You don’t play it to her, you play it to the crowd she’s trying to convince. When we’re being rougher around the edges we should be targeted. The Stonewall riots are a great example, we had been attacked by the law and resisted violently. ACT UP was loud and disruptive and never let you forget that it was about our people dying.
I’m not saying we should be quiet about her or play nice with her, I’m saying when you go on the offensive make sure that someone who has no idea what’s going on here and might be sympathetic to your cause doesn’t think you’re the bad guy. Constantly saying “kill yourself” to a children’s author turned bigotry financier without even bringing up why she’s evil when you do it is just venting your anger, not advancing our cause.
The right is going to depict us as unsympathetic and violent no matter what we do. They feel no responsibility to the truth because the crowd they play to believes everything they say without question. Playing the good queer gets us nowhere. Their acceptance cannot be gained that way.
Hon, don’t try and play Good Queer to people who want you gone. It doesn’t work. That’s explicitly why we have Pride.
You don’t play it to her, you play it to the crowd she’s trying to convince. When we’re being rougher around the edges we should be targeted. The Stonewall riots are a great example, we had been attacked by the law and resisted violently. ACT UP was loud and disruptive and never let you forget that it was about our people dying.
I’m not saying we should be quiet about her or play nice with her, I’m saying when you go on the offensive make sure that someone who has no idea what’s going on here and might be sympathetic to your cause doesn’t think you’re the bad guy. Constantly saying “kill yourself” to a children’s author turned bigotry financier without even bringing up why she’s evil when you do it is just venting your anger, not advancing our cause.
The right is going to depict us as unsympathetic and violent no matter what we do. They feel no responsibility to the truth because the crowd they play to believes everything they say without question. Playing the good queer gets us nowhere. Their acceptance cannot be gained that way.