About 28% of people in the world are Muslims. Almost two billion people. Almost one in three human beings.
On the other hand, the percentage of gay people is variously estimated somewhere from 1% (self-reported to Statistics Canada in the census) to maybe 8.2% (Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are, The Atlantic, 2012-05-31). So let's even be generous and say 10%. One in 10 people.
Why am I on about this? Because if you're pro-gay rights and anti-Islam, you're discrimating against three times more people, at the very least, than if you're pro-Islam and anti-gay rights. But maybe as much as thirty times more. You think the anti-gay marriage people are reactionary bigots and you can insult and belittle them because you're so fucking right... but you're by far the bigger bigot.
That's pretty funny. To me, that is. Probably not to you pro-gay-anti-Islam-name-calling bigots.
On the other hand, the percentage of gay people is variously estimated somewhere from 1% (self-reported to Statistics Canada in the census) to maybe 8.2% (Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are, The Atlantic, 2012-05-31). So let's even be generous and say 10%. One in 10 people.
Why am I on about this? Because if you're pro-gay rights and anti-Islam, you're discrimating against three times more people, at the very least, than if you're pro-Islam and anti-gay rights. But maybe as much as thirty times more. You think the anti-gay marriage people are reactionary bigots and you can insult and belittle them because you're so fucking right... but you're by far the bigger bigot.
That's pretty funny. To me, that is. Probably not to you pro-gay-anti-Islam-name-calling bigots.
No comments:
Post a Comment