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Once, I hated the “silent majority” so much. Because when I shouted for our rights, they looked coldly and even mocked.
I sometimes think, why should I fight for them? Can’t I choose a “quiet time” that is “stable in this world”?
Yes, in the face of the shackles that bound me more and more, I resolutely chose silence.
Because I know that I can neither wake up those “fake sleepers” nor attract the attention of “adults”.
With the development of self-media and social media, more and more people are willing to speak on the field of public opinion. And in the face of these increasingly loud voices, I sometimes find these “righteous majority” more annoying than “silent majority”.
I was probably the first group of people who knew about the news of Gao Yan’s suicide , but I was neither angry nor criticized or accused anyone, because I knew that in this social system, he would neither be the first nor the last.
It’s just that when I saw his youthful appearance, I let out a sigh in my heart. A rose that should have been in full bloom died in his best years.
But when I thought I had the same impression of this incident, Tencent suddenly published an article ” Investigation Team Shanyi launched an investigation, the Gao Yan incident or the truth came out, is it wrong that the teacher doesn’t like homosexuality? The report completely irritated me.
Although the author of the article tried to present the whole incident from a “neutral” and “objective” perspective, the discrimination and contempt for homosexuality between the lines could not be concealed.
He believes that since homosexuals choose to come out, they should suffer all the consequences, even discrimination and bullying from society, schools or individuals.
At first glance, this seems to be true. It’s as if you have chosen a path, then you have to go to the end when you walk on your knees.
But the question is, are the consequences of coming out “objective” or “subjective”?
For example, given current medical and biotechnology, gay people who come out of the closet may not be able to produce their own offspring through normal reproductive means. Then the consequences should indeed be borne by homosexuals.
But if the adopters are refused to adopt or adopt children because they are homosexuals, then this is not a normal “consequence” and should not be borne by homosexuals.
Especially discrimination and hatred based on sexual orientation, why should homosexuals bear it? It’s a social problem! It’s a matter of justice!
Yes, I also hate the term “bullying” from a certain angle, because it undercuts the impact of the word “hate” too much. But in fact? Isn’t “bullying” the same as “hate”?
It’s just for the sake of “harmony” in perception, so we intentionally hide “hatred” and use a relatively soft “bullying” to describe all this.
I think it’s disrespectful to gays who have been hurt and died because of hatred. They died of hate, not bullying.
At the end of the article, the author of the article also defended himself self-righteously:
I don’t discriminate against gay men, but I definitely don’t think this is right . In fact, I guess it’s normal for teachers not to treat gay men well. If teachers also advocate same-sex love, then colleges are really messed up. Some people say that now we care about the teacher’s morality, not Gao Yan’s sexual orientation. Who is right? I’m a little confused, do you support teachers to tolerate Gao Yan’s sexual orientation?
Although he keeps saying that he “doesn’t discriminate”, he has been discriminating against homosexuals from the moment he thought it was incorrect. There is never a difference between “right” and “wrong” in sexual orientation, there is only a difference between people’s inner discrimination. And he continued to deduce that it is correct for teachers to “hate” homosexuality. After all, if college teachers advocated it, colleges would be really messed up. This seemingly seamless logical reasoning, but a careful one is quibbling. Not only is he defining “thinking wrong” as not “discrimination,” but he’s even defining “disgusting” as not “discrimination.”
First of all, I have to admit that everyone has the freedom to express their opinions. Like or dislike homosexuality, that’s a personal freedom.
Second, freedom has boundaries. No one’s freedom can violate the freedom of another.
Therefore, you can abuse and criticize homosexuals at home or in a private setting because you are not violating other people’s freedoms. But what about in public? Sorry, you violated the liberties of gays and those who support gays.
As a teacher, you can hate homosexuality for your own personal reasons, but you have to make sure you don’t show it on campus.
Finally, if homosexuality can be advocated, it should also be correctable. Sorry, modern medicine has proven that homosexuality is uncorrectable, so it cannot be advocated either.
I want these names to be remembered, even though they are “tiny” to the grand narrative of history. But they are always the martyrs on our way to that bright future.
I remember that Yi Shi Ji came out publicly in the video of his last will, but unfortunately, most of the media subconsciously erased the phrase “I am GAY” when reprinting it.
If only one day we would all be able to speak out about our sexuality as easily as we say our names.
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