March 2012
305 posts
Defending the Daily Show/Colbert with "It's a...
stfuconservatives:
liberalchristian:
stfuconservatives:
They are just as much political commentators as anyone. I’ll bet you weren’t dismissing their outlook when they helped get 9/11 First Responders Health Care. We try to present the bullshit of American politics with a humorous bent too but that doesn’t absolve us from occasionally being wrong, ignorant, or racist. We aren’t calling for...
Defending the Daily Show/Colbert with "It's a...
stfuconservatives:
They are just as much political commentators as anyone. I’ll bet you weren’t dismissing their outlook when they helped get 9/11 First Responders Health Care. We try to present the bullshit of American politics with a humorous bent too but that doesn’t absolve us from occasionally being wrong, ignorant, or racist. We aren’t calling for them to be pulled off the air or anything,...
silentlydrawn:
Nigerians are the Most Educated In the United States
Not surprised. All the Nigerians I’ve ever met have been smart people.
Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
everythingbutharleyquinn:
liz-the-wiz:
thatfeministdyke:
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if...
thisisaricktatorship:
putting aside the racist slip for a second
santorum also used “anti-war” as a negative thing
like is that supposed to be an insult
who the fuck is pro-war (because come on, even republicans aren’t THAT crazy*)
is rick santorum just sitting around yelling LET’S START ALL THE WARS
EVERY COUNTRY
AT WAR
IF U AINT AMERICA U AINT ALIVE
(*excluding 2012 presidential...
A nice and natural singular “they” from Community
ieithoedd:
lesserjoke:
palmerlanguage:
JEFF: Someone in this room is hiding your pen. Wanna know why? They feel terrible. They made a mistake. They waited too long to come forward and now they feel bad.
BRITTA: They should.
“There’s nothing odd about this dialogue, despite all the singular theys in it, and we even see that Britta goes along with Jeff’s singular they in her response. It’d...
“One day, historians will look back on these advertisements and conclude that...”
– Conservative Crush Porn (via azspot)
A Message From a Republican Meteorologist on... →
climateadaptation:
This piece is worth reading in full:
””My climate epiphany wasn’t overnight, and it had nothing to do with Al Gore.”
I’m going to tell you something that my Republican friends are loath to admit out loud: climate change is real. I’m a moderate Republican, fiscally conservative; a fan of small government, accountability, self-empowerment and sound science. I am not a climate...
Another Rant
furnaceofdoubt:
This is just my thought. Because too much of the obsession about homosexuality and Christianity occurs in the Evangelical “Bible-only” world we become over obsessed with arguing about those dreadful clobber verses. But I think that’s giving too much ground. Demonstrating to me that Scriptural sexual mores exclude gay sex doesn’t prove anything. So what, we’ve rejected most of...
stfuconservatives:
danielmcbatman answered your question: Now taking bets on what Santorum’s campaign will pretend he meant to say
“the anti-war, government Nigerian Prince that’s been emailing you”
Barack Obama the candidate is trying to redistribute your money, he just needs your bank account number and he’ll let you have half of his dad’s Elitist Muslim treasure.
judyisyourvietnam:
vondell-swain:
occasionally people speak awkwardly and fumble for words even when they’re NOT about to say “nigger”
I am reasonably sure that the last time you misspoke and stopped mid-sentence and fumbled for words, it wasn’t because you realized you were about to say “nigger”
it is true that the sound “ng” does appear at the beginning of the word, but using the word...
greaterthanlapsed:
“…Scalia doesn’t seem to realize that the so-called “Cornhusker kickback” wasn’t included in the Affordable Care Act; it was taken out before passage. Scalia probably heard something about it on Fox News, assumed it was true, and internalized his party’s talking points. More than two years later, the conservative justice is still parroting a claim that has no basis in fact —...
wontbecomplacent:
a lesbian reader: aatombomb: We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to…
aatombomb:
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi...
candid: Just a couple reminders →
nicolebalagtas:
Let all that you do be done in love. - 1 Corinthians 16:14
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. - Proverbs 4:23
My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. - 1 Corinthians 4:4
Above all, keep fervent in your love…
ihopericksantorum:
I hope that on April 1st Rick Santorum announces that his entire campaign was just a big joke and that everyone got fooled and we’ll all have a nice laugh about the whole thing and forget that he was ever seriously considered as a candidate.
