tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post6536591793354124122..comments2023-07-12T06:26:17.735-02:00Comments on Motherhood Deleted: Send 'Em InRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07580241881953821182noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-2692427874993015432011-08-30T15:39:40.611-02:002011-08-30T15:39:40.611-02:00We're not going back.
I think the gay men ...We're not going back.<br /> I think the gay men and lesbians and transsexual people really blazed the trail for us, speaking up and demanding acceptance for who they are. They stand up to the religious bullies, and it's up to us to do the same. <br /> And you know what? Standing up to bullies works. I was just watching C-SPAN's coverage of the congressional hearings on same-sex marriage yesterday. One of the speakers pointed out that when the cruelly misnamed Defense of Marriage Act was passed, in 1996, there was no jurisdiction in the world where same-sex marriage was legal, nor domestic partnerships either. Look, now: Spain, for heaven's sake, Iowa, all sorts of other places all over the world-- marriage equality is coming in hyperdrive, and all because people are standing up to the religious fanatics.<br /> I know the ignorance and idiocy is frustrating to witness, but I don't think this was ever a well-educated country. (I don't think there has ever been a really well-educated country. Individual people tend to resist education.) Historically, there was only a big push for everybody in the US to finish high school after World War II. The standards for high school started eroding, and then the colleges quit flunking anybody, and now we have semiliterates in grad school. <br /> But it doesn't matter.<br /> We're not going back.Mary in Austinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-31940788187319130472011-08-26T09:32:56.577-02:002011-08-26T09:32:56.577-02:00Agreed, Chris. I have been uncomfortable with this...Agreed, Chris. I have been uncomfortable with this whole thing since the early days of the "Moral Majority." They were wusses compared to this bunch.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580241881953821182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-66383427740884324972011-08-26T09:26:21.457-02:002011-08-26T09:26:21.457-02:00The Theocratic Clowns...seem lately to be The Bigg...The Theocratic Clowns...seem lately to be The Biggest Show on Earth. I am so, so tired of the words Christian and Religion...any religion, anywhere on earth. You don't even have to buy a ticket for this Show...this ticket *appears* to be free(there is really a high cost to it..bait & switch)and foisted upon you..whether you like this Show or not. <br />I have always been against any person in political office ending a speech with the word...God. I smelled trouble a long time ago. And I sincerely doubt, if a God even does exist..that he/she would approve of "In God We Trust"...on money. That is simply ridiculous...and I think a God would agree with me.Chris Winternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-55673712633861460972011-08-23T21:27:03.986-02:002011-08-23T21:27:03.986-02:00Lori,
I agree. The education things scares me a l...Lori,<br />I agree. The education things scares me a lot. I worked at a university and the biggest complaint that the teachers in the MSW Program had was the the students COULD NOT WRITE! Sometimes over half the classes got automatic failures due to plagarism and the lapses in grammar were unbelievable. They were all but impossible to read. If these students made it to college, and into the MSW Program, imagine what the rest are like!<br /><br />What I am most disturbed by is the fact that one of their bully tactics which seems to be very effective is one they used on us, too, to silence us. They keep telling us that we are lying, that it didn't happen and the more insistent we are, the louder and more vulgar they become that we are lying. For an example of that, check out Craigslist. That's a forum, but I have had the same exact things said to me to my face! And, then they stick out their chests, get in your space and look down while raising their voices. Classic bully tactics, but the more often you tell it and the more authority with which you deliver, the more people believe it no matter how absurd.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088288948654864117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-19653286079314360092011-08-22T14:30:24.632-02:002011-08-22T14:30:24.632-02:00I teach - and the whole thing scares the crap out ...I teach - and the whole thing scares the crap out of me! Because it isn't just politicians, it is education! The willful ignorance is taught from the cradle - Children today have no education, barely know American History, don't know American Constitution and think potatoes come from a box! <br /><br />If you read a paper - well, don't bother, between grammar and spelling, it takes me an hour to get past the front page!<br /><br />News? Okay, I know that someone thinks it is important, but I don't care which celeb is dating who and really don't care if so and so had her 8th baby - None of it is news! That crap used to be in tabloids!<br /><br />And whether anyone likes it or not - Obama is a good president! He thinks about the people and the path that this nation has taken into clay feet oblivion.....<br /><br />Sigh, and forget liberty, equality and justice - it doesn't exist in our reactionary world...Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815710859859029536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-22217839104893421732011-08-22T10:59:45.497-02:002011-08-22T10:59:45.497-02:00So sad but so true. My generation is SCREWED! Go...So sad but so true. My generation is SCREWED! God help us all....<br /><br />- From a Christian woman who is appalled her religion is being used in such a way (it makes me sick)Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905673873066445519noreply@blogger.com