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You know when you're trying to explain something to somebody, and it makes so much sense to you that it's hard to put it into words? Like it should be common sense, and finding a way to explain it seems so superfluous as to be nearly impossible?
The right to same-sex marriage is something that is very important to me. GLBT rights in general are very important to me, because, fuck...I can't imagine a more ridiculously stupid, arbitrary and fundamentally disgustingly nonsensical reason to deny anybody anything. And so I decided, if I feel so passionately about this, I should do something, right? And I found a website that makes it very easy to contact your congress people and ask them to repeal DOMA. All you have to do is write a letter. There's a form letter, of course, but obviously it's more effective to use your own words and beliefs and experiences. And the thing is, I'm trying to write about why it's right to allow two consenting adults of any background to marry and why it's wrong to discriminate against them, and I'm just...like...SERIOUSLY? Isn't it OBVIOUS WHY THIS IS WRONG? So...well, 2 + 3 is five because when you have two and you count up from two three more numbers, you get to five, and THAT'S WHY YOU MORONS! I shouldn't have to write a letter explaining why discrimination is wrong. It's wrong. That's just the way it is. And it makes me sick and angry to even THINK that I have to explain it, let alone actually to try. Do we have to go back to the '60s when you realized just because people had dark skin it didn't make them less human? Or back to the '20s when you realized women are people too? I mean, what the fuck? What the fuck? It's like, if you haven't figured it out by now, what is ANYTHING I say going to do to change your mind? Oh, gee, you mean making laws denying people basic rights that should be guaranteed them under the law is a BAD thing? Why, no one's ever pointed that out to me before! Fuck you, you fucking narrow-minded bigoted sons of bitches.
Well...I thought ranting a little might help me get this off my chest and make me feel a little better, but it didn't, and now I'm so angry I don't even have words to express it. But I shouldn't have to. It should just be fucking obvious.