1. Avoid “American Idol”
Never watched it, never will. I’m unable to tolerate the commercials, let alone the annoying bumper music.
Seriously, why do people willingly subject themselves to such desperate, overwrought caterwauling? And Ryan Seacrest.
2, Continue damning the Petty Queer Establishment
Now there’s a movement to “Turn Your Back on Rick Warren,” which would do nothing but overwhelm the historic nature of the inauguration while making the PQE look, well, petty. It’s what they do best.
This is the same group that protested a funny Snickers ad because of alleged insensitivity.
If only they got so worked up about real injustices, like “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The PQE failed to take advantage of the opportunity presented after 58 Arabic linguists were discharged from the military for being gay. Instead they were busy saving actor T.R. Knight from an intolerant colleague.
It should be obvious by now that the PQE represents the gay community about as well as Jesse Jackson “represented” African-Americans. Yes, it’s impossible for one group or figure to speak for an entire people. But as long as the media insists on turning to these tired scolds whenever some controversy — real of imagined — pops up, it’s incumbent on those of us who resent the feckless leadership of groups like the HRC to speak out against them. They claim to speak for me, and they don’t. I’m not alone.
So you think you could do a better job? Hell yes I could. After all, what exactly has the PQE accomplished?
It seems the gay community needs its own Obama — somebody who circumvents the same old battle lines by acting as though the battles have either been fought and won, or (to borrow an old civic mantra) by being too busy to hate.