i am a peruser of blogs and a lot of time i read the comments on posts that i find interesting to see what other people’s takes on the issue are. (i’m speaking mostly of jezebel because most other blogs are frequented by morons who comment out of their asses. with horrible spelling, and not just to beat the filters.) but just now i read jezebel’s post on ellen degeneres and portia de rossi who were on oprah to talk about their marriage, and i came across this comment, which i found remarkable for a couple reasons: a) because it is so long, and b) because it is so well thought-out (although at times not so perfectly worded.) regardless, i thought that it was worth putting here, if only for myself, but also because it’s such a funny/poignant counterpoint to -Z-’s moron fifth-grade teacher’s blathering about feminism and gender roles.
I am at least 15 out of 38 of these delectable Devil-Loving types of people. What's with the IST'S as opposed to ISTS? Not the point of this post, but I'm just saying.... Sport's Nut's?
Several weeks ago on Fuckbook, I posted the following quote as my Fuckbook status:
“I call myself a feminist. Isn’t that what you call someone who fights for women’s rights?” ~Dalai Lama
I got some little “Like This” thumbs-up signs and the following comments:
Yeah, more people would be willing to acknowledge/label themselves as feminists if more would be aware of its actual meaning and purpose… Sadly it’s a horribly misinterpreted and distorted term.
-Z-’s Fifth Grade Teacher
Thanks to many of the feminists in the past who gave it a very bad connotation because of their radical agenda at that time. It wasn’t just about women’s rights, like voting, but distorted family and motherhood, in the process and was demeaning to many women, too.
I’d be interested to know what you are referencing when you say “distorted family and motherhood” and how feminism has demeaned women, Fifth Grade Teacher.
-Z-’s Fifth Grade Teacher
I’m working on your answer!
A couple weeks later, and lo and behold, THE ANSWER pops up in my Fuckbook Message Inbox.
it happened today! the governor of Maine, John Baldacci, signed legislation legalizing gay marriage in the state! woohoo! the legislation is called LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious Freedom.”
one of the cooler aspects of this particular story is how Governor Baldacci’s personal views changed after his listening to a thorough and respectful debate on the issue. “In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions,” Governor Baldacci said. “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage.”
Baldacci continued, “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage… This new law does not force any religion to recognize a marriage that falls outside of its beliefs. It does not require the church to perform any ceremony with which it disagrees. Instead, it reaffirms the separation of Church and State.”
dick cheney is the devil. please add your more clever cheney jokes or insults in the comments section below this post. i don’t have the time to do that at the moment, and i’m unable to come up with a clever, biting way to express how much i detest this insult to democracy and crusader against the Constitution. i mean, i really really hate that guy. i hope he loses all his money and has to file for bankruptcy because of his mounting medical bills and that, while on his death bed, a choir of newlywed gays and lesbians sings Liberace as he fades away.
p.s. in case you forgot, this is my finishing move.
How are you in any way a representative of California? I mean, besides your implants.
-Z-: i just read in jezebel that miss california organization paid for that miss california’s breast implants that fucking bitch .m.: i know
i almost blogged on it
but it’s just bullshit
who cares about that ho -Z-: i’m thinking about it
you judgmental fuck….
all your fucking “values” .m.: right
would jesus get implants?? -Z-: apparently don’t apply to ripping holes in your body and sticking foreign objects in you .m.: is there some spiritual aspect to getting/having implants that i don’t know about? do they get you closer to god? -Z-: maybe they have holy saline in them .m.: hahaha -Z-: role model my ass .m.: ugh
now i want to blog on that shit
but not enough to actually do it -Z-: lol i think i’m going to
this is just a notable example of bigots looking for any excuse to discredit the motives behind the LGBT community’s struggle for equal rights and equal consideration under the law. what this sorry excuse for a representative said is a bold-faced lie uttered toward a disgusting end: to derail a hate crimes bill that would protect gays and lesbians (i have not yet checked to see whether this bill protects transgendered people–many times, this group is excluded for expediency’s sake.)
morevoer, hearing people talk about LGBT folks as somehow manipulative, sick and inhuman makes me forget to use my words and gives me the urge to use my fists and heavy objects to inflict serious bodily harm. luckily for them, i recognize their right to be ignorant, bigoted, degenerate fucktards and to spew these disgusting, baseless ideas as protected here in Amurrikuh, so i don’t do that. i just blog about it.
it’s funny how those hypocrites take for grated simple rights they have as straight Americans, while other people are forced to lobby, protest and practically beg for these same things.
so get another divorce, whore. and don’t get caught cheating on your wife, dickhole. and don’t let your wife catch you molesting little boys, asswipe. people might take away your right to get married! oh, wait, no they won’t. you’re straight. (a more lighthearted video after the jump) (more…)
100 Day Mark for the Obama Administration. And after 8 years of Bush-Cheney hell, I must say, it’s been a great 100 days, recession or no. Obama has jumped on foreign policy initiatives, nuclear proliferation, going green, climate change, the shambles of an economy the repugs gave us, healthcare, our over expanded military, shutting Guantanamo, and standing up to torture. Obama has worked tirelessly for the past 100 days to put the United States back together and gain ground with the rest of the world. Too bad Dubya had 8 years to tear us to pieces.
I know if any conservatives get on Pinky Links I’m going to get comments full of angry Faux News buzzwords (enter Sandra the Commenter’s brain for this insanity). So, I thought I’d provide several News Org Report Cards on how the Administration is doing.
at a public hearing on the issue in Augusta, Maine Senator Dennis Damon (D-Obviously) announced his sponsorship of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage in the state and was greeted with a standing ovation. Damon said that the time for his bill has come. He says his bill “recognizes the worth of every man and woman among us.”
fuckin’ a. go Maine!!
note: at this point, GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders) are halfway to their goal of Six by Twelve (getting same-sex marriage legalized in the six New England states by 2012–Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont so far.) come ooooooooon, Maine!