About humanitarian values

Friends, you can resist, but Happy International Day Against Homophobia to everyone. Someone will think that for a person who is not directly involved in the LGBT community, I am paying too much attention to this problem, but I will take this opportunity to explain why this seems so important to me (to the approval/condemnation of gay pride parades, as well as this has nothing to do with discussions about the nature of homosexuality or its consequences). The fact is that in our country, according to various studies, so-called moderate homophobes predominate. That is, homophobia, namely a specific form of fear of people not like ourselves, is, to one degree or another, inherent in the majority. At the same time, I personally confidently believe that humanism, that is, love for people - different, dissimilar, anyone - is the main and highest manifestation of humanity in a person, and, therefore, the basic idea on the basis of which the rest of the value system should be built. And the ability, despite this own fear, to treat those who are different from us with respect and accept these differences without any reservations, is the most important form of experiencing humanism, that is, something higher in the higher.

And to confirm my intentions, I’ll remember the story of the badge exchanged for our white ribbon at Chistye Prudy, if I’m not mistaken, on the second day of the protest camp. This badge, on which a pink triangle on a black background symbolized, as they explained to us, the rejection of homophobia, I happily and proudly carried around all day, petty trolling the police and, in fact, citizens suffering from homophobia. And by evening there was some confusion with it, as a result of which two versions appeared about its immediate meaning and origin. So, according to the first of them, this icon is purely anti-homophobic, although it is not necessarily related to LGBT people. According to the second, the triangle in it was originally intended to be red and was intended to mark a fighter against the regime. Moreover, the authors of both versions made reference to the times of Nazi Germany. And, in general, we can assume that there will be unbreakable ones who will meaningfully remark: “That’s right, a protester is no better than a gay,” and I will say that both meanings for me have equally positive connotations, even if they are located in quite distant from each other planes. In general, peace, love, freedom and other humanistic ideals to all.

Well, and finally, literally a cornerstone explanation that usually escapes the attention of carriers of the most advanced forms of homophobia, who, as a rule, react very quickly and zealously to the opportunity to announce the dangers that homosexuality poses, that it was invented by the enemy United States of America , that because of massive propaganda, everyone around will soon become gay (honestly, I don’t understand what we’re talking about and where you can watch this propaganda). Actually, the latter is the basis for asserting that in society today (as well as many years ago), there is a clear problem of so-called homophobia. Which can be defined, in addition to what is indicated above, as a purely subjective (that is, addressed to the one who is affected by it) and clearly destructive experience. And when I or anyone else calls himself an opponent of homophobia, this is inevitably interpreted by a certain part of people, namely homophobes themselves, as - attention - an approval of homosexuality. The difference with the real meaning may seem insignificant, but only to those who are not accustomed to penetrate into the essence of things. And, in fact, all that is needed to understand what we are talking about is to turn to yourself and understand: there is absolutely nothing constructive or simple in hating or fearing someone for being different from yourself. good. The same goes for constantly moving the needle from the need to reflect on oneself to the desire to reflect on others.