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Snickering at Proposition 8
Oops. I messed up this sentence. Okay, it meant to go like this: People were shocked that a group of Americans that were at one time (and to some degree, still are) themselves discriminated against would vote yes on Prop 8, disallowing gay marriage. But for others to try and insinuate how people should vote is not tolerance. It is control. People are allowed to vote however they feel is in their best interest. We enjoy the same priviledge.— November 10, 2008 7:22 a.m.
Snickering at Proposition 8
That's funny you mention that. I worked on the phone banks for No on Prop 8 one Saturday, and you would be shocked at how many people had it confused. They would be super enthusiastic, yeah, I'm voting YES on Prop 8! So I would say, so you want to enforce a ban on same-sex marriage? And they would become confused. "No, I think gay people should be able to get married," they would stammer. I would have to tell them, then you need to vote NO if you support gay marriage. It was crazy. When I put my sign out, my neighbor across the street came running over wanting to know what it meant (I have never put a sign in my yard before, this was a first, and most likely, a last), and I told him I had two gay friends who recently married and adopted a son, and I was supporting their union and the good they were trying to achieve. He had no clue Vote No meant I supported gay marriage, but once he figured out what my sign meant, he laid into a lecture straight outa the dark ages. I gave him his time, though, because I do respect people's opinions, even if I do not always agree with them. And that was my point regarding the African-American vote supporting Prop 8. People were shocked that a group of Americans that were at one time (and to some degree, still are) themselves discriminated against. But for others to try and insinuate how people should vote is not tolerance. It is control. People are allowed to vote however they feel is in their best interest. We enjoy the same priviledge.— November 10, 2008 7:17 a.m.
Snickering at Proposition 8
"because that kind of people aren't particularly interested in insignificant little things like education" That is not very kind. I voted no on Prop 8 (my photo of my sign in the garbage is on the home page of this website), but I do have a significant amount of education regarding the difference between what everyone wants and actual circumstance allowing that to happen. Never judge people by what you think is best. Some do not have opportunity resting at their feet.— November 9, 2008 5:43 p.m.
Sports Shortz -- The Ryan Leaf Edition
Ouch. I think we all thought he would do better than what he did, which was nothing.— November 9, 2008 5:36 p.m.
Sports Shortz -- The Ryan Leaf Edition
We used to call him Ryan Spleef.— November 8, 2008 5:51 p.m.
Snickering at Proposition 8
I must comment regarding African-Americans championing Prop 8. As an important but much maligned segment of our population that has consistently been the target of much racism, hatred and myriad other forms of bigotry, African-Americans turned to faith as a means to console themselves in the face of constant injustice. Religious faith is conservative in its values regarding homosexuality. Therefore, it is not a huge stretch to see African-American support for Prop 8. When people say that an entire segment of Americans should not vote for something they believe in because they themselves were at one time discriminated against, it discounts their beliefs and is in itself a form of prejudice.— November 8, 2008 5:44 p.m.
Letters
It's because Ollie was wearing the funnier "I Farted" sticker that was pooh-poohed by Josh as infantile fart humor....— November 8, 2008 8:27 a.m.
What's the first concert you saw?
I was nine. My mother took me to the New Paltz College campus in New York to see Joe Cocker and Jefferson Airplane. It was outdoors and we sat on the grass and listened. There were a TON of people there. My first concert as a teenager was Aerosmith and Rick Derringer at Madison Square Garden. I was 13.— November 6, 2008 9:08 a.m.
They Had Great Text by Katie Reese
Why would she have? Does she have to sleep with losers to be okay in your world? There is no equal opportunity when it comes to who you pick as your sexual partner. You don't try out the guys with nothing as well as the successful ones to appease bitter, sexist men. But if she did, then you could call her a slut, as well.— November 6, 2008 8:53 a.m.
They Had Great Text by Katie Reese
Fumbler - do the initials FO mean anything to you?— November 5, 2008 8:04 p.m.