ON LEAVING THE GAY LEFT

Great interview with Charles Winecoff on his waking up.

Takes some guts to think for oneself, admit one's non-adherence to the dictates of the Gay Ayatollahs and other leftist demagogues and brave the inevitable hatred. From the interview at Front Page:

On his past:

...I thought Communists were just nonconformists, people who thought differently from rightwing American Puritans - and who, like gays, were punished for their difference.

I knew nothing of the very real history of famine and mass murder in Communist countries around the world. I had no concept of totalitarianism - why would I? - except for a very narcissistic, mythical idea revolving around an imperialistic America that could not tolerate any thought or lifestyle that threatened its healthy, wealthy, post-War image. Unfortunately, this lack of education about world history - and American history - is still very prevalent today.

Same thing happened to me:

...after 9/11 I really began to view things differently, I started evolving. You could call it growing up. I could no longer just spout the party line that everything was America's fault, and leave it at that. That's a convenient excuse people use to dismiss unpleasant reality and get on with their day. That just didn't cut it for me anymore. Meanwhile, the attitude among most people I knew was increasingly self-hating - terrorism was entirely our fault, Bush's fault, and the jihad was somehow justified. Friends would make gloating jokes when Americans were beheaded, as if to say, "See what an idiot Bush is." But no one seemed to care about the people whose heads were actually sawed off.

On Gay culture:

...I do think the gay community in America is kind of stuck.... It's almost as if the gay community, which is generally affluent, doesn't know how to do anything but play victim....

the gay community rarely gives society at large any credit for how far it has come in accepting us. Some gay activists I know continue to treat their straight friends and acquaintances as if they're a bunch of backward, knuckle-dragging ingrates. It's very patronizing. Personally, I think it's time for the gays to take stock of how much they have gained over the past forty years - which is to say almost all the same rights as heterosexuals - and try a new tack.

An effort needs to be made at this point to make friends with our fellow Americans, stop the us-against-them attitude, and show some mutual respect. Because we all need to work together. Yes, gay couples in The Netherlands may have full marriage rights already - but they also have hostile Islamic immigrants to contend with, who, from what I have read, are starting to destroy what was once considered a gay paradise. So if we are to keep advancing, and living the lives we want, we need allies here at home. I'm tired of the complaining. I want to see gays show a little more generosity towards their fellow Americans. Because they - we - are not the enemy. And this no time for confusion about that. There are imams in mosques all over the place - in Nigeria, in the UK, even in Canada - who regularly call for the death and beheading of homosexuals. But for whatever reason, the gay community here in America seems to take no offense. This is a growing problem that really needs to be addressed, because everyday it gets a little closer.

Damn, this guy is great.