Saturday, December 10, 2005
Tyranny in Numbers
I've always wondered about a tactic that occasionally comes to the forefront whenever someone in the religious right is making an argument against gay rights. This argument is that the population of gays in the United States is just 1% (as opposed to the 10% figure commonly touted). Now, I know that the 10% figure is faulty (10% is the number of people who've had gay experiences; 4% is the number of "exclusive" homosexuals), but I always found the 1% figure troubling.
But now I know what it is. These greatly religious men and women, these protectors of the weak, are arguing that we should be ignored at best, crushed at worst. We are small; they are great. We should bow before them, for they can and will fuck with us.
Don't believe me? Read this quote from William Donohue, leader of the Catholic League and self-appointed field chaplain in the "War for Christmas":
"Ninety-six percent of Americans celebrate Christmas," Donohue said. "Spare me the diversity lecture."
See? In the minds of people like Donohue, the feelings of the minority do not matter. Numbers make might, and might makes right. Screw everyone else; they are small, and we can crush them.
Somebody stop these Pharisees, please.
But now I know what it is. These greatly religious men and women, these protectors of the weak, are arguing that we should be ignored at best, crushed at worst. We are small; they are great. We should bow before them, for they can and will fuck with us.
Don't believe me? Read this quote from William Donohue, leader of the Catholic League and self-appointed field chaplain in the "War for Christmas":
"Ninety-six percent of Americans celebrate Christmas," Donohue said. "Spare me the diversity lecture."
See? In the minds of people like Donohue, the feelings of the minority do not matter. Numbers make might, and might makes right. Screw everyone else; they are small, and we can crush them.
Somebody stop these Pharisees, please.
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I f numbers make right, than numbers it shall be. Tax churches for all property outside the bounds of the structural staircase to God itself, and you take the teeth from the tiger. And--lo, and behold--the tax base expands.
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