Clint Eastwood: ‘I don’t give a f*ck’ if gays marry
Where we read one of the wisest philosophies ever:
“Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone.”
Damned straight. It doesn’t matter if you are personally offended or icked out by someone elses behavior, whether it’s surfing naked, collecting guns, listening to rap music, reading Marx, eating bacon (mmm, bacon), tatooing Hello Kitty on their nads, reading the Koran or making a fabulous beast with two backs… if they ain’t breaking your leg or picking your pocket or rolling around on your property while doing their ickworthy deeds… then you are not being injured and have no cause to prevent them from doing what makes ’em happy.
At the same time, if what you’re doing, how you’re dressed or what you believe sets you outside the mainstream and/or you know that it icks people out… shut your yap about “tolerance.” If you aren’t hurting others or their property, they have no right to stop you. At the same time, you have no right to determine what *their* opinions should be. You have no right to be “accepted.”
*Real* diversity will be in force when society is full of people who, when asked about their neighbor, say: “Him? He’s a disgusting freak who believes stupid things and dresses all wrong, and we get along just fine.” “Diversity” as it’s foisted upon us these days is just a mutant alternate term for “making sure nobody judges anything negatively.”
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And, if we so choose, we have the right to have *MORE* government involved in our lives. And, if we so choose, we have the right to give the government the keys to our bedrooms. “Not only do we want you to see what we do in our bedrooms, we also want you to have the keys to our bedrooms. Not only that, *YOU* have to see it!”
“Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone.”
It’s a wise philosophy, and if you live by it, then you truly are wise.
> we have the right to have *MORE* government involved in our lives
You have the right to invite more government involvement into YOUR life if YOU so wish. You do not have the right have have more government involved in SOMEONE ELSE’s life simply because you’re offended or nosy.
I think you got that, I’m just making sure.
>> I think you got that, I’m just making sure.
Don’t worry I got it. I’m one of those who wants less government in his life, not more. Personally, I want to keep the gov out of my life and my bedroom. I just made the quote to make a point.
Right on Scott!
I’ve always liked Rand’s opinion on homosexuality: “I find it disgusting, and think all laws against it should be repealed.” Not because I find homosexuality disgusting, but because she understood that principle, and was willing to state it flat out. Of course, finding homosexuality disgusting was probably a little more socially acceptable in the 60s and 70s, but still.
> Of course, finding homosexuality disgusting was probably a little more socially acceptable in the 60s and 70s, but still.
Lots of people find lots of things disgusting, but today there seems to be a lot more public “acceptance.” But I often wonder how much of it is real acceptance, and how much of it is people simply learning to keep their traps shut. There can be some *serious* personal, financial, career and even legal repercussions for stating, without rancor, your honest views on certain topics. Some are obvious… the guy who states that he does not believe in God is *not* going to be elected POTUS anytime soon. Some less so… the same statement of non-belief can lead a perfectly normal career to come to an abrupt halt. “I find homosexuality to be perverted/disgusting/immoral/against God’s laws/etc.” can lead to all kinds of nonsensical employment shenanigans, such as mandatory “sensitivity training” and such rubbish.
And when people learn that they need to keep their opinions to themselves, this can lead to a feeling – not unwarranted – of persecution. Which can make things *worse.*
Amen to that!
Libertarians are those scare, dangerous people who want to seize control of the government and then … not bother anyone.