What moved me the most was not him, but the background where he could speak, exercise, and stand up for his rights

Kasey 2022-03-21 09:01:47

Homosexuality does not mean sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, it does not mean promiscuity and social corruption, it does not mean that pedophiles and children must imitate them.
Prejudice and confinement are.

I believe that an open society will discuss everything, let children understand what is what, and then make choices according to their hearts. Instead of blindly following the trend for rebellious and unconventional.

Ignorance, prejudice and superstition always come together.

It is always said that the quality of the Chinese is not enough to withstand democracy. Milk tells us that it's not that they will understand naturally in hundreds of years, but we tell them, we tell them with actions, and they may understand tomorrow.

It's struggle after struggle for a society with less and less prejudice. A society without struggle, what kind of society is that?

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Milk quotes

  • Harvey Milk: [answering the phone] Scotty?

    Paul: I'm sorry, sir. I read about you in the paper.

    Harvey Milk: I'm sorry, I can't talk right now.

    Paul: Sir, I think I'm gonna kill myself.

    Harvey Milk: No, you don't want to do that. Where are you calling from?

    Paul: Minnesota.

    Harvey Milk: You saw my picture in the paper in Minnesota? How did I look?

    Paul: My folks are gonna take me to this place tomorrow. A hospital. To fix me.

    Harvey Milk: There's nothing wrong with you - listen to me: You just get on a bus, to the nearest big city, to Los Angeles or New York or San Fransisco, it doesn't matter, you just leave. You are not sick, and you are not wrong and God does not hate you. Just leave.

    Paul: [crying] I can't. I can't walk sir.

  • Cleve Jones: Out of the bar and into the streets! Anita Bryant is coming for you!