The coterie that continue to bash the HRC just for the sake of it continues apace (honestly, if there is some constructive criticism in there somewhere, I'm missing it).
The 'gay movement' is not a political organization, afterall, strictly speaking. A political group can expel members, but you cannot expel someone from being gay. The whole movement has to go forward together. This is what so many "independents" seem to be missing.
Now, the HRC is a political organization, yet some people complain that their culture is too straightjacket. Well, d'oh, that's what they are supposed to do, to try to set political priorities, to have discipline, against the backdrop of everyone who has something that absolutely cannot be left behind.
Hell, we have people out there talking up on 'gay marriage' who are responsible to no one, who hold no regular open meetings, who are basically just folks who have a view and seem to be carrying on "o.k.". No one, that I know, has called them to a 'town meeting' to explain what their priorities are for the upcoming year, demanded their membership numbers, or flipped up their corporate logos for ridicule.
In other words, on THE centrally contested issue with THE most long-term impact of the upcoming year, the 'gay movement' is essentially autonomous and decentralized and 'unaccountable' (and may include some individuals who aren't even motivated properly, who knows).
It's clear that the HRC haven't got it right all the time, but somehow fisking the HRC's press releases or whatever doesn't look like it is going to develop greater foresight for anyone.
Besides, you know, all this bashing that is going on, if it has the (unintended effect?) of permanently tarnishing or smashing up an organization, then I'll bet that there is going to be some serious payback. Heck, I can even imagine a day when Tim Gill, the reported champion of this coterie, becomes political persona non grata, made fun of as much as some are doing to Solomonese, right now. I wonder how that is going to help the gay community. Oh, the humanity.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Bashing the HRC
