I agree that people are blind to contemporary stupidity and self-congratulatory about past stupidity they have overcome. People love visiting museums that make

I agree that people are blind to contemporary stupidity and self-congratulatory about past stupidity they have overcome. People love visiting museums that make them appreciate how far we've come in overcoming racism, genocide, and medieval torture (well, scratch that last one, we have to fight the War on Terruh after all). Nonetheless, I think the Turing spectacle is valuable because public shows of support will influence fence-sitters to emulate us in support of awesome gay people.