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Re: Mom Jeansghazi! Thread of American Politics
« Reply #4084 on: March 14, 2014, 08:59:44 PM »
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« Reply #4089 on: March 14, 2014, 10:29:06 PM »
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« Reply #4096 on: March 15, 2014, 12:43:35 PM »
liberal humor
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« Reply #4097 on: March 15, 2014, 12:57:05 PM »
liberal humor
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You tryin' to say #McConnelling isn't hilarious.

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« Reply #4098 on: March 15, 2014, 01:09:18 PM »
I was only mildly amused by it when I saw it on the daily show. :larry

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« Reply #4103 on: March 15, 2014, 09:26:31 PM »
And now back to our regularly scheduled show "How Can We Hate the Gay Away Today?" hosted by the GOP:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/03/13/3354801/south-carolina-lgbt-books/#

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A proposed South Carolina state budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes nearly $70,000 in funding cuts for two public colleges that assigned books addressing gay and lesbian themes. State Representative Garry Smith (R) originally advocated the measure that would take away $52,000 from the College of Charleston and $17,142 from the University of South Carolina Upstate. The House passed its full $24 billion budget with a 115-2 preliminary vote Tuesday and approved it for the Senate on Wednesday.

For its first-year summer reading program, the College of Charleston assigned Fun Home, an illustrated memoir that documents the writer’s experience coming to terms with her sexuality in small-town Pennsylvania. A 2006 piece in The New York Times Book Review described author Alison Bechdel’s memoir as “a story about a daughter trying to understand her father through the common and unspoken bond of their homosexuality.” Bechdel’s father, a closeted gay man, dies in a car accident after his daughter comes out to him.

Students at South Carolina Upstate read Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio, a collection of stories about the state’s first gay and lesbian radio show. A summary on the university’s first-year program page recalls an enthusiastic opening segment on the station: “For far too long, talk radio airwaves have been dominated by the people who talk about us. Starting this fall, we speak for ourselves!”

Smith told the The State newspaper that the books imposed a perspective on students rather than promoting dialogue: “One of the things I learned over the years is that if you want to make a point, you have to make it hurt,” he said. “I understand academic freedom, but this is not academic freedom … This was about promoting one side with no academic debate involved.”

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Re: Mom Jeansghazi! Thread of American Politics
« Reply #4104 on: March 15, 2014, 09:34:45 PM »
what the fuck is there to debate

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« Reply #4105 on: March 15, 2014, 09:47:16 PM »
what the fuck is there to debate

I'd like to know what books he'd propose assigning as a counter-point. The Pink Swastika, maybe?
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« Reply #4106 on: March 15, 2014, 10:33:20 PM »
The Bible, duh.
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« Reply #4107 on: March 15, 2014, 10:42:36 PM »
Fiction is not a counterpoint. :fedora
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« Reply #4108 on: March 16, 2014, 12:14:10 AM »
what the fuck is there to debate

I'd like to know what books he'd propose assigning as a counter-point. The Pink Swastika, maybe?

Ender's Game?
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« Reply #4112 on: March 17, 2014, 12:40:55 PM »
St. Patties is about GREEN not PINK. #merica
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Re: Mom Jeansghazi! Thread of American Politics
« Reply #4113 on: March 17, 2014, 12:45:51 PM »
black people don't get signs at St. Pattys, why should gays?
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« Reply #4114 on: March 17, 2014, 12:49:01 PM »
You didn't choose to be black. :smug
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« Reply #4115 on: March 17, 2014, 02:42:43 PM »
Why be a black conservative, I want to be a white conservative now
http://spectator.org/articles/56909/propaganda-not-%E2%80%98reality-or-%E2%80%98truth
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« Reply #4116 on: March 17, 2014, 02:54:24 PM »
Why be a black conservative, I want to be a white conservative now
http://spectator.org/articles/56909/propaganda-not-%E2%80%98reality-or-%E2%80%98truth

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I can't wait to see Bowman's defense of Darth Vader. Just kidding, Vader's black.

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« Reply #4117 on: March 17, 2014, 04:55:51 PM »
I don't understand that article. What is the guy even talking about?

Surprised he didn't mention the voters who admitted they hadn't seen the movie but voted for it anyway because "social duty" or some bullshit.

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« Reply #4118 on: March 17, 2014, 05:01:35 PM »
I don't understand that article. What is the guy even talking about?

12 Years a Slave is propaganda just like Gone with the Wind, because it only shows the bad side of slavery and there were probably some slaves that really liked being slaves.
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« Reply #4119 on: March 17, 2014, 05:10:58 PM »
Okay dog, translate this into English then too:
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See, there are some pretty obvious differences between slavery as practiced in the U.S. a century and a half ago and today’s “prison population” or Trayvon Martin, not to mention stop and frisk. The only connection between these things and slavery is that the presumptive moral debt owed to the descendants of slavery’s victims and the moral authority conferred on them by it may be applied to the disapproval and eventually the disappearance of things its beneficiaries don’t like or find objectionable or irksome, on account of the sufferings of their ancestors.

