How to side-eye, by Raven-Symoné. [x]God, I love her.
Love this. I went to the link to watch the video and see what it was about.
The video ends with the blonde lady saying she wishes folks could respect each other’s views. NOW. I do agree that we need civility and understanding. People come from particular contexts that inform their views and when you’re surrounded by folks who think a particular way, it can be difficult to step outside of that situation and see things from another angle. Part of making change in the world is understanding that we’re probably not going to win hearts and minds by shouting at each other, but the problem with this “we should just respect each other’s views” thing is that it’s basically claiming discrimination for discrimination. Does that make sense? Like, “you’re discriminating against me because I’m discriminating against LGBTQ people!” Is there merit in that argument somewhere?
Respect that I’m a cat person and that I love Buffy and that I believe in God and all that business, but when your “views” have actual consequences for people’s lives, then they need to remain your views and not your ACTIONS. I am all for protecting people’s rights to religious freedom, but not at the expense of the way that people are treated in the world. If my religion says I should murder someone every Tuesday afternoon, the law is not going to protect that. There is a line. We can’t have a country in which businesses get to decide whether they serve people of color, LGBTQ people, women, differently abled people— whatever it is. If you want to refuse service to someone who is intoxicated or disrespectful, have at it. But categorically denying services to a community of people IS DISCRIMINATION.
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