Telepathising woman seeks other for radio-jamming the patriachy

[livewareissue]

See here for the full text of a Straits Times interview with Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister.

In particular: 'Our society will not reach consensus on this issue for a very long time to come. The way for homosexuals to have space in our society is to accept the informal limits which reflect the point of balance that our society can accept, and not

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[jolantru]

*implodes* Gah. I think the gahmen still treats us like children. Kinda like "Sit down and shut up and listen to PAPa!"

We shouldn't accept the limits. No.

[livewareissue]

I know you're on bedrest and weren't at the AWARE EGM so I don't know if you heard about the "Sit down & shut up!" statement from the (now ousted) exco?

Oh the familiarity of the feeling...

[jolantru]

*lol* I was keeping watch on Twitter (#awaresg) that day so I got blow-by-blow (or tweet by tweet) updates from folks who attended the EGM. So, I knew about "Sit down and shut down" and I used it in full awareness (pun intended).

They are all like that. Condescending, patronizing, domineering.

[delicious_irony]

And the cast iron status quo is why I left the old home town.

And why I will never go back.

Methinks the government is taking for granted their absolute control of the media. Unfortunately the innate asian xenophobia and fetishisation of the social norm will work in their favour.

It's depressing. Try to buck the party line and you'll wind up like Anwar.

[livewareissue]

Yes, hubby keeps worrying that we're going to be arrested at the pink dot on Saturday.

[alias_sqbr]

Isn't the way informal limits get set by members of society expressing their opinions?(*) You are members of society, thus your voice is as important as anyone else's.

(*)There is something off with the grammar of this sentence but I can't figure out quite what..

[livewareissue]

Unfortunately, in Singapore at least, voices that express points of view that are disagreed with by the government tend to be marginalised, silenced or ignored.

I can express my opinion but only gently and I cannot argue for it too strongly. I cannot openly debate or otherwise attempt to amplify my point of view to attract the attention of others who might agree with me. As a member of society my voice can be heard but, because of what I choose to say, it is not considered as important as other voices. Not all societal voices are equal.

[alias_sqbr]

Not very useful but: That sucks :(