This is a little addendum to my post about Take Action! b/c the following incident happened at the show.
First though, what I came across an article today where last month a fifteen-year-old Oxnard, CA student came out and said he was gay. After his epiphany, he began to wear make-up and more feminine clothing. Then he was shot at point blank range in the school’s computer lab. He died a few days later in the hospital. Another student shot him. The shooter was fourteen. He was charged with a hate crime. The fifteen-year-old was killed for being diff’t from the other boys in the school.
I know I am probably a hypocrite for writing this piece. I use the word “faggot” and “gay” all the time. I don’t use it hatefully though. I don’t see people as black, white, gay, anything. Not sure if it’s just my generation or my tolerance level, but I think everyone looks the same. Words are just words, but when you put hate behind them, that’s when words begin to take shape and turn into something horrible and painful.
When I was at the show last week, I saw words become more than just words. And it made me mad.
I was at a rock concert. Bands are always telling the fans to take care of each other in the pit, look out for one another, how they are happy we are there together sharing the experience, how we’re all equals. We’re all there to enjoy the music and have a good time. In between the sets, there was this guy who was dressed a little diff’t from the guy standing behind him. And by diff’t I mean the guy was wearing skin-tight jeans, a white t-shirt, a black vest, and had his hair teased out like one of the guys from Dirty Penny (these guys rule by the way). Seriously, not really out of place. Well, the guy behind him, this drunk fucking prick, fucking meathead, started calling the guy dressed a little off, a “fucking faggot.” And did it a number of times trying to get his attention. He told him to “get his faggot ass and get out.” The “funny looking” guy ignored him and went on having fun with his friends. The meathead was a total fucking asshole in every sense of the word. Is that necessary?
I feel if you catch someone calling someone else a faggot in a hurtful way, b/c of how he’s dressed or otherwise, you should be able to kick the living snot out of him. Right then and there. No consequences. What a total fucking prick.