Pope Calls Health Care An 'Inalienable Right,'... →
Shit Racist White People Say to Black and...
soupergrrl:
White People: Yeah, we did the Natives real dirty. We won the land fair and square! You guys just weren’t developed enough! Indigenous People: -_- White People: What’d I say? I’m totally not being racist, but you guys didn’t have civilizations. Indigenous People: Iroquois Confederacy? Cahokia? The Mashika? Aztecs? Mayans? The herbal medicines of our ancestors...
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In other words, I drive as well as everyone else...
I feel like there ought to be laws restricting the actions of people like me.
All this week, a problem has been bothering me about a consistent way to find formulas for number patterns. Today, on my way home, a sudden flash of inspiration struck. Frantically, I searched for the nearest blank sheet of paper and began to scribble numbers madly, multiplying and subtracting them while careening down...
The more you know: Anti-gay companies →
If Obama was a liberal muslim socialist, I would...
Sigh… if only.
Sex for Procreation
ishachan:
Morality Teacher: The church recognizes that sexuality is something you are born with, but the reason that gay sex is immoral is because sex is supposed to always to be open for procreation. Me: But what about if a woman is born infertile, is it just crap luck and she can’t ever have sex either? Morality Teacher: That’s a little different, as long as she’s open with...
privilegetoloveyou:
Classifying racism as simply a type of discrimination based on race is false and far too simplified. Discrimination by race is racial discrimination, plain and simple. Racism is the systematic oppression of a race within a society. Saying things are “racist” to racial groups that aren’t minorities is just incorrect, regardless of how commonly it’s used. Something can be...
Homosexuality and the Church Packet →
gaychristian:
Why homosexuality isn’t a sin.
-Ian
When Did ‘Christian’ Become A Synonym For... →
As I lay in bed struggling to wake up I thought: Christian? Christians aren’t some twee boutique demographic. Christians represent the majority. About 78 percent of Americans self-identify as Christian, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. What NPR and Fox and Sony mean when they say “Christian” is “Christian right” or “Christian conservatives,” terms that adherents don’t like...
Watchpaxamericana:
mohandasgandhi:
soupsoup:
reuters:
ABC News releases surveillance video of arrest of George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman said he had been bloodied badly, had the back of his head slammed into the ground, and was given a broken nose. Does that appear to be the case from this video?
Good luck with that defense, George.
If you’ve been beaten so badly that you fear for your life...
“These women, by exercising their own choices, are denying it to us. It’s why...”
– David Wong, 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women (via samaralex)
Feeding Frenzy
politicalprof:
Let me offer a brief moment of fellow feeling for two people who are not high on people’s “friend” lists right now, and for another group that is enjoying a great deal of sympathy but is also facing a great deal of pressure right now.
The people/groups in question are Trayvon Martin’s family, Jason Russell (of KONY 2012 (in)famy), and yes, George Zimmerman.
Don’t get me wrong: I...
“I cannot understand anti-abortion arguments that centre on the sanctity of life....”
– Caitlin Moran. (via futureabortiondoctor)
“They worship me every day, claiming that they are eager to know my ways and obey...”
– Isaiah 58:2-12 (via davidgaillardetz)
Coincidence
Character in my book, WomanX, who is referred to by the most legitimately insane character in my story as ‘a little odd’:
Mom: So… WomanX is supposed to be a conservative, evangelical Christian?
Me: I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t think I even use the word Christian anywhere in the book. No one could possibly make that connection.
Mom: Mhm....
Conservative Agenda In Trayvon Martin Case: Whites...
liberalsarecool:
At first glance, there’s no obvious conservative agenda here. They might, in the abstract, want to defend the “Stand Your Ground” laws that have suddenly drawn the public’s attention since the Martin shooting. But the shooting itself? There’s no special conservative principle at stake that says neighborhood watch captains should be able to shoot anyone who looks suspicious....
goodreasonnews:
soisatandsangalone:
I was told the best thing a while ago about atheists or other non-believers that like to spend all their time pushing out “evidence” about the wrongs of Christianity. ” People only argue about things that bug them. If they truly felt there was no God, why would they care?”
Whoever told you that was trying to confuse you. Let me explain the many fallacies...
I know I have some followers who are pro-military.
honor-not-honors:
Will someone please tell me what I’m supposed to be thankful to the military for?
The military-industrial complex isn’t sustaining the American economy. The last time a war was fought to defend the U.S. from foreign invaders or a threat to my civil liberties was the War of 1812. (And maybe, arguably, World War II, although Pearl Harbor was deliberately provoked.)
I...