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conuly
Y'know, people who argue for equal rights for gay people will point out that it's "perfectly normal" to be gay. And it's "perfectly normal" to be a lefty, right? And it's "perfectly normal" to, say, not want kids.
Yeah. Except that when you're in a minority, you're kinda, by definition, not normal. It's not perfectly normal.
And that's okay!
I don't have to be normal. I mean, what would that say about us, any of us, that our big goal in life is to be normal. How boring! I'm NOT NORMAL in many respects - most visibly, I'm a lefty, and I wear glasses. That's not normal. It's a boring way of not being normal, but that's fine - I don't have to go around declaring how "normal" I am to gather together the shreds of my self-worth, or to convince the sillies that I'm not a threat because of my sinister lefty ways.
You're gay? Great. Sure, that's normal for you, but it's not normal for the population that's not gay - and that's good. If you're reading my journal, you're probably my friend, which means you're a cool person who isn't normal. You're really interested in some obscure author nobody's ever heard of but you? *coughs* Okay, that's me - and it's not normal, and that's great! Hilari Bell rocks, even if I'm all alone in saying that.
Stop talking about how normal things are, unless they really *are* normal. There's nothing *wrong* with not being normal, and you already know that (I hope and assume), so why skirt around the issue?
*checks clock*
Yeah, I'm drunk on tiredness. Night all. Djusk' a.
Yeah. Except that when you're in a minority, you're kinda, by definition, not normal. It's not perfectly normal.
And that's okay!
I don't have to be normal. I mean, what would that say about us, any of us, that our big goal in life is to be normal. How boring! I'm NOT NORMAL in many respects - most visibly, I'm a lefty, and I wear glasses. That's not normal. It's a boring way of not being normal, but that's fine - I don't have to go around declaring how "normal" I am to gather together the shreds of my self-worth, or to convince the sillies that I'm not a threat because of my sinister lefty ways.
You're gay? Great. Sure, that's normal for you, but it's not normal for the population that's not gay - and that's good. If you're reading my journal, you're probably my friend, which means you're a cool person who isn't normal. You're really interested in some obscure author nobody's ever heard of but you? *coughs* Okay, that's me - and it's not normal, and that's great! Hilari Bell rocks, even if I'm all alone in saying that.
Stop talking about how normal things are, unless they really *are* normal. There's nothing *wrong* with not being normal, and you already know that (I hope and assume), so why skirt around the issue?
*checks clock*
Yeah, I'm drunk on tiredness. Night all. Djusk' a.
