Free Speech Hypocrites

Just as these minorities have the right to speak out so do the majority of people who don't appreciate being bombarded with material that is unethical, unsuitable for all ages or offensive to the whole society, which has every right to reject foul language, and immoral conduct. People have children that look up to them and expect them to make the right decisions for them.

The issue here is not Gay's rights or actually women's sexual liberty at all. The issue is, branding ANYONE who objects to a specific line of language, conduct or behavior as backward or oppressor of free speech. In fact, the minute free speech crosses other people's rights. It's no longer free speech.

Free speech is a two way street. Just like minorities have the right to be heard, same applies to the majorities, with the added weight of democracy behind the masses. The new is allowed as much a chance as the traditional, the young and the old. Everyone needs to have a say, and then people can make up their minds as long as the dialogue progresses in a respectful manner.

Branding everything traditional as backward and flat out wrong is really nothing more than child's play, juvenile and immature at best. When you couple this with the stupidity of the rest of the barking pack that rapidly arrive to hail anything "just cuz" without even realizing what the problem is, what the circumstances and what position they are taking. Exactly the pack mentality!

The West is JUST getting to understand certain concepts like Gay-acceptance, when people in ultra-conservative Middle East are already in bed with these ideas, and leaving behind centuries of tradition, religion and culture. This is not saying that culture is right; it might just not be ready for such a major shift. It would have been more important if we had eliminated more prudent issues than to bother with what goes in people's bedrooms. Issues like the democracy, social welfare, equality between races, genders and social classes. We have a long way to go, skipping all our problems and focusing on what relates to sex alone is completely missing the bigger picture. (Exactly the narrow view I mentioned above)

Let's go to the other issue, opportunists, who are indistinguishable from mercenaries but equally hypocritical. Just look all around you to find them everywhere; let me give you a very clear example of one such retarded and cowards mentality.  The minute someone they hate is being attacked, they jump to support the opposite point. Sometimes they might be true believers of it, but they would become excessively vocal when it's some specific person on the other side of the equation. Exactly what I talked about in the pack mentality.

Let me be the first to admit that I'm not one of the people who would sugar coat crap for people. I don't comment anonymously to stay off people's hate-radar. I take the issues face on.  Granted, I'm not the favorite of many people. But I take pride in maintaining my integrity, honesty, straightforward approach towards people, and community service. Most importantly, I don't really hold grudges against people. In fact, I rarely take a matter personally. And even though I might be the worst critic of one issue, I might be the biggest supporter of another one by the very same person. However, people do turn things personal. It doesn't matter how many million things you agreed on in the past, it's a single disagreement that breaks the whole thing.

People just hate people who disagree with them, I guess, that's a universal constant. However, the only people who never disagree with you are hypocrites. Social chameleons, who think of nothing more than their own self image to make sure they continue to be favorites.

Evidently, people who disagree with you are the ones who actually keep you honest, and focused on the big picture. They provide the fabric that helps everyone expand their universe and vision. It helps us accept diversity and understand "others" that are unlike us.

We can listen, understand, and learn from people who disagree with us, if it wasn't for the greatest barrier of all... Our own ego...  Our own pride!

This ego turns great ideas we have to a single sided narrow view, and becomes completely insensitive to other views denying others similar rights. Consciously or not, that's the hallmark of hypocrisy.

You just can't have free speech when you deny it to others.