Vek's Video--Sarah Will Run
Officially not another twenty-four hours, but I wanted to share this. It isn't mine. It was done by one of the moderators of a certain roleplaying forum that I frequent, and it strikes a chord. Does it ever.
http://youtu.be/KQF9GU3AYMw
While I might bicker a little over some of the wording, and am as guilty as any other cis-male out there of occasionally not being as sensitive as could be hoped, I can but hope that someday soon, those in Sarah's position will no longer fear being judged for what they are...and that I will have helped make that happen in some small way instead of being one of the obstacles they will have had to overcome.
It took me long enough to start listening to the voices of the small. I never learned so much before I started. I'm sorry it took me a little longer than it should have to grow up enough to do so.
On a side note, new rule: whenever I see a headline like "who are the real bigots about gay marriage" I will listen to my intuition that the following commentary will boil down to a lot of whining about tone by someone who cannot tell the difference between punching up and punching down, cherry-picks quotes out of context, and generally ought to contemplate more and talk less. I will not indulge my morbid sense of curiosity by clicking on said headline only to find that intuition was once again dead on.
http://youtu.be/KQF9GU3AYMw
While I might bicker a little over some of the wording, and am as guilty as any other cis-male out there of occasionally not being as sensitive as could be hoped, I can but hope that someday soon, those in Sarah's position will no longer fear being judged for what they are...and that I will have helped make that happen in some small way instead of being one of the obstacles they will have had to overcome.
It took me long enough to start listening to the voices of the small. I never learned so much before I started. I'm sorry it took me a little longer than it should have to grow up enough to do so.
On a side note, new rule: whenever I see a headline like "who are the real bigots about gay marriage" I will listen to my intuition that the following commentary will boil down to a lot of whining about tone by someone who cannot tell the difference between punching up and punching down, cherry-picks quotes out of context, and generally ought to contemplate more and talk less. I will not indulge my morbid sense of curiosity by clicking on said headline only to find that intuition was once again dead on.