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Originally Posted by the truth

trust me I did understand every word. You dont understand where Im coming from at all you need to open your mind to the fact there are billions of people in worse situations who suffer infinitely worse discrimination than a drag queen at a crossing or a gay person in ireland. this man and those who follow him need to get a greater perspective of life and drop some of the self pitying mentality. gay people and drag artists have more rights in ireland than many other oppressed people have in most countries in the world.

Oh I really hate that view of "put everything into perspective", it's such a ridiculous way of shutting other people's views and feelings out. I think it was a brilliant speech that eloquently put across exactly what homophobia is and gives a fair and balanced explanation of how it affects us all because we're brought up in a society that condones homophobia on so many levels. I think Panti Bliss is brave and the world needs brave people with brains in order to make changes happen.