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Flag-Waving and Celebrating

Chris Farmer RSS / 01.07.2015. u 10:30

Is it possible to have an opinion with joining a Cause?

Case Study: Same-sex Marriage. It is not acceptable anymore to merely accept this and generally agree with it. The Socially Acceptable Model is to "celebrate" it. We must loudly proclaim our most underscored, emphatic, and rainbow-painted glee. We must show Vindication and Exaltation. Otherwise, we might be mistaken for a Scalia-style dissenter.

And God forbid we actually do dissent...

In the past few days since the Supreme Court voted overwhelmingly (5-4) to constitutionalize same-sex marriage, our Facebook walls have gone polychrome. Everyone is a part of this celebration. Everyone apparently Felt Strongly about the issue and was notorious in support of same-sex marriage.

Everyone. Everyone. Everyone.

Everyone, that is, except most people. Most people were pretty quiet about it. Most people watched state after state ratify same-sex marriage. Most people saw certain states (i.e., Texas et al.) banning such marriages and clucked their tongues in the privacy of their own homes.

Equal rights, in all forms, are something to be pleased about. I am pleased about the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. I am also pleased about sunny weather, but I do not raise a flag to celebrate it. Perhaps I should.

My real opinion? I think the states should have all ratified independently and that the Supreme Court should not have had to weigh in on a state issue. I think that it should have been a non-issue. But now that it is the Law of the Land, it seems to be settled. Can we move on to the next Big Issue? Can it concern us that 45 million Americans live below the poverty line?

I defend civil rights and believe in upholding them. I believe it is something that is very important. But I also believe that people should not get extra social credit for jumping on the bandwagon.

America is very well known for its bandwagonism. We get behind causes - like illegal preemptive wars - and are compelled to march and sing and change our Facebook photos. If not, we are considered "less than" somehow. The position of being Generally Pleased is no longer enough. We must actively demonstrate.

Otherwise the terrorists win.

 

 

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nim_opet nim_opet 13:26 01.07.2015

Come again?

Case Study: Same-sex Marriage. It is not acceptable anymore to merely accept this and generally agree with it. The Socially Acceptable Model is to "celebrate" it. We must loudly proclaim our most underscored, emphatic, and rainbow-painted glee. We must show Vindication and Exaltation. Otherwise, we might be mistaken for a Scalia-style dissente


Do you really, honestly believe this? Prompted by the outpouring of rainbow filters, basically a Facebook's social experiment? Or you feel the pressure of the Serbian society to conform to "gay loving, celebrating, flagwaving"?
Chris Farmer Chris Farmer 13:49 01.07.2015

Re: Come again?

Multiple choice -

You either want to say that:

1. I have overreacted (as usual)
2. That I share the national intolerance to all things homosexual
3. The Facebook social experiment is devoid of any meaning
4. None of the above

As it seems my point has been missed by about 20,000 kilometers, I opt for 4. Although number 2. would show a rather refreshingly unexpected sense of irony.
nim_opet nim_opet 13:52 01.07.2015

Re: Come again?

1. I have overreacted (as usual)

Mostly.
Jukie Jukie 14:47 01.07.2015

Well

All of a sudden rainbowed avatars appeared on my international FB discussions next to the text. In one discussion I had a difficult time telling apart who said what, as it seemed that a rainbow was talking to itself.

On the other hand, I counted only three FB friends with rainbow avatars, and the one living in Serbia has since reverted to the usual picture. Rainbow day came and went and it is back to oak tree felling discussions.
Srđan Fuchs Srđan Fuchs 15:42 01.07.2015

you haven't overreacted

gay gay gay, annoying stuff. be free and leave us alone...

We get behind causes - like illegal preemptive wars - and are compelled to march and sing and change our Facebook photos


if I remember well, there were thorough protests in Washington, New York, and other liberal US surroundings... but, you cannot do much, if certain stuff are being decided, no one asks the public anymore.


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relax dude, leave us alone with this consument kind of promoting stuff. be free, be Danielle Nicolle Page, волим те, Србијо!
Chris Farmer Chris Farmer 18:45 01.07.2015

Re: you haven't overreacted

Srđan Fuchs
relax dude, leave us alone with this consument kind of promoting stuff. be free, be Danielle Nicolle Page, волим те, Србијо!


Be free is wise counsel, but if you lack information (i.e., where to find my blog) you cannot be fully free!!

Verbum sat sapienti.

Srđan Fuchs Srđan Fuchs 19:28 01.07.2015

Re: you haven't overreacted

you belong to us, your soul is b92 (like, oldies, this new stuff is kindah unknown, what are their goals, their aim, but the weblog, no other weblog but us, even Eddie Snowden has no better logging solution!)
Chris Farmer Chris Farmer 12:21 02.07.2015

Re: you haven't overreacted

Srđan Fuchs
you belong to us, your soul is b92 (like, oldies, this new stuff is kindah unknown, what are their goals, their aim, but the weblog, no other weblog but us, even Eddie Snowden has no better logging solution!)


OMG!!!

tyson tyson 20:00 03.07.2015

Be afraid!

Gays are the new Jews my friend (sorry Jews) so you better paint that facebook profile picture in rainbow colors, unless you want all the rage to be unleashed upon you Mel Gibson-style, and have your sorry life ruined like, say, James Arthur's.


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