The Gay Thread

[becca]

Dex, we've seen marches turn into parades, but there's also been a period of the word 'liberal' becoming a name-calling slur.

Mark Twain said something to the effect that history doesn't repeat but it usually rhymes. If you look into Berlin in the 1920s-30s during the Weimar republic things were very open and accepting but a lot of angry name-callers wanted to re-fight some old battles they'd lost yet again. There's even photos of the club called Eldorado with it's 'hier ist's richtig' slogan redone over as a nazi party office! Everyone who cares about freedom has to watch for actions more than words, but things always start with the words. My great uncle in Holland organized some labour stikes when people were being marched away and paid the ultimate price. It shows how things snowball when many people 'don't want to know'.

Cabaret should be classified as a gay film being based on Christopher Isherwood's I Am A Camera about his time in Berlin. Someone should package it with some good documentaries.