Fire. Burn. Abomination. Confused. Animals. SATAN! SATAN! SATAN!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

So lisa and i got on the train holding hands, then we found seat across from each other.

Dude decided to start slowly muttering, ABOMINATION! Confused! Depraved! and then slowly louder FIRE! BURN IN FIRE!!! SATAN ! SATAN!

i got up and stood between him and lisa once he started getting louder.

at some point i laughed at him and stuck my tongue out :p

when we were leaving the train, a gay man turned around to tell the homophobic POS, "i wish my boyfriend was here"


it was quite a delight. :sarcasm:

[DarkTirade]

1. With a response like that you have to wonder if the guy

has some kind of SERIOUS mental illness that's just being spurred along by whacky religious beliefs.

*edit* the guy screaming SATAN!, I mean. Not the other guy. :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. yeah, i blame Reagan for emptying out the asylums. nt

[DarkTirade]

4. Still, not something you should have to deal with. :(

:hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. happens pretty frequently to lisa and me.

[Tyler Durden]

3. Proof of Homophobia linked to Tourette's Syndrome....

...but not vice versa, of course.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. i thought he might have been crazy, so didnt bother to throw back insults

but did stick out my tongue, cos i thought that was deserved

[Tyler Durden]

8. There will come a day when the people who act and feel like that will be the outsiders.

It's just a shame that day wasn't 30 years ago as it should have been.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. thanks love.

:hug:

[Connonym]

7. I'm sorry that you ever have to deal with that

wtf is wrong with people? It makes me really sad to hear that this happens to you often. You are one hell of a strong woman.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i think poor lisa has to deal with it a LOT more than me.

thanks honey :hug:

[Tyler Durden]

11. When I saw really crazy religious oddballs in the streets of Ann Arbor...

...I used to go up to them as if I was Jesus come to earth and forgive them.

That REALLY freaked them out.

[fizzgig]

12. ahhh sweetie

:hug:

i'm sorry you two have to deal with shit like that

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. thanks honey.

i try to pretend it doesn't effect me, but in a way i realized i was super hyper and agitated after this.

[fizzgig]

17. it's understandable to be bothered by this

stuff like this is something no one should ever have to desensitize themselves to

[theredpen]

13. Sometimes during meetings...

I'll just interject, "Kill Statan! Kill Statan! Kill Statan!" After the awkward silence, I say, "It's something we learn to do at my church." Anything you do at church in Texas is off limits for criticism.

It's kept me out of management.

[redqueen]

15. Aw... that's so sweet that you stood between them.

Shameful that so many people are still so messed up by religion.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. i think she is much more of a target than i am because i am gender 'appropriate'

and she is not.

[redqueen]

18. I figured that was why...

:hug:



Ugh... gender 'appropriate'... x(

[AllegroRondo]

19. Whats "appropriate"? I thinks shes quite good looking.

And you're darn lucky to have found her.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. oh i think she is hotter than hell but she is butch and butch girls tend to annoy

bigots more than traditional femme girls.

[Maine-ah]

49. I have to agree with you

they're both a couple of hotties....

[edbermac]

20. You should have tongue-kissed Lisa in front of him.

:evilgrin:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. i did after he started yelling.

[Parche]

23. This World

I am glad you were not hurt by these crazy people
This World unfortunately is full of them, with their backwards thinking.
This is why I despise religion, any religion, we should all live in peace and love
and not follow teachings that are hateful.
:hug: :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. despite his predictions i am not turning into the devil,

i totally checked for horns this morning

[NewJeffCT]

29. ah, but did you

also check for fangs, a tail, cloven hoofs forming in place of your feet?

[quip]

25. This is disturbing

People have the right to believe whatever they want to believe, no matter how bigotted and ugly those beliefs are. I get that. It's when those beliefs lead to actions that are completely intolerant and hateful that I lose my mind.

If I were you, lionesspriyanka, I would take these opportunities to call out these hypocrites with their own Scriptures to set them straight. If you are feeling particularly generous and want to help them think through their own stupidity, that is. That may be too confrontational, and maybe just ignoring the ignoramuses would be best.

But I'd be happy to provide some "zinger texts" for you to use in the future if you'd like. :D :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. i dont think you can argue with crazy. i think he was unhinged.

but zingers are always appreciated

[quip]

40. Well, for starters "Do not judge, or you too will be judged"

That's from the sermon on the mount in Matthew, chapter 7, verse 1. :thumbsup:

[Deep13]

27. Oh, I wouldn't want to criticize Mr. POS's religious views. That would be intolerant.

All religious beliefs are equally valid, right?:sarcasm:

Obviously, this is no different than calling someone a n****r and saying that person should be lynched.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. lol. at one point i didnt know if he was threatening to burn us or predicting we would burn.

