07-28-2024, 11:23 AM
This post was last modified 07-28-2024, 11:40 AM by FlyingClayDisk.
First off, I don't have an issue with anyone who is a member of the LBGTQ+ community. I only ask that they, like everyone else, stay in their lane as it relates to their sexual identity. In other words, don't push your sexual preferences on me, just like I don't push my sexual preferences on anyone else. I have a BIL who is gay (great guy). My employer, my boss, is gay. I have an employee (an Engineer) who is a lesbian non-binary. All great people whom I associate with on a daily basis, and whom are welcome in my home, at my table, any time. I am honored to have them as colleagues and friends.
In the same breath, I have to say it is now clear to me that the larger LBGTQ+ community at large is not really interested in equality and/or acceptance. More specifically, the LBGTQ+ community allows themselves to be represented by people who want not equality and peace, but rather the exact opposite. They want division and conflict.
So, what am I talking about here? Well, today I am talking about the recent opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, and in particular the mockery made of the Biblical Last Supper by a group of Trans peoples. Unless the promoters, and the participants themselves, and their leadership, are completely blind to world demographics, there are about 2.4 billion Christians on this planet (yes, billion). Christians are not the only religion, but there are still a sizable number of Christians on planet Earth. In just about ANY religion, it is considered blasphemy to mock the founding elements of that respective faith. Had such a ceremony mocked Muhammad, Allah and the founding elements of Islam, there would be riots and attacks going on. Christians don't operate that way, but it doesn't diminish the significance of what took place. Bottom line...this was very misguided and wrong.
This makes it clear to me that the world leadership of the LGBTQ+ community isn't interested in equality, no, what they really want is attention and conflict. Did the organizers of this event not even bother to think about the outrage over such a ceremony mocking the Christian Last Supper?? Did the leadership of the LGBTQ+ community not even bother to think about the outrage they would receive from the Christian community over such an event?? Did they not even bother to think that many of their own membership belongs to these larger communities?? Apparently not.
People who demand equality talk about breaking down obstacles and barriers which they believe separate them from the rest of society. This is the definition of equality. When a person or group demands these things (which they should), they are also demanding these walls, barriers and separations be dismantled. When you have a ceremony in front of the biggest audience on planet Earth which openly mocks Jesus' Last Supper depiction by the famous artist Leonardo de Vinci you are not dismantling barriers, you are making them bigger. People who condone these events are building walls and barriers, not tearing them down. In fact, quite the opposite. They are creating division, not removing it.
There are those who will argue this event was just some light-hearted 'parody', but anyone who says this fails to recognize that something of this nature may be deeply offensive to other people who do not find the humor in such things. This failure to recognize is the definition of hypocrisy. It is an open invitation for division, the exact opposite of equality.
In my heart of hearts, I would love to believe that the opening ceremony in Paris was not representative of the LGBTQ+ community, but how can I believe this when the leadership of this world community were so insensitive to allow something like this to be put on stage, in front of the World, during the one event the entire World watches? No other event brings the world together like the International Olympic Games does. So, their answer was clear...they didn't care. What this suggests to me is, they don't want equality...they want conflict, and they want attention. And, when they don't get it at the Olympics, they will attempt to get it somewhere else...forever. I stand willing and receptive to being proven wrong.
There is no argument to say, "Well, I'm LGBTQ+, and I didn't support this!" Why then, did you allow your leadership to condone this?
Sure, we can write all of this off by saying..."Get over it, it's just the goofy Olympics, and they're already nutty!" Yes, we could dismiss it in this way, but it begs another issue...and in my opinion, this is the real underpinning issue, and it's the issue of trans athletes competing in the Olympics. After all, isn't this the real underlying motivation for the Trans Last Supper performance??
Okay, I have no issue with trans athletes competing in the Olympics IF they are given their own class to compete in. Create a "TRANS" class of competition. Fine! Done. Trans athletes are allowed to compete in every class of competition EXCEPT women's classes. They can compete in men's, or Trans' classes (regardless of their birth sex). At the end of the day, the trans element of the overall population of any group, state, or country is down in the single digits percentage wise, but they want their voices to be heard above all others, because why? Because they demand...equality.
