Working on Definitions ~ Screaming Liberal Post

The latest salvo in the war against LGBTQ people is "Now that they've won, let's see if they are willing to give the same tolerance that they demanded from the people who disagreed with them" ~ or thereabout. That's the gist of it anyway: tolerance and disagreement.

Are You Fucking Kidding Me?????

But you know what? I used to write dictionaries. So, I can help with clarification and do away with some confusion:

• Anyone who wants to codify the second-class citizen status of another group of human beings isn't tolerating anyone or anything. So no tolerance has been given from the other side.
• Recognizing rights that one group of people have ~ marriage; safety; employment protections; existence ~ and granting those rights is not giving anyone special rights. They are the rights that straight, cis-people have and take for granted. Wanting said rights denied on the basis of them "being special" isn't tolerating anyone or anything. So no tolerance has been given from the other side.
• A disagreement is wanting pizza instead of burgers for dinner. A disagreement is rooting for the NY Giants over the New England Patriots. A disagreement is even thinking that we need to put more money into defense than into education. A disagreement is not wanting to round up a group of people and put them in fences rather than allow them to have full status as citizens and human beings. A disagreement is not threatening to take down any government that acknowledges the rights of another group of human beings. A disagreement is not trying to legislate against the very humanity of a people.
• Winning is not being thrown a bone that only applies to one small aspect of human rights and doesn't even apply to that aspect nationwide.

So. These people want the tolerance they say they have been giving. Really? Are you sure about that, Orson Scott Card?

These people want the same grace in winning that they showed while fighting the battle. Really? Are you sure about that, voters of California?

Reap what you sow. Do unto others. One good turn. Karma. Be careful what you wish for...

They really want tolerance? The same kind of tolerance they showed us? I like that last one: Be careful what you wish for.

Those are Pobble Thoughts. That and a buck fifty will get you coffee.