Day of Silence: Stupidest Gay Rights Protest Ever
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is promoting today as the 12th annual Day of Silence. The idea is that you help promote awareness of gay rights by not talking about anything all day… including gay rights.
Considering the centuries that homosexuals have been forced into silence by society, this strikes me as the most ironically ineffectual protest idea ever. They have sincerely good intentions, but I can’t imagine how something like this can produce any good results.
According to ReligiousTolerance.org, for example, a fundamentalist Christian group took advantage of a recent Day of Silence to stage their own “Truth Without Interruption Day.” By remaining silent, supporters of gay rights were unable to make any counterpoints against their opponents. That, of course, was the whole idea behind TWID.
Oscar Wilde — the famed wit imprisoned for homosexuality in 1895 — probably said it best:
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Congratulations, GLSEN, on your fatal overdose of sincerity.
