To My Unborn Child, If You're a 'Fag', I'll Kill You: VIDEO

[Ian David]

Charlotte Moore, the creator of this new PSA, writes:

In early March, the hashtag "#tomyunbornchild" became a worldwide trend on Twitter. By and large, these tweets were loving, hopeful messages to the next generation -- but many people saw it as an opportunity to express hate speech towards LGBT children.

Reading their bile, the only thing I could think was: how would we feel if we heard actual parents saying this to actual children? I got the idea on a Thursday. By Sunday, we -- me, my boyfriend, and whatever friends we could find to help us -- had it filmed.

It's easy to dehumanize hate speech online because we've gotten so used to seeing it. We tell ourselves that it's the product of trolls, of random, anonymous strangers. Except they're not. They're real people. Many of them will be parents. And some of their children will be gay. But what can we DO about it? I don't think there are any easy answers.

Whenever you believe life begins, I hope we can all agree: life is essential, and rare, and precious. We can't stop anyone from having kids. But we can resolve to stop this toxic cycle. We can wish better for our own children. And we can support the kids who weren't so lucky.

More:
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/04/unborn.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Towleroadfeed

[lame54]

1. if you don't watch it to the end...

it comes off as the real thing

[Ian David]

2. Those are the actual things that bigots said on Twitter. n/t

[lame54]

5. they should start the vid with that

[Ian David]

7. It's in the article and and in the description, but any kind of intro would lessen the impact. n/t

[lame54]

8. There is definitely an impact...

But since they play it so straight without irony or sarcasm - it looks like the real thing.
And, if half way through, you get offended and turn it off - you are going to be left with that impression

[Ian David]

10. I think if you're offended and horrified, they've either done their job, or are already...

... preaching to the choir, anyway.

[Ms. Toad]

17. The absence actually lessened the impact for me.

I missed the tweets, and played the video without reading the article because it was at the top of the post. Essentially, I stumbled into the video with no background. My reaction, not knowing that it was based on real comments, was that it was a hokey caricature of homophobic people. I wasn't much impressed.

It was only when I read this conversation, and went back and followed the link to the article, that I realized it wasn't a caricature but was a dramatization of the real thoughts which several people had been hateful and brazen enough to publish to the world. It was much more powerful for me with that added information.

[HockeyMom]

3. As the mother of a lesbian, I cannot watch anything like that

It is SICK. My daughter is not a criminal. She has never hurt anyone in her life, and just wants to love the person who she wants to love.

[xchrom]

4. It's worth watching. Nt

[RKP5637]

6. I hesitated to watch it, but then decided too, it was good! n/t

[bluestateguy]

9. There is an existing anti-abortion LGBT organization

Their fear is that if and when homosexuality can be genetically discovered, parents will choose abortion once they discover that their unborn baby has that gene.

http://www.plagal.org/

[Ian David]

11. Also, more abortions mean less children for gay couples to adopt? n/t

[racaulk]

12. Brilliant video!

Hate speech should be countered whenever and wherever possible.

K&R

[William769]

13. And some people have the fucking nerve to tell me I shouldn't carry a Gun.

Well this is just one of the reasons I do so get over it.

[jjewell]

14. Great video.

Well done.

[ScottLand]

15. Disturbing that anyone thinks like that.

I want to think a lot of it's because of the anonymity of it that people can say things like this but it's still cause for concern that someone could direct this kind of hatred to their own flesh and blood.

[vaberella]

16. An anti-hate commercial that makes sick.

I hate this video so much. Very disturbing.

[Moostache]

18. Fantastic Video

I remember a similar video was made using the words and quotes of "Christians" in discussing atheists a while back...turning the words and actions of the faithful back on them like a mirror is an effective way of displaying the hatred they hold for everyone they consider "out-group".

Their hate-filled worldview is doomed, but change is slow and requires people of conscience to remain steadfast in opposition to it!