Howdy everyone. I accidentally scrolled to the wrong blog assignment last time, so hopefully I have it right this time! Last time I critiqued from a conservative blog so I figured I would switch sides and try a liberal one (from the recommended blog list).
The first post you come to starts off about a Fort Worth city counsel member named Joel Burns, who apparently is openly gay. The author continues briefly describing the counsel members words of hope to young gay people and praising his public address. Unfortunately, someone who is not a homosexual insider (like myself), is left wondering what the "LGBTQ community" is, since it it referenced numerous times in this post without explanation. Due to the nature of the article I can speculate, but I am not sure these days what is "politically correct" so if lesbian-gay-bisexual-transvestite-queer community is offensive or wrong I apologize. The author continues for the next paragraph describing his own sexual preferences and the struggles a gay person may face when in or out of the closet.
One thing that I have always found perplexing is why gay people are so vocal about being gay, it seems if the "lgbtq community" wanted to be treated like everyone else, than wouldn't it be good to actually act like everyone else (not a reference to sexual preference). Do people hold "strait parades" and "strait rallies", do strait politician reach out publicly and urge young people that being strait will get better? My guess is that the "lgbtq community" likes being different and the attention they garnish. This blog also states that suicide rates for gay teens has spiked, what about strait teens, nerds, or drug addicted teens? Do "nerds" get a break these days and I am just way out of touch? (I have been out of school for well over a decade).On another note, is it even appropriate for an elected official to be using his/her position as an official to address his/her sexual preferences publicly. What would people say if I was an elected official and went on a tangent talking about some fetish I may indulge in (wow this is hard to write about without sounding like a bigot accidentally). Continuing on in the post the author tells of the political bantering that is afflicted on basically every minority group on the planet and how harmful it can be. He does close with a nice and hopeful statement of possibility and prosperity for the future.
The second post is simply a distasteful and intentionally misleading political advertisement aimed at Gov. Rick Perry. This post and add are both ridiculous and dishonest, stating numerous times that the Texas State Governors mansion is "his" as if he owned it! Well right along side should be an advertisement bashing Obama for spending millions of dollars refashioning and powering "his" White House! Just plain stupid, and a bit hypocritical since in the previous post he semi-blames "drastic increase in hate mongering and nasty, spiteful rhetoric we've seen from political discourse today" for the troubles of gay teens!
This article is most likely written for anyone who reads it, targeting no particular demographic as far as I can tell. I think the author is well written, but makes claims without providing any sort of statistical information for comparison. I find the blog to be a worth while read, however I do not agree with the political viewpoint of the author.
Thanks Yall',
Dan-O
P.S. If at anytime I came across as politically incorrect or offensive it was completely unintentional, I hold no malice or discontent with the "Lgbtq or gay communities"... whatever that stands for.
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