Stop whatever you’re doing, and watch this powerful ad on child abuse.
It breaks my heart that such violence happens to helpless children.
I completely lost it at the 0:10 mark. I’m watching it for the fourth time, and it still gets me. I am in tears.
I recently stumbled into a Tumblr post about someone’s romantic relationship (same-sex relationship, to be specific. I’m not gay-shaming. This information is completely relevant.) that made me went ballistic. Hell, ballistic might even be an understatement.
I usually do not give a fuck on other people’s relationship unless 1) a close friend of mine is involved, and 2) my celebrity crush is dating someone basic. But going back to the topic, the amount of emotion that the post drew out from me was overwhelming. It’s like I never felt so furious in a while, that I just wanted to pull a Manny Pacquiao on his bigoted ass. And that’s coming from the most pacific person in the world.
So the post was about his relationship with, as I’d like to call it, his quasi-boyfriend mainly because their “relationship” seems pretty dysfunctional. And his principles too, I might add. The blog post had a ton of opinions masked as facts that he said he was telling “on behalf of the other gay people”. Adding fuel to the fire, he said that the common conceptions on same-sex relationships are wrong. Permission to punch him in the throat?
Let me point out the gist of this Tumblr entry.
Eve was just actually Steve in drag. The leaf was there to strategically cover his really bad tuck.
1. Men ought to be with women. And vice versa.
I know this one has been a source of unending debates until now. This can be a separate blog entry on it’s own, but for the sake of the integrity of my rant, I’m keeping this on a minimum.
If you were in a gay person’s shoes, how on earth can you adhere to such thing? It’s like you’re breaking the ultimate rule of homosexuality (if there’s one). Don’t you notice that you take us back in time when liking someone who shares the same sex chromosome as you is universally considered a sin? Never take for granted all those years spent fighting homophobia. And we’re not even done yet!
Honey, you are basically going against the essence of being a homosexual, let’s be real.
We’re taking the Andy Warhol quote a bit seriously, are we?
2. A gay man has to allow his partner to go out/shag a woman…
… because, in the end, plugs go into sockets.
Although polygamy still exists up to now, we can’t deny the fact that finding out your partner is cheating on you never calls for a celebration. More like a really bad breakup. But, apparently, I have to tolerate this if I am a homosexual? Since when is this a rule? Last time I checked, same-sex relationships and fidelity are not mutually exclusive.
I’m in no position to give a relationship advice, because I myself have been single ever since I came out of my mother’s womb. But I, being a non-believer of polygamy, am not stupid to just give my (imaginary) boyfriend permission to cheat on me–and eventually leave me–for a woman.
How do you sleep at night knowing that the person you love is doing the dirty with another person, and you can’t do anything about it? How would you feel knowing that you’re sharing your partner with a stranger? How do even enter a relationship fully aware that breaking up is inevitable? HOW DO YOU EVEN BELIEVE SUCH STUPIDITY?
Sorry, North Star, you’re gonna need a divorce real soon.
3. Same-sex relationships are temporary.
The lines Marina & the Diamonds sing in “Homewrecker” (a personal favorite), “Every boyfriend is the one, until otherwise proven / The good are never easy, the easy never good / And love, it never happens like you think it really should,” apparently do not apply to me because there would never be “the one” that actually owns a penis.
According to Cosmopolitan (aka the perfect relationship adviser), the top three reasons why couples break up are: falling out of love, cheating, and lying. On this list of top 10 reasons, nowhere do I see “Because destiny told us so” or something along these lines.
It’s like you know you’re gonna grow old either alone or unhappy with a woman because, sooner or later, every relationship with a man has to have an end because it’s completely against #1. I’m not sure if he’s this dumb, or he’s just plain cynical, but this was mind-numbingly stupid coming from someone who proudly calls himself gay.
“What’s that you’re sucking in your mouth?” “My Sugar Daddy.”
4. Chivalry is an inherent part of the relationship.
Translation: The “femme” one ought to financially provide for the boyfriend on his own. You know what you’re called? A sugar daddy. And your boyfriend? A gay-for-pay.
When a man enters a relationship with a man, assuming that he’s legitimately attracted and not because he’s paid for, I’m pretty sure both of them are gay. If that is the case, wouldn’t be your moronic rule apply to both of you? Should it not be the case, think about your life choices because what you have there is a major case of gay-for-pay right under your nose.
I hope you do realize that, from the sounds of it, this whole thing is founded on you constantly providing just to keep your relationship running. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if your partner calls it off the moment you stop shelling out money. If he does, I’m sorry to burst your happy bubble, but he’s obviously here for the $$$.
Chivalry is [almost] dead, hunty. Let it go.
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Being a homosexual, it’s completely normal for me to have a soft spot on something that I’m advocating for. Having come out of the closet (and a very fabulous one, dahling), I felt the need to further push the envelope on issues with which I am, in one way or another, affected. I’ve had a fair share of arguments–both in real life and on the internet–with conservatives who condemn people who happen to be attracted to the same sex. And boy does it get ugly. Sure I’ve come across gay friends of mine who had differing opinions I don’t particularly agree with. But this one… this one brought something new to the table.
I just can’t believe that a gay man could be so closed-minded about his lifestyle. It’s like a real-life oxymoron. And to think he shamelessly judged someone for “lacking knowledge on modern society”. Psh, modern society my ass.
If there’s one advice I’d give to him, it’s this: Lay off the Brokeback Mountain marathon, mister.
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