In the interest of equality, I’m including San Antonio District
Nine City Councilwoman Elisa Chan as an Honoree Dumbass. You see, if I excluded her from this little
blog of mine, some might think I was racist in that Asians are being treated
differently in that they aren’t properly represented here.
For those of you who don’t know the story, here’s a
summary, followed by a few links to stories about her crass dumbassery:
Elisa Chan was recorded by a former aide at a meeting spewing
homophobic gems like:
·
“You know, to be quite honest, I know this is
not politically correct. I never bought
in that you are born, that you are born gay. I can't imagine it.”
·
“I will say, 'Strip down! What equipment do you
have?'” “I'm telling you. Crazy. We're getting to crazy realm.”
·
After being advised that the newspapers will “get”
her: “That's why I never would say that
outside because they kill me.” When I say that it's ... behavioral preference,
they say that, 'No, you're born with it.' But I never bought into that.”
· In response to her former Chief of Policy Jeff
Bazan telling her that gay people can be identified by their faces alone (yeah,
someone really said that), she said, “No, that's because they shave. And I also
think they could take hormone shots.”
· ”This is my philosophy, guys.”
·
“Whatever you want to do in your bedroom is none
of my business, but do not impose your view on other people, especially
becoming policy ... because personally, I think it's just disgusting just to
even think about. All the definitions…”
· ”By the way, this is politically incorrect,” she told
her aides. “I don't think homosexual people should do adoption. They should be
banned by adoption. You're going to confuse those kids. They should be banned.” She also said, “If you wanted to choose that
lifestyle, we don't want to discriminate you, but you shouldn't affect the
young people. How terrible. ... They're
going to be confused. You see two men go into a bedroom. You see two women
kissing. Is that not confusing? It's confusing.
It is actually, what you call, suggestive, for the kids to be corrupt,
which is against nature. I'm telling you, anything that is against nature is
not right.”
Astonishingly,
she reveals her über-deceptive, wishy-washy, wussified political strategy by
going on to say:
·
“We do not want to attack any group. I'm respectful of their choices, right? Even
though I don't believe that, but they're free people, they can do whatever they
want to do. But ... don't just come back and say you're being discriminated.”
Tangential
Dumbass
Her entire
circle likely shares her homophobic views.
Jeff Bazan, her former Chief of Policy said to her in the recording:
· “The road we're going ... incest and being able
to marry animals, that's all going to happen.”
In an apology he said he “deeply regretted” saying that. Whatever, idiot. You said it and you meant it. There’s no undoing it.
Personal
note to Ms. Chan:
That you, an
Asian minority can rail against another minority is staggeringly ironic and
contradictory considering the oppression of and discrimination against Asians
in the U.S. over the years.
While the “plumbing”
men and women have was, in fact, designed to reproduce, one’s attraction to a
person of the same sex is no more a choice than one’s liking or disliking of,
say, broccoli or a particular song. Why
someone likes or dislikes something is infinitely more complex than any of us
can possibly understand, and is most certainly decided at the genetic level. I like liver and onions. Not everyone does. I can’t tell you why I like liver and onions,
but I like it. I choose to eat liver
because I like it. Why I like it is
ingrained in me somehow, somewhere I’ll never understand; nor will you.
You have the
right to say and believe whatever you want to say and believe. It is, as you said in a recent
news
conference, free speech. What I find
particularly telling about your politics, is that you only took this social
stand after your true opinion on homosexuality was made public. Your strategic intent to slither around the
issue, as evidenced in the recordings, is downright offensive. If you believe something, say it. Don’t play both sides of the fence. Why can’t politicians just say what they
believe? I’ll tell you why – Because power
means more than service to most all of them.
I don’t care
if you’re repulsed by homosexuality. It really
doesn’t matter to me in the least. What does matter to me is that you believe your
fellow citizens and human beings should be afforded fewer protections and
rights because of something they cannot control. Do gay people choose to like, love, marry and
have sex with people of the same sex? Sure
they do; just like heterosexuals do.
What you need to ask yourself is why – Why heterosexuals and homosexuals
alike choose to be attracted to the people they do. You and I will likely never know the answer
to that question.
In the end,
Ms. Chan, you simply need to live and let live.
Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people are just that –
People. If they’re not living to your
standards, pay them no mind, but don’t ever think your opinions and points of
view on human sexuality and relationships are more righteous than anyone else’s. And don’t ever think you have the right to
oppress and discriminate based on sexual preference or identity.
Links
My SA Story
The New Civil Rights Movement website
Texas Observer
