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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 09:55 PM Original message |
Some thoughts about comparing the LGBT struggle for rights to other struggles for rights. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. k&r good sir |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. This OP is continuation of discussion in a thread titled, "I'm a field Negro. What are our leaders?" |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It stands up nicely as an OP all on its own. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It presents a misleading link that was not under discussion and begins with a false claim |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There's nothing misleading or false about it. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. LOL LOL |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The OP explained why in detail. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Please read the entire OP. It's a compelling argument. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Please do not make stuff up and pretend it's true. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Do not call another member of this message board a liar, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Ill asserter"? "No need to flame-out because you think this information should be suppressed" |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Do you honestly think you're doing anything constructive? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Letting one know his games are ill and receiving an answer from another? Yes |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What are you talking about? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It's okay, not you, thank you for your answer. Good luck to all. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I was asked on the thread you mentioned to post a response I made as a post in its own right. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Any reason you chose to not use the link under discussion, with slavery related title |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I felt that the Aravosi article was a statement of agreement with the Spaulding article. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. What difference does it make to YOU? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. What difference does it make to YOU? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. It's a fine post. Get over yourself. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Back atcha bub!! |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. what's your point? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent. Thank you. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. I wonder that too, Lex. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. People can always play dumb when their agenda requires it. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Okay, Hello? You 3 in a row have shown how "obtuse," "failing to understand" and "agenda" driven |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is really well-articulated |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Thank you Prism. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. You did better than I would've |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Thank you sir... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. We Americans just love opinion over analysis, don't we? Our media is filled with |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Are you gay? n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I carefully said exactly what I wanted to say in #26, thank you. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Just was I suspected--another straight guy lecturing the queers on how they should behave. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And I thought I made a general comment about American political discourse and the importance |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Nah, it was just more self-important blather. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm always sorry to see progressive movements derailed by bullshit disruptor tactics or |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. "I can't hear you I can't hear you I can't hear you I can't hear you na na na na na" |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. hahahahahahahaha |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. One concern may be that alienating and attacking allies for "fun" is a foolish mistake. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. It may seem like "blather" to you with so many words to read, but it is beyond the "self" |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. in a calm, clear, communicative manner. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. and a white guy titled a piece "I Am A Field Negro...." |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
68. Ahh, now I get it. Your problem is that you don't bother to read the linked titles! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Careful... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Then come the bizarre PM's. n/t |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Those are the best. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Swarmhole! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. With "Needler!" on the back. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. Yes, children it's all a big game where the fun is to alienate your allies and then blame them |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #84 |
147. If your support is conditional upon a message board, your support never existed. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #147 |
151. Perhaps you don't know what 'alienate' means. LOL or "allies" |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Here are the definitions: |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. Sad |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Some compelling logic there. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. . |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Didn't question when you claimed you were "not trying to manipulate context in order to push an..." |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
112. I wasn't attempting to manipulate text. I was trying to shape an OP to stand on its own. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
87. http://www.america blog.com/2009/06/ im-field-negro- what-are-our-leaders.html |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. You still haven't responded to the content. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. aye |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Struggles, I think you have spent too much time with sciences and law... you missed the Metaphor. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. It's nice that Aravosis has changed the title of his piece. The comment page still begins |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
85. Thank you |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
90. If Aravosis changed the title of his piece, so be it. Discard the first two paragraphs... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
146. See #26 |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
165. "we should hear about the experience of slavery from those who experienced slavery..." |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
35. Splitting off gay rights from progressive human rights movements is a rw strategy. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. It's a strategy in which many of our recent visitors to this forum are heavily invested. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. This sort of willful ignorance, misunderstanding, misrepresentation is harmful and splits |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. exactly what is being |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Perhaps if you read the thread this is a continuation of, it might help you understand. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
88. This OP is not meant as an extension of the other thread quoting Aravosis. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Right wing BS has become sadly pervasive in the national discourse. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Yes, it's amazing how hard to the right this place has lurched. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. The notion that gay rights are not worthy of being called civil rights is a repig theme |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
91. Here's a good article I just found bluedawg. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #91 |
137. This wedge issue is fading in importance in the minds of most Americans as being divisive |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #137 |
145. Interesting. What are you basing that on? Who are "most Americans"? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
108. That's true. It does make one wonder. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #108 |
149. No. It's not true. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #149 |