Our awareness of Mr. McQueen’s frankly stated political agenda cannot but affect our view of the supposed history that is supposedly repeating itself and may even cast doubt backwards on that history itself.

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« Reply #4120 on: March 17, 2014, 05:14:46 PM »
"Why are all these black folks complaining so much? They should be happy that slavery is over and let me live in my comfy white man world."
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« Reply #4122 on: March 17, 2014, 05:17:11 PM »
Okay dog, translate this into English then too:
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See, there are some pretty obvious differences between slavery as practiced in the U.S. a century and a half ago and today’s “prison population” or Trayvon Martin, not to mention stop and frisk. The only connection between these things and slavery is that the presumptive moral debt owed to the descendants of slavery’s victims and the moral authority conferred on them by it may be applied to the disapproval and eventually the disappearance of things its beneficiaries don’t like or find objectionable or irksome, on account of the sufferings of their ancestors.

Our awareness of Mr. McQueen’s frankly stated political agenda cannot but affect our view of the supposed history that is supposedly repeating itself and may even cast doubt backwards on that history itself.

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« Reply #4123 on: March 17, 2014, 05:23:39 PM »
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« Reply #4124 on: March 17, 2014, 05:24:01 PM »
Alternately: "Hollywood needs a Fairness Doctrine."

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« Reply #4125 on: March 17, 2014, 06:08:26 PM »
The Boy

This touching fair and balanced historical film depicts the life of Samuel Tuckett, a homeless African-American youngster from a single parent home, taken in by Jennie Beauregard, a well-to-do slave owner who helps him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Tuckett's presence in Beauregard's life leads her to some insightful self-discoveries of her own. Living in his new environment, the boy faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a mandingo fighter and farm hand, Tuckett works hard and, with the help of his overseers and adopted family, becomes an independent slave owner himself.

Starring Sandra Bullock and Darius Xavier



Bakers In Autumn

This non-political drama tells the tale of Ezra, a young concentration camp shoe shine boy and Lars, an oven operator at Auschwitz. Despite philosophical differences the two young men form a bond that is stronger than silver. As the demands of Lars' job take their toll, Ezra provides a calming hand that leads both of them to open their own small business bakery. Through hard work and perseverance they inspire their people to overcome equally challenging odds.
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« Reply #4126 on: March 17, 2014, 09:24:34 PM »

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Meredith Strang Burgess, whose Portland-based Burgess Advertising produced the naked man ad and other ads for enroll 207, said she and her team had to “channel our younger, inner selves” for inspiration.

“Everyone thought it was hysterical,” Strang Burgess said of the naked man ad.

She also bounced ideas off her three sons, who are in their 20s and 30s, for the social media campaign and advertising on cable television geared toward young men and women.

“I’m feeling very hip right now,” said Strang Burgess, who’s 57.

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« Reply #4127 on: March 17, 2014, 11:03:33 PM »
That lady's sons just trolled her big time.
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« Reply #4128 on: March 18, 2014, 07:27:38 AM »




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« Reply #4130 on: March 19, 2014, 12:41:10 PM »
All those gay wedding cakes must have taken their toll.  :'(
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« Reply #4132 on: March 19, 2014, 05:11:05 PM »
hipster republican!

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« Reply #4133 on: March 20, 2014, 11:12:04 PM »
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Evangelist Franklin Graham is praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggressive crackdown on homosexuality, saying his record on protecting children from gay “propaganda” is better than President Barack Obama’s “shameful” embrace of gay rights.

Graham, who now heads the Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association started by his famous father, praised Putin in the March issue of the group’s Decision magazine for signing a bill that imposes fines for adults who promote “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors.”

The Russian law came under heavy criticism from gay-rights activists – and from Obama – ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In response, Obama included openly gay athletes as part of the official U.S. delegation to Sochi.

“In my opinion, Putin is right on these issues,” Graham wrote. “Obviously, he may be wrong about many things, but he has taken a stand to protect his nation’s children from the damaging effects of any gay and lesbian agenda.

“Our president and his attorney general have turned their backs on God and His standards, and many in the Congress are following the administration’s lead. This is shameful.”

With the caveat that “I am not endorsing President Putin,” Graham nonetheless praised Russia’s get-tough approach toward gay rights.

“Isn’t it sad, though, that America’s own morality has fallen so far that on this issue – protecting children from any homosexual agenda or propaganda – Russia’s standard is higher than our own?”
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/18/3713063/franklin-graham-putin-is-better.html#storylink=cpy
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« Reply #4134 on: March 20, 2014, 11:12:36 PM »
why would a muslim go to the funeral for a baptist lmao
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« Reply #4135 on: March 21, 2014, 09:02:51 AM »
"Putin would have sanctioned Putin harder. #tcot"
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« Reply #4137 on: March 21, 2014, 11:44:46 PM »
I can't tell which are the parodies and which are the real ones!
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« Reply #4139 on: March 21, 2014, 11:53:33 PM »
Is Last Week Tonight any good? Haven't seen it, love John Oliver, would give him a handjob. Wait.