Sometimes I really hate people.
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rogueslayer452My ranting post, let me shows you its.
++ It's people like this bigoted asshole right here that are the problem with maintaining sanity or, at least, trying to maintain being the levelhead in the situation where it's like talking to a brick wall. Especially since he's denouncing any kind of rational arguments by people who disagree on his stance, it's obvious he's on his self-righteous high horse and not getting off any time soon. It's bad enough his strong homophobic comments and views are jarring as they are, some of the comments made that support his words are even worse. I just, don't even know how to properly respond to this. My rage, it continues to seethe and yet somehow I still don't want to waste my time with this douchenozzle. People who refuse to look at both sides of an argument, even if they are the shit-stirrer to begin with, are not worth anyone's time, since they will not see reason due to the huge stick up their bigoted ass.
And don't even get me started about the recent reports of racefail that's been happening. Just, wow.
++ I'm not much for politics myself, however I feel the need to comment on something that's been driving me up the wall, particularly with individuals who aren't pleased with the way Obama is handling his presidency and cry out the phrase with such negativity: "This is not the America I grew up in!"
First of all, the America most of these people grew up in was in segregation. It had limited rights for POC and women, it had sexism and discrimination, and lacked any kind of diversity and unity as a people altogether, and plenty of other things that were not of the good. Just because we have a black president doesn't mean everything is going down the shithole. I understand not everyone is going to agree with what he does and that's to be expected, but somehow people think that change = bad, and that's not it at all. Change can be good, change can be for the better, and whether you like it or not President Barack Obama is making those changes for us all as a united nation. Understandably this issue concerning health care is something many are worrying about, and rightfully so. But we can't denounce him for that alone, he's only been in office for less than a year. We can't magically change everything in that short period of time. America has too many screwed up things that need to be fixed, some will take more time than others and then some, and he's got a few more years in office to do just that.
No, this isn't the America you grew up in. It'll be a better America. We don't know what will happen in the upcoming years, but I do have faith that we're moving forwards in this nation instead of backwards.
++ It's people like this bigoted asshole right here that are the problem with maintaining sanity or, at least, trying to maintain being the levelhead in the situation where it's like talking to a brick wall. Especially since he's denouncing any kind of rational arguments by people who disagree on his stance, it's obvious he's on his self-righteous high horse and not getting off any time soon. It's bad enough his strong homophobic comments and views are jarring as they are, some of the comments made that support his words are even worse. I just, don't even know how to properly respond to this. My rage, it continues to seethe and yet somehow I still don't want to waste my time with this douchenozzle. People who refuse to look at both sides of an argument, even if they are the shit-stirrer to begin with, are not worth anyone's time, since they will not see reason due to the huge stick up their bigoted ass.
And don't even get me started about the recent reports of racefail that's been happening. Just, wow.
++ I'm not much for politics myself, however I feel the need to comment on something that's been driving me up the wall, particularly with individuals who aren't pleased with the way Obama is handling his presidency and cry out the phrase with such negativity: "This is not the America I grew up in!"
First of all, the America most of these people grew up in was in segregation. It had limited rights for POC and women, it had sexism and discrimination, and lacked any kind of diversity and unity as a people altogether, and plenty of other things that were not of the good. Just because we have a black president doesn't mean everything is going down the shithole. I understand not everyone is going to agree with what he does and that's to be expected, but somehow people think that change = bad, and that's not it at all. Change can be good, change can be for the better, and whether you like it or not President Barack Obama is making those changes for us all as a united nation. Understandably this issue concerning health care is something many are worrying about, and rightfully so. But we can't denounce him for that alone, he's only been in office for less than a year. We can't magically change everything in that short period of time. America has too many screwed up things that need to be fixed, some will take more time than others and then some, and he's got a few more years in office to do just that.
No, this isn't the America you grew up in. It'll be a better America. We don't know what will happen in the upcoming years, but I do have faith that we're moving forwards in this nation instead of backwards.
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Date: 2009-08-14 10:27 pm (UTC)They're married.
No, I'm not kidding.
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Date: 2009-08-14 10:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-08-15 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-14 10:54 pm (UTC)Well said.
I am too scared of crazy people to use the links.
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Date: 2009-08-14 11:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-14 11:01 pm (UTC)But... yeah, where was I? My "favorite" part was when he decried everyone who disagreed with him as un-intellectual trolls who cannot see logic. (Unlike his "logic" of homosexuality --> screwing animals.) Yes sir, you've totally won this argument by (mis)using fancy words and not getting "emotional" at any point during your hyperbolic rant and the subsequent deleting of comments. O_o
2. Yes! Whenever people start saying "the America I grew up in" on the verge of panicky tears, I think they have to be either really, really naive (see: Pleasantville, awesome movie that it is) or they are seriously mourning for a time before the civil rights movement and women's liberation.
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Date: 2009-08-14 11:16 pm (UTC)I totally read that thread, too! There was another one regarding Firefly and at how Joss Whedon was advocating prostitution or something like that, I can't remember exactly what it was directed towards but it definitely wasn't in the positive light.
His "logic" was not Earth logic, by any means. I found his comments very confusing because he tried to sound all intellectual and thinking that if he ignored the better part of rational arguments that he won whereas everyone else were just sniping at him for being right. :/ Uh huh, right. Deleting comments and now a deleted post, totally proves how right you are! I can only imagine the butthurt that'll resume from this.
Omgosh, Pleasantville! Loved that movie.
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Date: 2009-08-15 12:21 am (UTC)I hate that statement as well. More so because most people don't think about what it actually means before it comes bumbling out of their mouths. This is not the America that you gre wup in huh? You mean the America that was so hated by the rest of the world. The America that has to guard itself from terrorist attacks because we are so hated? Would that be the America they are referring to?
I love how when I ask that suddenly nobody is feeling really talkative.
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Date: 2009-08-15 01:06 am (UTC)And the people that do have something to say only go around in circles, not just the insecurities about having Barack as president but the feeling that Americans don't have the same pride that they used to have, and I feel like that's bullshit. The day when Obama was officially sworn into office there were swamps of people surrounding the white house, joining together and taking pride and joy that finally, finally something will be done to change history of America forever. While times have been tough, I think we've grown stronger as a nation.
There will be obstacles, there will be decisions made that not everyone is going to accept or agree with, but in the scheme of things I think we've come a very long way. Change is good, and sometimes people don't like that change, but it has to happen one way or the other so we can move forward.
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Date: 2009-08-15 02:07 am (UTC)Just because we have a black president doesn't mean everything is going down the shithole.
No, but I do think our country is going to go down the shithole because we have Obama, not because we have a black president. I disagree with him quite thoroughly on most things.
Please, please don't assume that all people who dislike Obama are old and grew up in a land of sexism and racism. Some people just don't agree with his politics, and that has NOTHING to do with race.
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Date: 2009-08-15 02:13 am (UTC)I also understand not everyone agrees with Obama. I'm not entirely placing it as a racial thing because I know it's not all there is when people go against him, but it does seem like based on a lot of extremists that do have a lot of negative things to say are implying that as a contributing factor.
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Date: 2009-08-15 02:18 am (UTC)<3
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Date: 2009-08-15 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-16 01:21 am (UTC)Take your prejudices and shove it! (not you, obviously... I am just shouting in a general way)