“The left does not own homosexuals anymore,” said Milo Yiannopoulos, to a crowd outside the Republican National Convention. And the crowd cheered.
I’ve talked about Milo before. He’s a controversial figure. So much so that Twitter just banned him for life. (That had something to do with his tweets about, of all things, the new Ghostbusters movie, and the racist tweets of his followers directed at one of its stars.)
Openly gay, he nevertheless has his priorities. “Donald Trump is best placed to end the tyranny of political correctness in this country. Many Trump supporters and Republicans have their challenges with the gay thing. But there’s a world of difference between refusing to bake a cake and opening fire” … at gay men and women in a nightclub.
There’s a lot to be said of Milo’s somewhat startling acceptance amongst conservative Republicans. Robby Soave deals with the important stuff at Reason.
What interests me is the basic contention: “The left does not own …”
The idea that people of certain races or sexual proclivities belong, naturally, to one side of the political spectrum is … itself racist or sexist.
The issues that divide left, right, center, today, are not primarily about race. Or sexual orientation/preference/display, etc. Balanced budgets, war, rule of law, taxation, redistribution — positions on these issues don’t adhere to people because of race or sex or what-have-you.
I wish gays and Republicans the best in coming to terms with this most obvious of truths. Let’s hope blacks, Asians, the homely and the beautiful also come to their senses. So we can all discuss politics rationally.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
4 replies on “No One Owns Anybody Else”
Thanks for bringing this up. I think a lot of conservatives, myself included, are tired of the left’s trying to categorize as us as hating or being afraid of gays (homophobic — really?). LGBT people (or any other group for that matter) can do whatever they want, as long as they don’t try to use the government to force me to participate.
What I have a problem with is when newly-minted civil rights are promoted as trumping other basic rights, particularly those listed in the Bill of Rights.
Maybe no one ‘owns’ anybody else but there are a lot of people that believe everyone else ‘owes’ them something. If you dare to challenge someone’s claim against you then you are a bigot, racist, some of kind of phobe, etc.
Pat — nice twist of a phrase. Nobody owns us and we don;t owe anybody a living.
Will there ever be equality between the homely and the beautiful until everyone has lost all discrimination?