And they see gay people who don't have to do this, who are able to live freely and openly, and it *hurts*. They're *jealous*. But rather than try to leave the closet, and work against the need for it, they try to force everyone back in --
What a scary thought. Isn't that pretty much a definition of evil - a contrived and conscious effort to spread misery? And with motives of lust and deception - it's enough to get me citing the Seven Deadly Sins. (Don't mind me, I was watching Marlowe last night.)
Twisted indeed.
And here I have just been reading about, and talking about, the good that actor John Barrowman has done in being openly gay and a good gay role model for the young - successful, positive, open and joyful. What a contrast!
Okay, so it's easier for an actor (outside of the U.S., anyway). It's hard to judge the influences that make anyone the way they are. But it's really difficult for me to find any shred of human decency in that kind of vicious self-perpetuated contradiction.
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Date: 2006-11-03 04:13 pm (UTC)What a scary thought. Isn't that pretty much a definition of evil - a contrived and conscious effort to spread misery? And with motives of lust and deception - it's enough to get me citing the Seven Deadly Sins. (Don't mind me, I was watching Marlowe last night.)
Twisted indeed.
And here I have just been reading about, and talking about, the good that actor John Barrowman has done in being openly gay and a good gay role model for the young - successful, positive, open and joyful. What a contrast!
Okay, so it's easier for an actor (outside of the U.S., anyway). It's hard to judge the influences that make anyone the way they are. But it's really difficult for me to find any shred of human decency in that kind of vicious self-perpetuated contradiction.