Revolution #51, June 18, 2006
The film V for Vendetta depicts a fascist state with eerie
similarities to the direction Bush’s America is headed. Central to the
cohering logic of that regime is institutionalized ignorance and fierce
discrimination against gays and lesbians, including manufactured
hysteria around an AIDS-like disease that is blamed on a permissive
society. This gripping depiction of fascism is something to keep in
mind as we look at Bush’s anti-gay marriage amendment and the
frightening terms of the so-called ‘debate’ that’s gone on in congress
this week(a debate where prejudice, persecution, and cruel vengeance
against gay people is taken as a given. [read more]