Focus on blind rage

[drwex]

This URL came across on a humor list I frequent:
http://www.focusonyourchild.com/develop/art1/A0000684.html

My reaction wasn't "aren't those fundamentalists funny" but rather "I will now reach out and choke the life out of anyone who messes up their children with this crap." I mean like I want to feel this jerk's windpipe slowly crush under my fingers as his eyes (because I know it was a guy) bug out. It was a bit startling to experience that reaction.

I guess it's part of becoming a parent. I am watching my own children play around with gender, roles, and identity. I and they know other kids who wear whatever clothes they please, have hair whatever length they please, and often they're able to identify and freely express their emotions. Sometimes they roughhouse and other times they don't like it and would rather sit and make pretty pictures. THIS IS GOOD! Hello? Important! DO NOT MESS THIS UP, YOU NARROW-MINDED FRIGHTENED DOGMATISTS! Most especially don't get your crap on my kids.

Sometimes the heterosexual agenda depresses me. Today's flavor, I think, is barely suppressed fury.

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[nchanter.livejournal.com]

Let me just say that I had a psyche evaluation done when i was... 16? And part of the write up included my mother's discussion of my childhood, and the fact that i didn't fit into normal gender roles was considered a "problem" I like playing with cars and the color blue and didn't like to play "mommy." My mother tried to re-inforce the gender-roles stuff and I guess it worked. But I was always really pissed that she never bought me matchbox cars and my barbies rarely wore the pink clothes and mostly wore the pants outfits i had for them.

I also use to excell at math and science and sucked at the liberal arts. Somewhere in there I actually became a girl. I'm quilting these days for goddesses sake.

But yea, the right sucks. And kids should be allowed to play with whatever they want. Boys should be allowed to play with dolls and have tea parties and I should have been allowed to get a dumptruck, god damn it!