Heteronormativity…Or Some People At Harvard Are Babies

As we’ve already established this week, I love when college kids are so self-righteous as to think that they’ve got something important to say. “It’s not that we object to criticism of the President,” uttered the College Republican, “It’s just that the word fuck is so foriegn to our precious ears. What’s that? Do a beer bong? Fuck yeah!” However, the protest at Colorado State was somewhat harmless, as nobody on campus cares anymore (two days later) assuming they ever cared at all.

But the students at Harvard who are whining about Jada Pinckett Smith’s alleged heteronormativity? Well they’re just fucking babies. It is shameful that college students made to feel “uncomfortable” according to the article are under the impression that their discomfort matters in the slightest. It doesn’t.

Then, to bury their discomfort in a fake word like heteronormativity? Grow up. Heteronormativity exists because the vast majority of the world is heterosexual. That doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with other forms of sexuality (outside of a few extreme examples). It just means that the vast majority of the world sees the world through a heterosexual filter. Reflecting that, even in such a way that alleged discomfort is visited upon some hyper aware trust fund babies, shouldn’t be the thought crime that some are insisting it become.

In case you think I’m making the above facts up, here’s the article itself:

“Our position is that the comments weren’t homophobic, but the content was specific to male-female relationships.”

So Pinkett Smith didn’t stray into the sorts of homophobia that ought to give us pause; rather, she spoke from her own experience as a person who has sex with the opposite sex. For this it’s being suggested that speakers ought to be warned about being tolerant of other viewpoints? What, exactly, are these few offended whiners hoping will happen the next time? That somebody who doesn’t share their experience will speak to it anyway? I can guarantee that the first straight who goes rambling in an attempt to include every conceivable relationship will get into hotter water with these same morons.

At some point, there are people throughout this country who need to figure out that their own discomfort with something is not reason enough to stamp their feet and go whining to whomever will listen. According to the article, the vast majority of the not-heteronormative organization at Harvard really liked Pinkett Smith’s comments. That ought to be evidence that maybe, just maybe, those pitching a fit might, dare I say, be wrong. There are times when we have to be responsible enough to deal with our own discomfort, and that doesn’t mean asking everybody else to change.