Comments on: The Oppression Game http://www.365gay.com/blog/the-oppression-game/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: bob http://www.365gay.com/blog/the-oppression-game/comment-page-1/#comment-7735 bob Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:29:55 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=2323#comment-7735 I agree with Kate, is there anymore meat to this story? What about how these messages serve to cause fights/friction intragroup? I was expecting a bit more breadth... I agree with Kate, is there anymore meat to this story? What about how these messages serve to cause fights/friction intragroup?

I was expecting a bit more breadth…

]]> By: Kate http://www.365gay.com/blog/the-oppression-game/comment-page-1/#comment-7734 Kate Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=2323#comment-7734 Is that the whole story? Really? Two paragraphs linked to a headline front and center of the main page? Is that the whole story? Really? Two paragraphs linked to a headline front and center of the main page?

]]> By: Victoria http://www.365gay.com/blog/the-oppression-game/comment-page-1/#comment-7725 Victoria Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:22:02 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=2323#comment-7725 But there is a gross political double-standards in effect. There is effectively a zero-tolerance policy in the media and most political circles with blatant racism, which is further pursued in the MSM even when 'unconscious' or allegedly 'institutional'. In contrast sexism (against men & women) and homophobia (including gender expression) are perfectly acceptable to express, indeed common, in many formal (e.g. media, political) contexts, especially if you dress your bigotry up as a matter of faith, 'science' or provocative 'common sense'. The privileged position of race chills debate because it becomes difficult to attack often violent misogyny and homophobia among non-European ethnic groups. Any attempt to do so makes you automatically 'racist' in the view of more than a few commentators. It is not always about who is "bottom of the bottom" in this debate, but rather an issue of being morally and ideologically consistent. My equality is not negotiable out of racial or religious 'sensitivity'. But there is a gross political double-standards in effect. There is effectively a zero-tolerance policy in the media and most political circles with blatant racism, which is further pursued in the MSM even when ‘unconscious’ or allegedly ‘institutional’. In contrast sexism (against men & women) and homophobia (including gender expression) are perfectly acceptable to express, indeed common, in many formal (e.g. media, political) contexts, especially if you dress your bigotry up as a matter of faith, ‘science’ or provocative ‘common sense’.

The privileged position of race chills debate because it becomes difficult to attack often violent misogyny and homophobia among non-European ethnic groups. Any attempt to do so makes you automatically ‘racist’ in the view of more than a few commentators. It is not always about who is “bottom of the bottom” in this debate, but rather an issue of being morally and ideologically consistent. My equality is not negotiable out of racial or religious ‘sensitivity’.

]]> By: Chris http://www.365gay.com/blog/the-oppression-game/comment-page-1/#comment-7723 Chris Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:16:06 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=2323#comment-7723 Um, duh. Talk about filler. Um, duh. Talk about filler.

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