07-28-2024, 04:38 PM
(07-28-2024, 11:23 AM)FlyingClayDisk Wrote: ...
I kind of am writing this as I read your OP, so I apologize if I don't edit it correctly to avoid confusion.
I have always held reservations about the entire concept of "gay community." I suppose it comes from considering the idea of "hetero" community a laughable notion.
I get that it's only my opinion, so this may be superfluous but, private sexual behavior seems an illogical principle to choose as the quintessential definition of 'communal existence.' Perhaps it reaches back to a more puritanical social order which placed such a high taboo on 'sex' in general, but I always felt that the subject was strictly a matter of personal intimacy... and making it a public thing changes, or even eliminates, it's spiritual value.
But it is not my place, or anyone's to intrude in personal, sexual, intimate preferences... so I am only willing to entertain the subject intellectually, if it is pertinent.
Enter activism as practiced by today's 'activists,' all of whom use blatant theatrical tactics, and heavy rhetoric to manipulate topics expressly to make them relevant (not that they are in some cases.)
The "community" of LGBTQ+ seems to only exist where 'public behavior' is the issue. So I might say that while talking a good game of equity and equality, it is not so much about 'freedom to exist' as it is about 'freedom to proselytize imagery.'
Insofar as the Olympic opening ceremony... I think of it like this... They are 'acting.' To what end, and what point, I can only speculate. Clearly the blanket justification of freedom of expression will suffice as protection against censure... People will respond according to their own judgments (and biases) - and that particular freedom is being 'represented' by the media in such a way as to "play the game" of making this a "look and see" subject.
It's good for business.
So the media will stoke fires where it can, and/or 'virtue signal' for the masses that generate clicks and income.
But this matter will not be served by activism. To resolve the problem takes more than imagery ("Oh, perish the thought" - said the media.)
"Equality" is the buzzword. It is used to evoke moral judgment, yet taken alone it means nothing moral at all. Like defining misinformation, the word "equality" only has 'perspective' relevance. This is the real world, not math theory... there is no equal in the human world ever. We may negotiate equality... but is is simply a desired path... not an ultimately achievable goal (except in our memories.)
Because of that, activists can abuse the spirit of the concept to any end.
Yeah, some 'activist' minded folks wanted an "In-your-face, I'm gonna be famous!" piece for the Olympics... and they did it... They only thing that would really be consider 'counter activism' would be a mass boycott of the Olympics... and that won't happen because: money.
I won't accept their claims of "parody" because it's just an excuse to "do whatever they want." Explain the parody value if you can... and when parody has no point, it has no value.