158. Yes, it is. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Conservative (and "Liberal") moralists seek to de-legitimize LGBT civil rights and equality. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. they don't call 'em wedge issues for nothing - sadly, |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. and the funky thing is it's American rights |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Restricting gays from the military is another example of dehumanization. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. We can't let homosexuals serve in the military because they already are. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. Excellent post |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thank you, LW |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. I agree... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. she also makes many broad brush statements reinforcing stereotypes & exacerbating misunderstandings |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. she does? |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's a relief to see that all the heat in recent days has generated light. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. I am immediately struck by the number of times |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. K&R thanks for the post! n/t |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
75. A terrific post -- K&R |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. i agree with some of what you write |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Point it out... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. i've seen it several times right here |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Some gay people experience racial and gender discrimination... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. i know that |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. I guess I find your initial post even more puzzling, then. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. not doing that at all |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
102. Very true. Log Cabin Republicans are a case-study in neurotic self-centeredness. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #102 |
138. I woulld hope that among progressives we support the principle of equality and justice for all |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #102 |
156. i view them the same way as i do black republicans |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. IMHO the reverberations of AA history |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. I'd be curious to hear you expound on your definition of "misappropriated". |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. There is a reply in the original thread which you jacknifed off of that will answer & invites |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. If you're being so damaged, get lost. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Deleted message |
Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Seriously, you might want to tone down... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Nonsense. And considering this is a continuation of another thread, you might want to look at both. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. You're disgracing yourself in this thread, you really are. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I hope you will look at both threads and the link to more historic info |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #105 |
115. I'm looking at your posts in this thread, and find myself appalled. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. ok |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #100 |
118. Why do I find more responses to my questions in your responses to others than in responses to my own |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Is it b/c you are ignoring the post I made 45 min. ago and directed you to 20 min. ago |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #119 |
123. After the dozens of inter-thread links you've made here... I'm waiting for another. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. There were no "intra thread links." There was an "inter thread link" to the post which you found |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
113. Twisted misinterpretations and insinuations? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. While you've been working this thread to death, since "not holding your breath" |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #113 |
120. Not one |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #113 |
127. #100 |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #113 |
141. Wow, three responses from the same person. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. I pointed it out in the other thread. It is a wild misappropriation. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. I guess I'm being forced to revisit the repetitions of the other thread... so be it. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. "They intersect on the level of civil rights and principles" So why are you fighting the use of a..? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #110 |
122. I still don't find an answer that satisfies me as to why some metaphors are not acceptable. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. OIC |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #125 |
131. Your references to history and horror... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #131 |
133. OK |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 04:04 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. You haven't said anything new. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #134 |
143. O |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #131 |
140. of course you are comfortable with the metaphor. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. "Your references to history and horror... still sound like a form of "oppression olympics"." |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. I haven't seen that, either. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
97. I don't dispute the persistence of any other forms of discrimination. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. I think I see the disconnect ... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
107. So you're telling me that I can learn more about the continuing struggles of the black community... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #107 |
139. Yes, I am, through reading and studying |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #139 |
157. In point of fact I was not trying to portray myself as a scholar of African American Studies. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Analyses which ignore the realities of Jim Crow |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. well, you can't judge my qualifications. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #160 |
161. . |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. thanks for the heads up. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. That is not a response to my post. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. I still challenge you |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #164 |
166. You challenge me? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #166 |
167. and what intelligent response are you looking for? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Well, I'll settle for an intelligent analysis of why you think |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Anyone can quote anyone |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. He didn't say it gave him insight into the black community. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. a handout, a primer |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #111 |
121. I read it and rec'd it when you posted it omega. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #121 |
126. Thank you, dear Starry |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. I think everyone here has a similar understanding. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. anyone who targets and ridicules other groups for entertainment and bonding, surely has. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. Hilarious.You are familiar with aspects of the black struggle because you drove a cab in Oakland? |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. If one drove a cab in San Francisco for 10 years, they'd know everything about gay life here. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #117 |
130. Well, maybe I should get to work on that... |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. My husband knows someone who drives for Luxor (only twice a week) who does fine. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 04:12 AM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Heh... Luxor or Yellow it is (DeSoto must be working mostly from the airport these days) |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
136. this is an excellent, though provoking OP- the best of what DU has to offer. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
144. Well said, and to make one more comparison. Anne Frank could hide too, for all the good it did her. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. That's not what this or the previous discussion were about |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
150. I think comparisons to other civil rights efforts are apt. |
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