys.
Because if we're planning to start labeling everything either pink or blue then we might as well go back a century where women belonged only in the kitchen, making food for their husbands aka owners and raising kids while they were out making money and bringing home the bacon. Would this mean that I shouldn't have watched all the parts of Rocky or Rambo? Because they were made for hardcore men and men only? Hell, there's a love story even in rocky, maybe that was only put in there for the rare women who had the permission to watch it.
This is just another type of discrimination and I'm sorry for bringing it up again but I can't ignore it.
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The world isn't black and white. The world isn't split into the good people who lead perfect lives and carry on to have perfect kids while they fight the bad people who only want all the worst for the world.
There are shades of gray. People have flaws, people aren't perfect. Some people are homophobic because they were molested by a person of the same sex but they donate to charity whenever they can. Some people have treated their families badly because their parents treated them badly and now they are regretting it. Some people are the world's most famous surgeons helping all kinds of people but are terrified of little people because of who-knows-what. People aren't split into the good guys and the bad guys.
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Another thing, when somebody mentions a Brony he/she immediately thinks of a gay person. Most commonly, a gay guy. This is a stereotype. Just because he watches the MLP doesn't mean he is gay. Just because he dresses well and takes care of his hygiene doesn't mean he is gay. Just because he acts a bit feminine, doesn't mean he is gay. We actually talked about something similar in my Ethics class in school (my professor is amazing, I praise her). 
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Many people don't know the difference between gender and sex.
Sex - biological difference between men and women. 
Sex can be either Male or Female.
Gender - aspects of masculinity and femininity that are not biological but cultural. Learned through socialisation.
Let's take me for an example. My sex is female, I feel like a female, I am a female but, my gender is masculine. I am a tomboy. That doesn't mean I want to BE a man, that doesn't mean I want to dress like a man. That doesn't mean I'm a lesbian. That means that I identify myself as a masculine woman. I don't like make up, dresses nor anything else along those lines. Just because I prefer a hoodie over a skirt, does not mean I am a transgender woman either. It's just who I am. It's my personality. It is me.
It's the same with feminine guys. I know a couple of feminine guys and they aren't all homosexual. If they were it wouldn't be a big deal but you get the point.
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Another thing (I know I'm sorry.. I have to stop and go study).
I need to clear something up.
I googled the word 'Bronies' and the first result was a page called Urban Dictionary - a quite useful thing sometimes, and I read through the explanations of the word Bronies. I googled that because I wanted to acquire more information about them. Most of the results were a bit offensive and contained only subjective opinions on Bronies which wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I smoothly ignored all the offensive ones until I read something.. disturbing.

The term used to describe the fan community(usually of the older group, males and females) of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Brony A: "Dude, just finished watching the first season from MLP:FiM!"
Brony B: "Cool! So who do you think is the best pony?"
Brony A mentions the pony they think is best.
Brony B Agrees and exclaims: "Brohoof!"
The bronies brohoof, similar to a high five.
^ Example of a normal and objective description of Bronies.

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Bronies simply means people who are of an older age group and like to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. There is nothing particularly exciting about this, but they make a big deal out of it.
^ Example of a subjective description of Bronies. Also I disagree with the 'older age group' part. As far as I know 11 year olds use the term as well.

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Then I came across this wonderfully written description.
Bronies: Teenage to young-adult, mostly male, fans of the animated cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." The term is often accepted as gender-neutral, and many female fans prefer "brony" over the not-so-popular "pegasister."

We have an awful lot of negative stereotypes that mostly aren't true. Not all of us are into R34. Not all of us are homosexual. And not all of us are furries; our fandom is, in my opinion, completely separate from furries.

We have a ton of talented artists, musicians, and authors that make our fandom so special. The fanbase is constantly growing and spreading it's hard to avoid if you're an avid Internet user. Will everyone appreciate this? Hell, no. Is it necessary to bash the fandom because it? Absolutely not.

Before you bash and call us "faggots," check out the show for yourself.

(By the way, Fluttershy is best pony. Your argument is invalid.)
Brony: Hey guys, have you seen the show "My Little Pony?"
Friend 1: No, but it sounds so gay.

Friend 2: It's all over the internet! And it's so stupid! I haven't even watched it, but I know bronies are all faggots.
Brony: Here, let me pull up one of the episodes on my iPhone.
^This person broke new ground and explained it perfectly.
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Lonely male virgins between the ages of 15 and 55 who watch the girls' cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" either because it's cute and stupid like most things that lonely virgins fall in love with, or because they can flaunt their knowledge of the show to attract 8 year old girls to their mothers' basements for rape and cupcakes (except without the cupcakes).
Tim: "Hell yeah, man! New episode of My Little Pony!"
Jim: "Bro-hoof!"
Tim: "Yeah man, we are such bronies!"
Jim: "Forever alone...
^This person actually compared Bronies to rapists.. which is simply sick on it's own. Sick.
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Older fans of the animated cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" These people, self entitled "Bronies" enjoy watching My little pony, while fisting their Male lovers asshole, and licking their only excrement. Needless to say, Majority of them Are autistic, and or homosexual.
Bronie 1: Hey Bronie, want to fist my asshole and lick my shit? 
Bronie 2: Yeah, but only if you lick my balls. HURRDURRR 
-Typical Bronies.
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This was the most offensive one in my opinion.
Why don't we analyse it?
A) Bronies don't have to be in the older range of age.
B) Fisting their male lovers assholes has nothing to do with MLP nor consuming feces.
C) They don't have to be autistic nor homosexuals, another stereotype thought it has been proven that some autistic kids have improved their sociological skills while watching MLP, so it's a plus.
D) The example of typical conversation between two Bronies is complete bullshit. As I've said before, Bronies don't have to be homosexual but there's another thing that has been bothering me more.
Why do all (most) homophobic people think that homosexual men like eating feces? That is down right disgusting. They are mixing up homosexuals and coprophiles! Homosexuals have sexual and romantic relationships with the same sex. Homosexual men have sexual intercourse by inserting their own penis into the anus of another man and doing other things which I shall not mention right now. Coprophiles are people who consume feces. For god's sake people, know the difference!

Okay, I got a bit carried away there..
My point is, don't judge people on what they watch or like. I have a few friends who are bronies and they are pretty cool. I support them all the way. 
I personally am not a fan of Twilight but I have many awesome friends who are. I try my best to respect Twilight and treat as simply another fandom. 
I can't imagine someone insulting me because I like Harry Potter. Because of a such small information, somebody hating on me?
Can you?