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ARE Straight Black Men the White People of Black People?
So . . . THIS happened, from a YouTuber I’d initially found refreshing, but with whom I’ve recently been growing . . . disenchanted:
“|NEWS|HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ADMITS REGISTERED CHILD SEX OFFENDER READ TO KIDS.” SEIJI HITO, Youtube. September 29, 2019. [8:15]
To the YouTuber and his angry mob-commentors, I responded thusly . . . keeping in mind that:
“The first three lines come from a reply to another commentor, but the rest is a response to this video and the comments in general:
“The bigotry and homophobia expressed here, in this video and comments-section, is frightening and gross. Pedophilia is horrifying. But how does yelling at another minority group help end that, exactly? This level of anger directed at . . . Ellen DeGeneres? Don Lemon? Whomever the angry mob, here, have decided stand for ALL THE GAYS EVER? It’s ridiculous. And kids are still being hurt while idiots yell and lay blame. What does the LGBTQIA+ community think about pedophiles? BAD! VERY BAD! Do other minority groups want each and every individual in the LGBTQIA+ community to say that? We can. WE WILL. WE HAVE BEEN. Or is it only celebrities? Should they address every case or only the ones people seem to care about? What about straight people saying pedophilia is wrong? Do they have to come out en…
