Wil Wheaton - I am proud to stand up for these beliefs

[Nomad559]

Wil Wheaton

-Snip-

I wrote this hours ago, and I've debated whether or not I should post it. This is an incredibly divisive issue, and I'm sure that I will end up on more of those stupid boycott lists because of this, and that's probably not the smartest business move, considering that I have a book coming out in less than two weeks . . . but I have to stand up for my beliefs, so here it is:

When I heard that George W. Bush had called for an amendment to the Constitution that would effectively codify homosexuals as second-class citizens, I recalled something Howard Dean said recently:

In 1968, Richard Nixon won the White House. He did it in a shameful way--by dividing Americans against one another, stirring up racial prejudices, and bringing out the worst in people.

They called it the "Southern Strategy," and the Republicans have been using it ever since. Nixon pioneered it, and Ronald Reagan perfected it, using phrases like "racial quotas" and "welfare queens" to convince white Americans that minorities were to blame for all of America's problems.

The Republican Party would never win elections if they came out and said their core agenda was about selling America piece by piece to their campaign contributors and making sure that wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of a few. To distract people from their real agenda, they run elections based on race, dividing us, instead of uniting us . . .

[Orrin_73]

1. Wil Rules!!!

Wil :yourock:

kucinich.us

sharpton2004.org

[Faygo Kid]

2. Wesley Crusher to the rescue!

Geez, I apologize for the mean things I said about his character on "STNG." He's got this right.

[Liberal Christian]

3. Of course he's got this right!

Wesley ALWAYS saves the ship!!!!!

[gold_bug]

13. Wil rocks.

And I may be the only Star Trek fan who liked the Wesley character. :)

I read Wil's website regularly. He's great. He has a cool forum, Soapbox.
http://www.wilwheaton.net/

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[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Nope, I liked Wesley a lot, too!

First couple episdoes he has a tad annoying. Though all the characters were still in progress, somehow they got Wesley worse than the others, but they soon had it cleared it up, and I think he became a wonderful character, esepcailly after Wil himself matured in his acting and control of speach and body.

It's really too bad Berman was such a prick to him.

[donco6]

4. What a great article! eom

[slinkerwink]

5. fabulous article! I wonder if he posts on here?

[arcane1]

6. another well-deserved toast to Wil

:toast:

[Endangered Specie]

7. Sometimes Im really proud to be a trekker

[Jade Fox]

8. former kid actor makes good...

What a swell grown-up he has turned out to be.

Acording to a man from Alabama that I met a my Dem caucus, the Southern
Stategy works well, sad to say.

[Lisa]

9. zing!

"Mr. Bush has a lot of nerve talking about "activist judges," considering that he owes his presidency to five of them."

Hahaha! Good one, Wil.

[OneBlueSky]

10. the wisdom of Wesley Crusher . . .

"There is a wonderful opportunity here, though, that I haven't heard anyone talk about, yet: we are now forced, as a nation, to acknowledge and confront the widespread discrimination against gays and lesbians, and I believe that Americans will unite against segregation now, just as we did during the Civil Rights movement.

"I believe in America. I believe in the Bill of Rights, and the founding principals of this nation. I believe that goodness, compassion, and tolerance will triumph over hatred, bigotry, and ignorance."

and I believe Wil is right on the money . . . today, my totally apolitical sister dropped by, and she was absolutely furious about Bush proposing to amend the Constitution to ban gay marriage . . . "The government has NO business in anybody's bedroom!" she announced emphatically, with a kind of angry fire in her eyes that I've never seen before . . . she'll be voting in November, for the first time in many years . . . and she'll be voting for whoever the Democratic candidate may be . . . she says that a lot of people she works with (many of whom are Republicans) also detest Bush, and for a whole variety of reasons . . . one of the main ones being the whole overtime pay thing . . . this is indeed an opportunity, and the American people will come through and throw Bush's sorry ass out of office come Election Day . . . take it to the bank . . .

[Zero Gravitas]

11. Wil is cool

read his blog sometime, he is a good writer, has a great sense of humor and is very progressive.

[Chovexani]

12. I *heart* Wil Wheaton!

I've loved Wil Wheaton ever since I was a pre-pubescent girl swooning over Wesley on TNG. Reading his blog just makes me love him more! :loveya:

Stuff like this makes me proud to be a Trekkie.

--C.

[Blue-Jay]

14. I *know* Wil reads here.

Why doesn't he come out and say so?

Don't make me kick your ass, Wil!

[TheMightyFavog]

16. I read the comments on this entry.

Not very many knuckle-draggers, I think he only took out one degrading post so far.

I remember when he posted hisv veiws when the Iraq war went down last March. The resulting blog troll invasion was appalling.