With my socialistic leanings, I'm used to losing when it comes to politics. I'm aware that most of America is much more conservative than myself. However, I am still shocked and extremely saddened to lean that Prop 8 will, barring some kind of absentee-voter deus ex machina, pass. Although the No on 8 campaign is keeping mum until every vote is tallied, I figure that if The Bilerico Project is admitting that we lost, then we lost. After 8 years of Bush, I'm no stranger to disappointment with my fellow Americans. But I didn't think I'd feel this way about my fellow Californians. I thought we were just a bunch of inocuous hippies and showbiz types! Live and let live, eh? Well, apparently not. In situations like these, I think of:
What use are these people's wits,
who let themselves be led
by speechmakers, in crowds,
without considering
how many fools and thieves
they are among, and how few
choose the good?
--Heraclitus, Fragment 111, 500 BC
People also voted down affordable housing and clean energy in San Francisco. What use, indeed.
I wonder where the gay rights movement is going to go from here. Should they keep focusing so strongly on marriage, or branch out for awhile? I think that working to bring trans rights up to speed would be ideal at this point. What do you all think?
Something joyfully asexual coming at you next time.
2 comments:
I think good will come out of this, there is a sense of unity, anger, and organization that is happening and that is healthy.
I've been meaning to comment on this blog post, and especially your quote by Heraclitus, for ages and ages.
That quote is AWESOME.
And I'm still disheartened by Prop 8 passing.
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