I have read on-line that the pap might field a LGBT candidate in the upcoming General Election (GE).
What the pap do internally, they are none of my business but as a citizen, I disagree with any party fielding any LGBT in our GE. Let me explain.
I understand that as a society, we have been promoting and pushing for the wider acceptance of LGBTs as equal citizens with equal rights and responsibilities for a long time and I had a very good LGBT friend during my school days too. I tolerate and accept LGBT among us.
At the national level, however, we must be mindful that we are an Asian society and beneath our modernity and sophisticated facade, we are still a conservative society.
To me, LGBTs are like our love child. We love and accept them no less than we love our own biological children, however, they are same same but different.
I repeat. They are same same but different!
We proudly introduce our own accomplished biological children to the world; such outstanding and sensible children, such proud parents and such a beautiful family…
On the other hand, we hide the existence of our love child because if we do the same as I have described above like we do with our own biological children, the likely outcome would be sneers, insults, belittlement, criticisms, embarrassments, shame, guilts and more.
The love child’s feelings will be hurt, his/her mother will be too embarrassed and shameful to face the flashing cameras and the world, the father despite his possible gungho attitudes will be spat at, his own biological children will hate him and his wife is likely to leave him etc. There is nothing to gain but everything to lose.
I repeat. We are an Asian society and conservative one at heart. We need to exercise extra sensitivity and extra common sense in many things that we do. We will be poorer off overall if our political leaders are only book-smart but possessing zero street wisdom.
Think
Simon Lim