[Deep13]

33. If those are the options, then I'd rather play a different game.

Excuse me. I know you two don't know me or anything, but I wanted to let you know that you will be subjected to everlasting burning torment. Thanks, have a nice day.
:wtf:

[SallyMander]

28. W. T. F.

Good for you for not letting him get to you in the moment... but you must have been BURNING UP inside!!! :grr:

Sorry you had to deal with that shit. :hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. for a while i laughed out loud, mostly because i didnt know what else to do

and it was a bit funny.

FIRE SATAN FIRE FIRE DEVIL SATAN ABOMINATION

i mean, it is all a bit funny

[SallyMander]

32. Yeah -- sounds like he may not have been all there

upstairs, if ya know what i mean.

People muttering to themselves on trains are generally suspect. :rofl:

[krispos42]

34. Should have just said to him...

"You don't know what you're missing. I'll bet you'll try to imagine it tonight, though, perv!"

:evilgrin:

That'll give him a visual thorn in his cerebrum late at night when he's all by himself in the darkness..



Although I don't think Ron White is a beacon of insight into the human condition, he has a point when he says "You can't fix stupid".

I hope you carry something for protection from such people just in case they decide that now is the time to get Old Testament on you.

[Marrah_G]

35. He sounds mentally ill.

I ran into one of those in a Wendy's once. I had to walk away, biting my tongue, because I am pretty sure he was already living a cursed existance.

[ThomCat]

36. I'm very glad he was just a harmless ranter.

You never know with crazy people.

:hug:

I think the way you handled it was very cool and funny. :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. thanks. i was really just trying to laugh loudly and not get mad

sigh

[Critters2]

38. When I lived in Boston, I attracted people like this on the T.

I took a class at Harvard, with some other people from my school. We all rode the T to Cambridge, but, after a couple of weeks, they wouldn't sit by me--and called me "The Crazy Magnet". Happily, they always sat in the same car as me, because they were concerned for my safety. But aside from masturbating in the seat next to me...eww...none of the crazies were dangerous.

Crazies on the subways. Good times.

Glad your crazy wasn't dangerous either!!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

43. here is the thing though, the crazy is just the noticeable one.

people try to stare lisa and me down ALL the fuckign time. the crazies just are voicing what a lot of people are thinking.

[BarenakedLady]

39. Lovely.

:sarcasm:

Sorry you have to deal with that crap.

:hug:

[IdaBriggs]

41. I'm sorry you have to deal with morons. But just so you can feel a little better--

know that there are idiots like that out there who *always* find something to freak out about.

Case in point: a guy standing on a corner near Meijers the other day. He was holding up a HUGE sign that said

ALL LIARS GO TO HELL!!!

And then there were two biblical references to "prove" his point.

We were stopped at the light, and I stared at him in a puzzled way trying to figure out why "liars going to hell" was such a big deal for him, when I realized that he was holding a small stuffed SANTA CLAUS in one hand (the sign was suspended around his neck, and he used the other hand to steady it) which he was waving at people. So, what he was *trying* to communicate was

IF YOU TELL (YOUR?) CHILDREN THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS, YOU ARE A LIAR WHO IS GOING TO HELL.

:banghead:

Feel better?

Probably not. Sigh. Sorry you had to deal with a Freaking Moran. :hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

42. its not just the crazies though, its that people try to stare lisa and me down all the time

the crazies just add an element of violence/fear to a hostile situation.

[Flaxbee]

44. he sounds like he was crazy, but that doesn't make it any

easier to deal with. I'm sorry you had to experience that; very sweet of you to stand between him and Lisa. And while he is crazy, that kind of behavior is also threatening and can be intimidating, even if it doesn't seem so until afterward -

Took me a minute to figure out why he was saying all that shit - it just never occurs to me that you and/or Lisa could be in any way 'objectionable'.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. people are always threatening towards poor lisa.

i personally think its because the men know they cant be as hot as her, and the women know that the men they are married to cant hold a candle to her hotness. :)

[Flaxbee]

46. I think you're right!

:)

And anyway, people who are true to themselves are ALWAYS a threat to those who aren't/haven't been, who are trapped in unhappy, conformist lives.

[SPKrazy]

47. Geez, sounds like a total ass

i mean a total homophobic ass who should grow up and realize that he's an ass.



:hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

48. hi there

thanks for the hug

[IndianaJones]

50. obviously you were instigating his behavior.

maybe he is from a country where there are only straight people.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

51. or no boobs. i hear i instigate trouble with my boobs. nt

[IndianaJones]

52. I hadn't heard that one. LOL. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

72. what you dont know that my boob shots are ruining DU? c'mon now

PS: i am a feminist even when i say highly sexist things

[Dr. Strange]

58. This sounds like a good story!

"The day lionesspriyanka instigated trouble using just her boobs"
by Dr. Seuss.


I hope that this will be a Lounge Thread someday!

[Deep13]

53. "...Confused...."

Well at least he was right about that.

[Oeditpus Rex]

54. So, Bill Cosby was right

One of his old, old bits was about the New York subway system:

"Not only do they take you where you want to go and bring you back, they go out of their way to entertain you: They put a nut in every car. You get on any subway train in New York City, some nut'll stand up — 'THE LORD WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T SIT DOWN HERE!'"

:D

[Tresalisa]

55. I am so sorry you both had to go through that.

That's the reason I was always afraid of PDA's when my girl and I were out together. My family and friends all accept me as I am, but there are just too many people who are :crazy: Hugs to you. :hug:

[Deep13]

56. "...SATAN! SATAN! SATAN!"

Ya-a-a-a-a-y Satan!

[nomorenomore08]

61. If that's what hell is like, then well... There goes any motivation to be good.

:evilgrin:

[LSK]

57. you should have told him that you are indeed Satans agent

and that the end of the world was on Saturday.

Let him shit in his pants for a few days! Fuck with these morons!

:evilgrin:

[hedgehog]

59. It's incidents like this that make me wish there was an affirmation signal

people could give.


Be careful out there!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

71. thank you honey

[Tuesday Afternoon]

60. I am so sorry this happened to you and Lisa.

:hug: <-----for you


:hug: <-----for Lisa

[La Lioness Priyanka]

70. thanks honey.

[mwooldri]

62. I don't know what to say about this... but here goes...

Thinking about it some more it probably would have been weird if you two decided to start speaking in tongues and laying on hands in prayer (you don't have to lay actual hands on, ya know) - or doing your best to pretend in this way. That would probably confuse the guy even more. even more if you prayed in plain English - "In the name of Jeezus I order you to take this demon out of this man!" The fake Televangelists do it all the time so why can't us mere mortals do it?

Really you shouldn't have to put up with this. You took the high ground and I applaud you and Lisa, even though I don't know you.

Mark.

[Generic Brad]

63. My daughter gets the same treatment daily at her school bus stop

Her "crime" is being interracial.

Is it just me who thinks the numbers of hell and damnation nut cases are increasing?

[readmoreoften]

64. Intolerant bullying should be outlawed. That's disgusting.

There's no free speech in primary/secondary school anyway, so why allow bullying? I'd put racist/homophobic kids in an appropriate history course, call it 'diversity civics', and make them pass before they are released back into the population. And busstop bullies shold lose their riding privileges.

[AllegroRondo]

74. You should report that to the school principal

In my school district, bus stops are considered part of the school and any bullying there can result in punishment from the principal. They're pretty serious about it here.

[Generic Brad]

79. It's not students doing it

It's some old lady who is in her 70's. She only does it if my wife or I don't wait at the bus stop with her.

Gotta love the neighbors.

[readmoreoften]

65. My GF got called a dyke in front of our house the other day by a neighborhood gang.

So was he Bellvue psychiatric crazy or suit-and-tie crazy? Fuckin' subway. I don't miss it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

69. you know the guys w.the bibles preaching about hell and damnation if you dont accept jesus as your

personal savior?

he was that brand of crazy :hi:

i have femme guilt because i feel i 'pass' and have an easier life

[Catsbrains]

66. what a douche bag.

[Rabrrrrrr]

67. Well, you see, you've taken your lesbianism out of the closet, where it belongs,

and into the broad brush of daylight for public display.

Plus you don't wear burqas.

I wouldn't be surprised, either, if you were speaking, even though there were men around.

So between being lesbian in public and visibly and flagrantly and willingly and knowingly being a female with boobs, it was your fault.

The guy on the subway was simply the avatar - or archetype, if you will - for the rest of humanity, trying to protect our children from dirty nasty rotten taboo sick sexuality. I think you'll find that he speaks for all of us.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

68. I know, right? how dare I?

:hi:

[Swede]

73. Sounds like Tourette's syndrome.

If not,this kind of behavior is beneath contempt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

75. its not tourettes. i think its homophobia w. religious fervour and some craziness.

[Swede]

76. Scary.

These creeps feel empowered because of non stop rightwing propaganda. You're a brave person,my friend.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

78. i have no choice.

thanks :hi:

[lightningandsnow]

77. What a moran.

Sorry you had to go through that.

People are real asshats sometimes.

:hug: