This is one of those moments where you think, “Uh…thanks? Cool? I guess?” In case you can’t quite tell what’s going on, the University of Chicago chapter of Alpha Delta Phi took it upon themselves to piss off Ted Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church aka These Fuckers Almost Make Hitler Look Like a Care Bear (Except That They Haven’t Committed Any Acts of Genocide As Far As I Know, So That’s Actually a Terribly Unfair and Moderately to Extremely Tasteless and Ignorant Comparison, But I Hope It Drives the Point Home Regardless) by imitating the Village People and dancing like big gay stereotypes. So way to go, Frat Boys*, for combating prejudice and stereotypes by…reinforcing stereotypes.
The Westboro Baptist Church once similarly protested a performance of The Laramie Project in Boston’s South End, and in case the pink borders on the South End wiki website didn’t make it clear, the only way to avoid being the gayest thing since gay came to Gaytown is by actually being Gaytown; enter the South End (I mean, if you really want to enter the South End, that’s cool with me. Really. I won’t judge you. Hell, I lived there for 2 years. They have lots of nice gardens, and all of the bars make very strong drinks despite the apparent lack of women in their demographic). See, the WBC believes that the killing of Matthew Shepherd in fact had nothing to do with his sexuality, but rather, it was a strictly gang-related act of retaliation for some drug deal in which he was involved. The mere fact that it was said to be a hate crime is, apparently, further proof of the vast, insidious conspiracy known only as The Homosexual Agenda. Unfortunately for the Westboro Baptists (is that like Southern Baptist?), only about 5 people showed up, as opposed to the 250+ Counter-Protesters. Even better is that, in an effort to undermine the efforts of the church, a number of gay philanthropists have started pledging money for every minute that these protests continue. In the end, these 5 lonely homophobes spent a mere 45 minutes raising $5,000+ for pro-LGBT causes. GO TEAM. Way to stick it to the (gay) man.
*Then again, what do I know? I am, by most definitions, a “Frat** Boy” myself. Except that mine is a co-ed professional arts/communication fraternity, which means that more than half of my fraternity consists of chicks, and that more than half of the remaining are gay themselves. We once prided ourselves on being the only fraternity that could spoon without being too gay.
**And it’s called it a FRATERNITY. Would you call your country a cunt? Didn’t think so.
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