That "gay rights" meme
Oct. 3rd, 2006 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmagrant01I saw a few people reposting that "gay rights" meme on my flist yesterday and I have to say I didn't feel remotely compelled to repost it in my LJ. It seemed like a chain letter to me, you know the sort you get in email from an old college friend (whose only emails to you are those sorts of things) containing a rewritten version of some urban legend along with a plea to immediately forward it to every person you know? I usually respond to those by hitting reply-all and providing a link to the appropriate entry on Snopes.
This meme looked to be much the same sort of emo blackmail (ZOMG if u dont post this ur a homof0be!1!!), so I ignored it. And then![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
upstart_crow made a very eloquent post stating just why this sort of meme makes her uncomfortable.
gmth also makes some suggestions for things you could do if you're really concerned about "gay rights".
And several people have pointed me towemyss's hilarious take on the issue.
So yeah, what they said.
No offense intended to people who reposted it. This is about me hating chain letters. I don't begrudge people who like them. Unless they keep sending them to me...
This meme looked to be much the same sort of emo blackmail (ZOMG if u dont post this ur a homof0be!1!!), so I ignored it. And then
upstart_crow made a very eloquent post stating just why this sort of meme makes her uncomfortable.gmth also makes some suggestions for things you could do if you're really concerned about "gay rights".And several people have pointed me to
wemyss's hilarious take on the issue.So yeah, what they said.
No offense intended to people who reposted it. This is about me hating chain letters. I don't begrudge people who like them. Unless they keep sending them to me...
