After much soul searching, I've made a decision. I'm going to come out of the closet about something. It's something I've struggled with for years. I'm not proud of it. In fact, it's something I really don't like about myself. I've never admitted this to anyone, until now.
I hate x-tians. I don't want to be this way. I'm very uncomfortable with it. The real Jesus tells me to love my enemies. The real Jesus tells me that when someone strikes me on the cheek, I should offer them the other cheek (NO NOT THOSE CHEEKS).
I've ridiculed them and fought against them, but I've never actually admitted I hate them, until now. This admission is prompted by the American Family Association email I spoke about in my previous post. Because, on the same page as Newt Gingrich's whining about discrimination against Christians, there is an ad for a video called "It's Not Gay. Former Homosexuals Tell A Story Few Have Heard." For 15 bucks, you can satisfy the x-tian obsession with gay sex. I'm sure it's full of lurid tales of public restroom sex, fisting, disease. and God knows what else. I'm also sure the typical x-tian will watch it with a raging hardon.
I hate x-tians because they have perverted the beautiful message of Jesus, just as much as the Islamic fundamentalists have perverted the message of Islam. There's no doubt in my mind that, given the chance, these American Talibanists would want a theocracy, ruled according to their principles. A nation where religion is force-fed on the population, a nation where gays and lesbians were forced underground or face imprisonment, or worse.
For years, I have sat back and listened to the leaders of the American Talibanists spew all sorts of hatred out towards the gay community. They actively seek to discriminate against us, while they want to make sure their rights are supreme. Any attempt at separating religion from state is seen as "discrimination." Any attempt at granting any sense of dignity to the gay community is met with boycotts, email campaigns, etc.
Fred Phelps is the poster boy of the American Talibanists. Oh, they'll condemn his actions, and say they don't agree with him. But, in their hearts, they are marching lockstep with Phelps. They agree with the message that God hates fags. And, as much as I hate to admit it, I hate them back.
2 comments:
Welcome. We are happy to have you among us. It's a hard thing to admit out hatred, but for me, being so close to the center of it all I probably was able to "come out" before you. I live in Kansas, the epicenter of x-tians. Fred Phelps country. Oh our legislature beats its breasts and pass laws against the Phelps family picketing a funeral of a soldier. Where were they all those years when when they were picketing not only gay funerals, but businesses that employed gays or residences of gays when they found out where we lived.
I hate, because I cannot allow myself to do the violence to these people that they truly deserve. I'm not a coward, I just don't want to spend my live behind bars. Plus the violence would give them what they want.
So once again, Welcome to our Hate the X-tian task force. Let me know if you want to form a chapter.
Shit I've been there longer than you have. I hate them too.
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