I am all for equal rights, heck I even think the gays should enjoy the thrill ride that is marriage. I also think that a flourishing society should correct it's historical checkered past, in part by helping people less fortunate find a career, a sense of self, and on and on.
What I don't always like is when some group wants to claim special status because of a self inflicted issue. Lets take fatties as an example. We live in the most obese country in this history of the world. Let that sink in. How does one become obese? Eat too much, or more calories than you burn, something like that.
You choose to eat too much. Or, if you are one of the very few with a glandular problem, you seek help once you understand that eating too much will fuck up your glands and help you to become a big giant balloon figure.
What happens when people decide, for whatever reason, to eat way too much and never exercise? They become a lobbying force. They want larger wheel chairs, and special access and then they want to pay as much for, say a seat on a plane, but take up more than the average person is taking up. Thus the picture.
I think freedom means people get to make all sorts of bad choices, gay marriage, drunk in public, having sex with Sarah Palin by accident (I swear). Taking advantage of freedom also has consequences. You want to dine at the fast food buffet and never walk, that's fine. But if you look like a Macy's parade figure, the least you can do is pay for an extra seat on a tiny plane.
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