Random sociopolitical rant

[brightlotusmoon]

Look, don't tell me my gay atheist conservative right wing Republican friends can't exist. They're not unicorns, damn it. People don't fit into your neat little boxes. And don't you dare tell me that it is impossible to be a gay atheist conservative right wing Republican living in Virginia with a long term same sex partner. I just talked to both of them on the phone about their cat's failing health. They exist!
You know what, stop talking. Just shut up.
What the hell is wrong with people? People exist outside of boxes and stereotypes whether you want them to or not. In fact, one of the most amusing things I have ever, ever heard was "Your friend claims to be a gay pagan pro-choice conservative Republican? Then he's not a real Republican, because real Republicans can't be gay or pagan or pro-choice." This was said by a left wing liberal Democrat who bragged about being accepting of all people no matter what and who claimed to never stereotype people. I almost cyber-bitchslapped him.
It's even funnier than the guy who told me I was a bad pagan because I was not a liberal Democrat.
Damn it, humanity, stop making me facepalm and headdesk all over the place.
Boxes. They can be broken. Seriously.
Argh.

This is why I stay out of politics. Politics make my head hurt.

If I wasn't in so much physical pain right now, I might rant more, but this is all I can come up with.

Comments

[odilla.livejournal.com]

I think that people forget that politics is more than just two sides of a coin.
There is social and economic axis to look at for one thing.

It's like looking at a rainbow and telling the color green to pick black or white.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly.

Most of my friends are all over the place politically. Some of them identify as conservative, with "liberal ideals" such as pro-choice, pro-gay rights, etc. But who's to say that being pro-choice and pro-gay is only for liberals? That's what annoys me. These boxes. These "rules." Show me a rule, and I will show you a handful of people who defy that rule.