tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post2274877595454293224..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: I saw a preacher man in cuffs; he'd taken money from the churchEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-45273662916695975882011-12-26T05:38:15.030-08:002011-12-26T05:38:15.030-08:00Admittedly, I haven't been around much over th...Admittedly, I haven't been around much over the past day and a half, so I haven't had chance to listen to any other potential feather-headed twitterings...but you're quite right, he may just have been seeing how much of a rise he could get out of people for "the lulz" or some such.<br /><br />"Alt, rinse repeat" indeed. :)Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-35078787878696675402011-12-26T04:24:15.521-08:002011-12-26T04:24:15.521-08:00*snorts*
Sounds like one of the typical "trol...*snorts*<br />Sounds like one of the typical "trolling Caledon for lols" idiots that crop up regularly.<br />Start spouting some racial or religious bigotry and then stand back and chortle at the indignation.<br />Alt, rinse repeat.Aunt Foggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822854807566491775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-26124149839414526812011-12-23T19:40:56.706-08:002011-12-23T19:40:56.706-08:00Miss Jameson,
This, I well know. While, again, I ...Miss Jameson,<br /><br />This, I well know. While, again, I would tender the point that I <i>am</i> choosing to paint the fellow's behavior in wide, and potentially offensive strokes myself, I am drawing a clear and unwavering line between Republicans who <i>think</i>, and idiots who watch Fox News.<br /><br />There is nothing inherently wrong in being Republican, or politically conservative in general. There <i>is</i> something <i>very</i> wrong with Republicans who think everyone in this wide and varied country should be Christian, straight, and conservative, and that everyone else should simply move--or die off. There <i>is</i> something <i>very</i> wrong with Republicans who think that killing programs like LIHEAP--which is not only funded with government monies that go back to support industry <i>and</i> the government, <i>but</i> that operate within their given budget every year, <i>and</i> help people who otherwise could not gain winter heating--is a <i>good idea</i>.<br /><br />I admit, at the present time, I'm lumping Mr. H in with the worst of the Perry-admiring, Bush-supporting lot, the Republicans who think education should be reserved for the rich, the conservatives who think if you're not white, then obviously you should be on death row, whether you committed a crime or not. This type of unreasoning thug offends me deeply, and unfortunately, Mr. H played very, very well into that mental supposition for me.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-585169577018363192011-12-23T14:13:30.379-08:002011-12-23T14:13:30.379-08:00The gentleman was certainly a belligerent jerk, an...The gentleman was certainly a belligerent jerk, and I would not wish that conversation on anyone, Your Grace.<br /><br />Sadly, his poor behavior reflected poorly on Americans generally, Texans specifically, and, though he never claimed allegiance to conservative principles, I can see how others would lump him with the most extreme and offensive specimens of that political philosophy.<br /><br />Still, Miss Orr, I assure you that not everyone on the other side of the political aisle share his specific views or method of expressing them.Rhianon Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627163137265856251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-50282290755654058512011-12-23T10:15:56.920-08:002011-12-23T10:15:56.920-08:00Thing is, had you been there, it might have been a...Thing is, had you been there, it might have been a more strident conversation, but I doubt it would've made more sense. Reading through it again, I know I'm painting him in broad strokes, but considering this, I wouldn't be at all surprised if some members of Caledon are now--at least, privately, in the sage-drenched prairie thoughts of Mr. H--referred to at least once as "liberals" in that lip-curling sneering tone so favored by Fox News. And who knows, he may go that two steps farther along, and string it into an entire compartmentalizing phrase: "liberal pinko scum", for instance, or "goddamn faggot Democrats".<br /><br />He's not even a <i>new avatar</i>, he doesn't even have that much going for him. He's been in SL since <i>2009</i>, so he really has no excuse for being this much of a clueless bigot.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-48262400984139599752011-12-23T09:47:31.864-08:002011-12-23T09:47:31.864-08:00I'm just glad I missed that exchange as I thin...I'm just glad I missed that exchange as I think I would have had a few choice words sent in his direction. He seems like the stereotypical jingoistic American that really gets on my nerves.<br /><br />And to be a bit snobby, I'm sad that the sort of person who will casually top off a "raghead" slur feels that Caledon is a suitable place to join.<br /><br />I'm wondering whether I bother working out his name to mute him or wait for him to get all offensive again when I'm online.Edward Pearsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064707444626044745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-70157616291857097582011-12-23T07:02:30.654-08:002011-12-23T07:02:30.654-08:00Indeed not, and I thank you, because I truly was t...Indeed not, and I thank you, because I truly was trying to be as polite as my overcaffeinated state allowed. <br /><br />But even with Sir Z flogging the dead horse of 'can't we all be rational and admit there's no God', there's still, dare I voice this, <i>room</i> for that in Caledon. We are a large part of the steamlands. (And yes, I say we, even though, at present, I maintain a home in Winterfell, not Caledon.) We carry monotheists and polytheists and anti-theists, deists and agnostics, and that's only taking into account the religious differences. Jewish, Catholic, Christian, Buddhist, pagan, Mormon, Quaker, Wiccan, Pastafarian, and that's just the people I <i>know;</i> I <i>know</i> there are others...<br /><br />And yes, of <i>course</i> we fight. About religion, about relationships, sex and society, politics and history, interpretation, science and theory. We wouldn't be who we are if we didn't. But for the <i>most part</i>, we manage to pull back from the really vile personal attacks, most of the time.<br /><br />I think that's why this fellow got under my skin. He seemed <i>so</i> offended that not everyone wanted to wish him <i>his</i> version of the winter festival, as if <i>his</i> version is the only version that matters.<br /><br />They had a word for that kind of thinking, once. They called them Crusades.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-6745649869982114702011-12-23T05:09:29.374-08:002011-12-23T05:09:29.374-08:00I had the misfortune to be on-line during that exc...I had the misfortune to be on-line during that exchange, and cringed throughout the gentleman's ignorant "no, it's Merry Christmas" rant as well as the offensive "rag head" comment. I cringed even though I prefer a hearty "Merry Christmas" to a wimpy "Happy Holidays" as a general rule. However, as you point out, Mr. S began by wishing all a happy solstice, which, as it was, in fact, the solstice, was entirely accurate and completely inoffensive. The guy was a jerk; so stipulated.<br /><br />But some of the conversation after that was a little cringe-inducing, too. The general thrust of the remarks by Sir Z was that people who had some sort of faith were idiots. He's entitled to that opinion, of course, but it seemed a little ironic that a discussion that began by noting one person's intolerance morphed into a different version of intolerance. It was particularly unfortunate because at least one participant in the discussion, a duchess of the Jewish faith, has made her faith quite clear to Caledon.<br /><br />I hasten to add that you, Miss Orr, were one of the adults in the room, as was Miss S. Though both of you made your positions vis-a-vis religion clear, you demonstrated the Caledonian spirit of tolerance to alternative viewpoints, and maintained good humor throughout.<br /><br />Still, not Caledon's finest hour.Rhianon Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627163137265856251noreply@blogger.com