Wondering

[Tiffany B. Clark]

Susan:

On the issue of tolerance. I don't really expect anyone to respond.

I posted a very careful and long post on the list about canon suppot 
for DD's orientation and I don't think anyone has responded. People 
are too busy repeating stupid lies (that she announced it at a press 
conference), or busy accusing those who confront them with their own 
bigotry and intolerance with themselves being intolerant. (No, I am 
not tolerant of prejudice, discrimination, or hatred).

There are two or three people who persist in spreading the lie that 
it's lesbians and gays who molest children....one of them finally 
showed his true colors by saying that he had no sympathy for the 
muggleborns in Diagon Alley (why didn't they just go off into the 
Muggle World and get a job? Why were they so weakwilled?)
Gosh, I started to cry when the poor man demanded of Bellatrix.."what 
happened to my children?" Did no one else find that scene heart 
wrenching?

Am I supposed to be silent when I'm compared to a child molester? 

There was a woman in Virginia who was a lesbian, had a child by her 
former husband who was in PRISON for murdering his second wife, and a 
judge gave her former husband custody of the child! (And yes, I can 
verify MY facts). Can you imagine anything more terrifying?
 
I'm sick and tired of the bigotry in the HP community.
I'm disgusted.

Susan

Tiffany:

I'm typically not a stickler for details, so I don't engage in 
debates over small stuff in HP very often.  I like to argue & can 
hold my own very well when forced to do so, but don't actually look 
for arguments.

I agree the bigotry by the HP fans can be nightmarish because some 
good friends in college of mine are of the GLBT community.  However, 
the bigotry from outsiders seems like it's a lot worse, esp. when 
religion gets involved in it.  I've had to defend gay friends of mine 
from Potter fans & non-Potter fans alike, but I've never lost a lot 
of friends over it.  I think that some folks would be content to see 
things as they see it, instead of actually looking beyond the obvious 
& picking up on the grand scheme of it all.

I think that some folks like to complain about something more than 
actually doing something about it.  I'm known for my dramatic side & 
being individualistic, so when I complain watch out, but I try to see 
the good side of things.