The case for slave reparations is flimsy because all Americans living now have never owned slaves and all black people living now were never enslaved. The case for gay reparations (yeah, that’s a thing) is even less compelling since gay people were never enslaved at all and yet the New York Times is calling for financial compensation for the LGBT community. This should really open up the flood gates for all people who have been made fun of to receive reparations like gingers, fatties, and four-eyeses.
Here’s a real thing form the NYT:
Other countries are taking steps to atone for their shameful past treatment of L.G.B.T. people. The United States should too.
How ‘bout no.
Although there is no one-size-fits-all model when it comes to gay reparation, countries have taken three distinct approaches. The most common is “moral rehabilitation,” which entails a formal apology by the state and the expunging of criminal records of those convicted of a homosexual offense. There’s also financial compensation for loss of income and pensions. Finally, there’s “truth-telling,” or an official report on past wrongs that incorporates steps for reparation.
So that’s an apology, cash, and another apology? I still feel like that’s a firm “no.”
Certainly, the case for gay reparation in the United States is as compelling, if not more so, than in other Western democracies.
If by “compelling” the NYT means “stupid” then yeah, I agree. Otherwise, not so much.
Believe it or not, the NYT dragged Trump into this ridiculous call for gay reparations:
The Trump administration has also displayed a keen hostility toward the gay community. Early on, all references to L.G.B.T. people were erased from government websites, including the 2017 apology issued by Secretary of State John Kerry for “decades of prejudice” toward gay and lesbians at the State Department. This month, the Trump administration rejected requests to fly the rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, at American embassies during the month of June, a practice begun by the Obama administration as a sign of America’s support for L.G.B.T. rights.
Amazingly enough, the Trump administration wouldn’t let US embassies fly furry flags, toe-sucker flags, or any flags associated with sexual fetishes and deviancy. Clearly there are a lot of freak reparations to be handed out.
Despite these daunting obstacles, gay reparation is a struggle worth pursuing. Although it remains a relatively new phenomenon, it has so far shown itself to be a useful tool for restoring dignity for those victimized by discriminatory policies and for allowing countries to close long and painful chapters of homosexual repression. At the same time, gay reparation can serve to familiarize and sensitize the public about the injustices of the past, especially a new generation of L.G.B.T. people in the West who have mainly known freedom in their lifetimes.
No one has ever been able to explain why I, who has never owned a slave, isn’t related to anyone who owned a slave, and whose family came to America after the abolition of slavery, should have to pay for slave reparations. The case for me having to chip on gay reparations is even less compelling.
Basically we’re reaching the point where anyone who has ever felt picked on thinks they deserve to be compensated. Soon nerds, goths, short people, ESL students, and Smash Mouth fans will all be demanding the government give them reparations.
Well shit, if that’s the way things are going, let’s do it. I’m a conservative living in ultra-liberal California so obviously I’m oppressed. I’m not represented at any level of government besides POTUS and my vote doesn’t count for anything. My rights as a gun owner are infringed upon and I have to pay excessive taxes for stupid liberal shit that I don’t agree with. If ever their were a case for reparations it’s for conservatives living in liberal strongholds like Cali, NY, Illinois, etc..
Send me some money to cover my pain and to offset the higher cost of living and lower personal freedom I suffer through. I guess I could just move someplace else but I’d rather bitch about it and get a big fat government check.
