How much dismisiveness of GLBT people on DU is due to an idea that we are privileged [View All]

[mondo joe]

and need to be taken down a few notches?

I remember reading about perpetrators of violence against gays, and they uniformly had an attitude that gays were better off than they were and needed to be brought down. There were comments about gays having good jobs and nice cars and undeserved good fortune, as justifications for beating gays, and worse.

I sometimes get a sniff of the same attitude on DU, when people decide to be dismissive of GLBT people and our rights. The fact that some gays are well off is the only perception, and the fact that there are poor GLBT people, that gay kids are driven to homelessness and suicide, and the double burden of being a GLBT person of color are all out of the picture.

What think you?

Does the perception that we are privileged and need to be brought down play a part in dismissive attitudes on DU?