That's not how you go about getting equality. And, they've taken over as the spokespeople for the LGBTQ+ community.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
Edit - In many segments of Islam, Islamic law metes out the death penalty for anyone who mocks Muhammad, Allah, and/or the Quran...regardless of how innocent the intent may have been. It doesn't matter.
In the same breath, I have to say it is now clear to me that the larger LBGTQ+ community at large is not really interested in equality and/or acceptance. More specifically, the LBGTQ+ community allows themselves to be represented by people who want not equality and peace, but rather the exact opposite. They want division and conflict.
So, what am I talking about here? Well, today I am talking about the recent opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, and in particular the mockery made of the Biblical Last Supper by a group of Trans peoples. Unless the promoters, and the participants themselves, and their leadership, are completely blind to world demographics, there are about 2.4 billion Christians on this planet (yes, billion). Christians are not the only religion, but there are still a sizable number of Christians on planet Earth. In just about ANY religion, it is considered blasphemy to mock the founding elements of that respective faith. Had such a ceremony mocked Muhammad, Allah and the founding elements of Islam, there would be riots and attacks going on. Christians don't operate that way, but it doesn't diminish the significance of what took place. Bottom line...this was very misguided and wrong.
This makes it clear to me that the world leadership of the LGBTQ+ community isn't interested in equality, no, what they really want is attention and conflict. Did the organizers of this event not even bother to think about the outrage over such a ceremony mocking the Christian Last Supper?? Did the leadership of the LGBTQ+ community not even bother to think about the outrage they would receive from the Christian community over such an event?? Did they not even bother to think that many of their own membership belongs to these larger communities?? Apparently not.
People who demand equality talk about breaking down obstacles and barriers which they believe separate them from the rest of society. This is the definition of equality. When a person or group demands these things (which they should), they are also demanding these walls, barriers and separations be dismantled. When you have a ceremony in front of the biggest audience on planet Earth which openly mocks Jesus' Last Supper depiction by the famous artist Leonardo de Vinci you are not dismantling barriers, you are making them bigger. People who condone these events are building walls and barriers, not tearing them down. In fact, quite the opposite. They are creating division, not removing it.
There are those who will argue this event was just some light-hearted 'parody', but anyone who says this fails to recognize that something of this nature may be deeply offensive to other people who do not find the humor in such things. This failure to recognize is the definition of hypocrisy. It is an open invitation for division, the exact opposite of equality.
In my heart of hearts, I would love to believe that the opening ceremony in Paris was not representative of the LGBTQ+ community, but how can I believe this when the leadership of this world community were so insensitive to allow something like this to be put on stage, in front of the World, during the one event the entire World watches? No other event brings the world together like the International Olympic Games does. So, their answer was clear...they didn't care. What this suggests to me is, they don't want equality...they want conflict, and they want attention. And, when they don't get it at the Olympics, they will attempt to get it somewhere else...forever. I stand willing and receptive to being proven wrong.
There is no argument to say, "Well, I'm LGBTQ+, and I didn't support this!" Why then, did you allow your leadership to condone this?
Sure, we can write all of this off by saying..."Get over it, it's just the goofy Olympics, and they're already nutty!" Yes, we could dismiss it in this way, but it begs another issue...and in my opinion, this is the real underpinning issue, and it's the issue of trans athletes competing in the Olympics. After all, isn't this the real underlying motivation for the Trans Last Supper performance??
Okay, I have no issue with trans athletes competing in the Olympics IF they are given their own class to compete in. Create a "TRANS" class of competition. Fine! Done. Trans athletes are allowed to compete in every class of competition EXCEPT women's classes. They can compete in men's, or Trans' classes (regardless of their birth sex). At the end of the day, the trans element of the overall population of any group, state, or country is down in the single digits percentage wise, but they want their voices to be heard above all others, because why? Because they demand...equality.
That's not how you go about getting equality. And, they've taken over as the spokespeople for the LGBTQ+ community.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
Edit - In many segments of Islam, Islamic law metes out the death penalty for anyone who mocks Muhammad, Allah, and/or the Quran...regardless of how innocent the intent may have been. It doesn't matter.
