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To Me, Activism Requires You To Try Very Hard To Open Your Eyes To The World As It Is. See As Much As You Can, Knowing That Whatever You See Is Going To Be Partial. That You Possess A Partial Consciousness In An Infinite And Expanding Universe.

I Don't Think Saying "i Was Wrong Here, I Was Wrong There" Absolves You Of Anything Particularly, Nor Does It Get You Into Heaven.

When Someone Who's Always Been In Your Life Is Gone, It's A Stunning Adjustment Of Your Own Identity.

Even There, [barack] Obama's Generals, His Pentagon, They're Telling Him What To Do. And The Force For Gay Rights Is Inevitable. And You Can Say Obama Will Help Us, And Maybe He Will, But Only If We Have Something On The Ground That Will Make Him Help Us. Frankly, The Gay Movement On The Ground Has Been One Of The Great Propulsive Things That Has Made Politicians Do What They Do.

That's In The Nature Of Social Change. So You Can Analyze What Didn't Work, But It's Very Hard To Predict What Will Work.