"When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then it became optional. I'm getting out before Obama makes it mandatory." --GySgt Harry Berres, USMC
"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common." --Dorothy Parker
Parker's comment is emblematic of the snobbish sarcasm that has historically passed for humor among liberal elites. At the same time, it's blasé dismissal of heterosexuality, is profound in its implications.
Ms. Parker's comment underlines two liberal talking points:
heterosexuality is only considered "normal," because it has been forced upon society by a patriarchal hegemony, and
even if it is normal, it is mainly for the entertainment of the hoi polloi, the common folk, the bourgeoisie, the déclassé rabble.