tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post7496586603611830784..comments2024-03-28T08:03:32.297-07:00Comments on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants to get spanked on lgbt rights againBlackTsunamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349560427762283170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-83922859839460129772016-01-14T15:31:37.195-08:002016-01-14T15:31:37.195-08:00I think there is something you need to understand ...I think there is something you need to understand about Indiana. We are, above all else, a polite society. There is a reason why the term, "Hoosier hospitality" was coined. The thing is, this makes the dynamics of our politics very strange. There are really very few nasty anti-gay people in Indiana. You know, the ones who would hold up signs to tell you that you are going to hell. Given the grand wizard of the KKK is from Indiana that may be hard to believe, but it is true. Not that they aren't here, but in truth, most find that simply impolite. Most the anti-gay Hoosiers are more likely to smile politely and clap nicely when the pride march walks by. They don't want to be rood to people putting on a pretty show for them. But if there was a vote the very next day on our civil rights, they'd vote against them. <br /><br />Most will say they are so nice, none of the issues we talk about are real. Why do you need protection from discrimination, when all you need to do is not tell people your privet business? Really, they believe that. The fact is, those same people who smiled and waved, and told their kids to smile and wave at the march going by are more likely to vote for the republican promising to discriminate against you than not. <br /><br />The fact is, the outcry against these laws isn't so loud because the majority of Hoosiers are opposed to it, but because the one's for it are really just to proper and 'nice' to say so in front of people they may actually genuinely like. In many ways, Indiana is just as racist and anti-gay as the most backwater area of the deep south. You'll probably see just about as many confederate flags in Indiana as you likely would in Kentucky. They will smile nicely and even offer you iced tea, or a cup of coffee as they tell you that you are inferior to them, and it is god's will for you to be so. And they will never see the hypocrisy in it. <br /><br />Because of all this, it sounds like Indiana is staunchly opposed to these laws he is passing, but the truth is, the majority of voters are all for it. Most likely, they don't think it goes far enough. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468344973499553581noreply@blogger.com