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tolerate
v
1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
2: recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"
3: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him" 4: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow, permit]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
accept
v
1: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" [ant: reject]
2: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" [syn: take, have] [ant: refuse]
3: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn: consent, go for] [ant: refuse]
4: react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
5: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: admit, take, take on]
6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, assume]
7: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies" [syn: live with, swallow]
8: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" [syn: take]
9: of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" [syn: take]
11: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
integrate
v
1: make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal" [syn: incorporate] [ant: disintegrate]
2: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" [syn: desegregate, mix] [ant: segregate]
3: become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"
4: calculate the integral of; calculate by integration [ant: differentiate]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Call me a greedy bitch, but I think that it is time that the queer community got together and decided what we are asking for. Maybe it is because my field is Communication. Maybe it is because I am heavily into the idea that words can create meaning. Maybe I am a greedy bitch, but I have been thinking.
Some ask for tolerance. That is bull shit. Sexuality is not something to tolerate. We tolerate that which is wrong but we can not change. The second you ask for tolerance, you are admitting that your behavior is deviant, negative, something to be excused because you have no other alternative. It is a self destructive mindset.
Ok... so what about acceptance. We accept things with open arms right? That is a positive term. Maybe. But it is still not enough. I am sorry to be a picky bitch (I am not really sorry but hey), but I still don't believe that my sexuality is something to be accepted. Ask yourself this... does the world and society as a whole "accept" heterosexuals? No. Why not? Because heterosexuality is the 'norm' thus there is nothing to accept. Well excuse me, but I want to be the norm. I do not think that there is anything about pansexuality or being queer that goes against the 'norm' of human behavior. Our power structure of society and culture is just to threatened (yea, here is the part where you figure out that I am a big Foucault fan) by the idea of pansexuality that it is in a state of denial. We refuse to accept human nature because our power structure teaches us that we are 'above' our base natures. Rather than follow our base natures, we should follow the power structure (ok so I have philosophical ADD and this is getting into Richard Weaver's idea of Controlled Descent).
By now, if you are still reading this, you may be wondering what in the hell I am really asking for. I don't want tolerance. I am doing nothing to be tolerated. I do not feel that my behavior is negative in any way. I don't want acceptance. I do not wish to stand outside of the 'norm' of society. While I would never want to be normal (perish the thought), it is not my sexuality that sets me apart. My sexuality is no greater or less in biology than one who is heterosexual. It is merely different. Enough rambling.
I want integration. In fact, I think that the queer community is doing itself a great disservice to accept anything less than integration. In this day and age (and yes I know that bigotry and prejudice are alive and well, I have a minor in Psychology of Prejudice) we do not tolerate or accept differing races and cultural backgrounds. While there is room to go, we have integrated. We understand, as a society, that there is no real separation based on the color of skin. It is unacceptable to discriminate or be overtly prejudice based on race. The same is true of most religions. This country is a bit fucked up misguided when it comes to the overall cultural beliefs of middle eastern and pagan religions but hey, we are working on it. We are not working towards tolerance or acceptance, but integration into the entirety of the social 'norm.'
How can we settle for anything else when it comes to our sexuality. As long as we continue to have segregationist notions towards sexuality, we will never reach integration. We tolerate the prevention of marriage between individuals. We tolerate the lack of equal rights and the tolerance of discrimination. We tolerate hate crimes. We do all of those things when we aim for anything less than full integration. You can only discriminate against an 'other.' You can not discriminate against a group integrated into the cultural norms because to do so would be to justify discrimination against yourself.
We do not tolerate or accept individuals of differing cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
We do not tolerate or accept individuals of differing or no religious beliefs.
We do not tolerate or accept women in the work force, voting, or working to achieve equality.
We have integrated all of these notions. It is now time to demand nothing less than integration of the queer community.
halfbloodme in the lj glbt pagan.tolerate
v
1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
2: recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"
3: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him" 4: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow, permit]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
accept
v
1: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" [ant: reject]
2: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" [syn: take, have] [ant: refuse]
3: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn: consent, go for] [ant: refuse]
4: react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
5: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: admit, take, take on]
6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, assume]
7: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies" [syn: live with, swallow]
8: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" [syn: take]
9: of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" [syn: take]
11: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
integrate
v
1: make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal" [syn: incorporate] [ant: disintegrate]
2: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" [syn: desegregate, mix] [ant: segregate]
3: become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"
4: calculate the integral of; calculate by integration [ant: differentiate]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Call me a greedy bitch, but I think that it is time that the queer community got together and decided what we are asking for. Maybe it is because my field is Communication. Maybe it is because I am heavily into the idea that words can create meaning. Maybe I am a greedy bitch, but I have been thinking.
Some ask for tolerance. That is bull shit. Sexuality is not something to tolerate. We tolerate that which is wrong but we can not change. The second you ask for tolerance, you are admitting that your behavior is deviant, negative, something to be excused because you have no other alternative. It is a self destructive mindset.
Ok... so what about acceptance. We accept things with open arms right? That is a positive term. Maybe. But it is still not enough. I am sorry to be a picky bitch (I am not really sorry but hey), but I still don't believe that my sexuality is something to be accepted. Ask yourself this... does the world and society as a whole "accept" heterosexuals? No. Why not? Because heterosexuality is the 'norm' thus there is nothing to accept. Well excuse me, but I want to be the norm. I do not think that there is anything about pansexuality or being queer that goes against the 'norm' of human behavior. Our power structure of society and culture is just to threatened (yea, here is the part where you figure out that I am a big Foucault fan) by the idea of pansexuality that it is in a state of denial. We refuse to accept human nature because our power structure teaches us that we are 'above' our base natures. Rather than follow our base natures, we should follow the power structure (ok so I have philosophical ADD and this is getting into Richard Weaver's idea of Controlled Descent).
By now, if you are still reading this, you may be wondering what in the hell I am really asking for. I don't want tolerance. I am doing nothing to be tolerated. I do not feel that my behavior is negative in any way. I don't want acceptance. I do not wish to stand outside of the 'norm' of society. While I would never want to be normal (perish the thought), it is not my sexuality that sets me apart. My sexuality is no greater or less in biology than one who is heterosexual. It is merely different. Enough rambling.
I want integration. In fact, I think that the queer community is doing itself a great disservice to accept anything less than integration. In this day and age (and yes I know that bigotry and prejudice are alive and well, I have a minor in Psychology of Prejudice) we do not tolerate or accept differing races and cultural backgrounds. While there is room to go, we have integrated. We understand, as a society, that there is no real separation based on the color of skin. It is unacceptable to discriminate or be overtly prejudice based on race. The same is true of most religions. This country is a bit fucked up misguided when it comes to the overall cultural beliefs of middle eastern and pagan religions but hey, we are working on it. We are not working towards tolerance or acceptance, but integration into the entirety of the social 'norm.'
How can we settle for anything else when it comes to our sexuality. As long as we continue to have segregationist notions towards sexuality, we will never reach integration. We tolerate the prevention of marriage between individuals. We tolerate the lack of equal rights and the tolerance of discrimination. We tolerate hate crimes. We do all of those things when we aim for anything less than full integration. You can only discriminate against an 'other.' You can not discriminate against a group integrated into the cultural norms because to do so would be to justify discrimination against yourself.
We do not tolerate or accept individuals of differing cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
We do not tolerate or accept individuals of differing or no religious beliefs.
We do not tolerate or accept women in the work force, voting, or working to achieve equality.
We have integrated all of these notions. It is now time to demand nothing less than integration of the queer community.
