12-08-2011, 03:45 AM
US double standards. Again.
Do as we say, not as we do.
First we need to hold those politicians here in the USA that went there to push these laws through. Make them into examples of our own 'high standards', disavow their actions as policy of the USA, impeach them from their office and apply the Hate Crimes Legislation to them in an open trial where they face the exact same sentences as anyone else that practices 'hate crime'.
Maybe if we could point at ourselves and point out that LGBT are treated 100% equally and fairly as the rest of our nation, such as having the same right to marriage as the rest, then we have the moral high ground to point fingers and say 'Oh you are worse than us'.
Lead by example.
While it is a 'good' thing to seek equality for all around the world, I think we would have a much stronger case if we actually practiced what we preached here at home FIRST.
We just saw DADT over turned this past year. That was government policy that the rest of the world knew (and many laughed at). Just because we changed our mind on that does not give us the moral high ground to suddenly dictate to others how they should run their nation(s). We still need to do a lot more before we have the moral high ground here.
I do not see any of these nations taking us seriously as long as we allow the same old tired inequality to take place here at home.
Do as we say, not as we do.
First we need to hold those politicians here in the USA that went there to push these laws through. Make them into examples of our own 'high standards', disavow their actions as policy of the USA, impeach them from their office and apply the Hate Crimes Legislation to them in an open trial where they face the exact same sentences as anyone else that practices 'hate crime'.
Maybe if we could point at ourselves and point out that LGBT are treated 100% equally and fairly as the rest of our nation, such as having the same right to marriage as the rest, then we have the moral high ground to point fingers and say 'Oh you are worse than us'.
Lead by example.
While it is a 'good' thing to seek equality for all around the world, I think we would have a much stronger case if we actually practiced what we preached here at home FIRST.
We just saw DADT over turned this past year. That was government policy that the rest of the world knew (and many laughed at). Just because we changed our mind on that does not give us the moral high ground to suddenly dictate to others how they should run their nation(s). We still need to do a lot more before we have the moral high ground here.
I do not see any of these nations taking us seriously as long as we allow the same old tired inequality to take place here at home.
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