Social Media and The Gay Agenda
After yesterday's earth-shaking Supreme Court decision making the DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act) a bit more moot — I wondered how this has happened as fast as it seems to have. After all, some say that the conservative side of the Court is more conservative than any other time in our nation's history.
Being a Gay man, I am aware of my past life's moments of prejudice and the revolution I found myself in that fomented ever so slowly and methodically. And it's possible that s-l-o-w-n-e-s-s masked my mind in understanding that things were moving faster than I thought. It definitely and defiantly was exponential in nature.
But I think the thing that moved things quickly was social media. If you will, I am going to use some of Clay Shirky's brilliant writings to illustrate my point, but in reverse methodology.
In his book, "Here Comes Everybody," he makes a point (so vividly) when he asks: "How long does it take for five friends to decide what movie to go to watch on Friday night? And how happy is everyone about the choice once it has been made?" See illustration 1 (1st image) for the answer.
Ok, got that?
Now, he says, "How long does it take for ten friends to decide what movie to go to watch on Friday night? And how happy is everyone about the choice once it has been made?" See illustration 2 (2nd image) for the answer.
Wow! Look at the difference in terms of the complicating factors? How is that possible?
It seems that social media has a greater ability to change things than we thought, or maybe even muddle things a bit. If we reverse this in terms of how this is affected through our contacts with each other it's possible to understand how the Gay agenda has been able to make its mark so quickly.
There are all kinds of data out there that suggests that nearly everyone in the United States knows someone who is Gay. And that is because of the number of people who have had the courage to come out to their friends and families. So, all of those individuals have a buzzing hive of support around them, and I say, "Thanks be to God!"
Being a Gay man, I am aware of my past life's moments of prejudice and the revolution I found myself in that fomented ever so slowly and methodically. And it's possible that s-l-o-w-n-e-s-s masked my mind in understanding that things were moving faster than I thought. It definitely and defiantly was exponential in nature.But I think the thing that moved things quickly was social media. If you will, I am going to use some of Clay Shirky's brilliant writings to illustrate my point, but in reverse methodology.
In his book, "Here Comes Everybody," he makes a point (so vividly) when he asks: "How long does it take for five friends to decide what movie to go to watch on Friday night? And how happy is everyone about the choice once it has been made?" See illustration 1 (1st image) for the answer.
Ok, got that?
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| Illustration 1 and 2. |
Now, he says, "How long does it take for ten friends to decide what movie to go to watch on Friday night? And how happy is everyone about the choice once it has been made?" See illustration 2 (2nd image) for the answer.
Wow! Look at the difference in terms of the complicating factors? How is that possible?
It seems that social media has a greater ability to change things than we thought, or maybe even muddle things a bit. If we reverse this in terms of how this is affected through our contacts with each other it's possible to understand how the Gay agenda has been able to make its mark so quickly.
There are all kinds of data out there that suggests that nearly everyone in the United States knows someone who is Gay. And that is because of the number of people who have had the courage to come out to their friends and families. So, all of those individuals have a buzzing hive of support around them, and I say, "Thanks be to God!"
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